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The single best buy...

I may be the only one, of course (and probably am), but I VASTLY prefer the form-factor of the RED One to the Epic/Scarlet.

Stephen
 
We bought a battle tested R1MX. Best $4,000 I've ever spent. My favorite part about it, sort of a surprise, is that I always feel pressured to live up to it's capabilities knowing that features like "The Social Network" were shot on it.
 
If it wash't for the Red One, i wouldn't be shooting my first short next month, i wouldn't have just had a successful kickstarter funding for the film, i wouldn't have all the knowledge i have learned over the last 5yrs on high resolution, i would never have known what a good 120fps looks like without twixtor, i would never have progressed.

Its funny how people look at owning a Red camera as taking a 'leap'. Can't imagine the thought processed running through your head Jim when you actually came up with the contraption in the first place. Cheer from me....
 
It really is insane that you can get that kind of quality for so little.

We have reached the point in production and post that the only limitation on what you make in the creative process is no longer limited by the equipment you use, but by the talent you apply to it.
 
I never owned a Red One, I was a little late to jump on the Red band wagon but I am glad I did when I did. If there is one camera that really changed the face of digital cinematography forever, I would have to say it's the Red One (not the F900, not the Viper, and not the Genesis). Love it or hate it, you can't discard the impact it had on the industry as a whole.
 
Bobby Farokhzad said:
I never owned a Red One, I was a little late to jump on the Red band wagon but I am glad I did when I did. If there is one camera that really changed the face of digital cinematography forever, I would have to say it's the Red One (not the F900, not the Viper, and not the Genesis). Love it or hate it, you can't discard the impact it had on the industry as a whole.
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Don't forget the 5D MKII... that and REDONE combine turned the world upside down. And I think for the better.


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Let me rephrase that.

CANON 5D's are a shadow compared to the REDONE in the way of image quality, thats a fact... you cannot compare the two,...

But for $1500 bucks you got a FF35mm digital video camera, and we all know that price always beats quality for the people that cannot afford the best.
Hence why Canon sold millions of them.

Me personally... shooting a RAW image @ 4k, 5k and soon 6k at 100 FPS from a camera as small as the EPIC for 1/3 the price of its closest competition, what else can be said. .
 
Justin Kirchhoff said:
2006 was a great year for us early adopters...Can't believe I've been following RED for 7 years now...time has been flying by!
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I know, it is hard to believe it has been that long already -- don't like thinking about it too much. Ha.
 
Eryc Tramonn said:
I know, it is hard to believe it has been that long already -- don't like thinking about it too much. Ha.
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I like to think about it knowing that I trusted a company that I knew very little about until I came across Jarred's DVXUSER post about visiting RED HQ (which was then housed in Oakley's HQ). That itself made me believe...

I was supposed to finish university in the spring of 2006, but due to many a thing, ended up taking the fall semester off working my ass off to continue back at school. While I was working, I promised to myself to set aside the $1000 for the reservation, and lucky me, I got 'R' #813. I remember how happy I was at the time, although I still needed to figure out how to get the rest of the cash to put down on one hell of an investment.

I'm thankful for jumping on the bandwagon early on. I've learned so much from RED and the REDuser community since then, and have definitely applied that knowledge in my shoots. My business, Digital Shakedown, is all RED, nothing else. It has made one hell of a difference.
 
Red One #561 was definitely the single best buy I ever made. Red has been very good to me over these years and is a huge part of my life. I'm excited to be here riding on the bleeding edge with you guys. So much fun!
 
What is cool is that I shot many 2D shots on Spiderman 2nd unit on a Red 1 MX.... MY Red 1 MX...... just saying......
 
The single best buy i've ever made is Scarlet. While i've dreamed about a R1 since it's announcement i wasn't ready back then. I know i missed a big thing. I also had to resist when that BT-offer did go online, because i already had my Scarlet and that needed all my love (and money). ;) I hope i'll have the chance to work with a R1 one day, maybe even own one.

For me, Scarlet made a childhood dream come true, i always wanted to have a look into the film-making-process, play around with the cameras and do some experiments, learn all that stuff by myself, without pressure and completely independent. I never counted on doing business or saw it as an investment, but this step into the RED world and all that stuff i've learned while having fun and following this great community gave me already back more than i imagined. And while i still have a lot to learn i begin to see some chances that i wasn't even brave enough to dream of when i decided to start this adventure.
 
Jannard said:
Yeah.. line skipping on the 5D was world shattering.

I love the skew of the 5D. I particularly love the line skipping and overall lack of real resolution. That was a real game changer.

Jim
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Let me rephrase that Jim,

CANON 5D's are a shadow compared to the image quality of the REDONE. thats a fact... you cannot compare the two,... We all know that.

But back then in those early days of digital cinema for $1500 bucks you got a FF35mm (line skipping) HD digital video camera which had a huge range of cheap lenses and a bunch of people making PL mounts for them , and we all know that price always beats quality for the people that cannot afford the best & Hence why Canon sold millions of them, Hence why GOpro have sold tens of millions.
You have to remember JIM, 4k Was a crazy number when you launched, 1920x1080 was just finally accepted on TV. HD was enough for most people at that time. The REDONE was like WHOA!!!!!! but was quickly adopted as the Real deal.

Me personally... shooting a RAW image @ 4k, 5k and soon 6k at 100 FPS from a camera as small as the EPIC for 1/3 the price of its closest competition at the time, what else can be said.

I bought 3 full REDONE Kits as quick as I could for all of our high end work.... We bought a 5D for the behind the scenes videos.

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There was a 5D revolution though, no denying it. The Red revolution is not about the same thing as the 5D revolution. Red changed the filmmaking industry, but the 5D, because of it's price, changed the independent and amateur filmmaking community. Those people who will grow up to become the future of filmmaking got their hands on a camera that gave them the opportunity to work lightweight, easy and with shallow DOF, something not possible for that price before. The Red revolution is about taking over from the dominance of 35mm, while the 5D was about taking over the consumer/prosumer video camera market.
 
:-)

hehe ... i bought a 5D ... just before i travelled around the world, to visit Ketch with the M8, .... playing (working hard!) in the Hollywood Hills ...

these where the first weeks ... and suddenly, there where 3 Epics in the room -> (!WOAH!)

I´ve got nice shots, beautiful backstage stuff, awesome shots of Chris Botti, doing his "thing" ...

and i tell you: Every single moment, with the 5D in my hand, i wished for a 4th EPIC.

To document history.


Quite honestly, i felt ashamed, i thought, as nice as the moments where captured, they where not worthy of being published, it felt utterly ridiculous ....

At the time, there was a useless, 5D vs. EPIC comparison discussion going on, as if it would matter.

So, I decided to keep the footage, in the vault - maybe, someday they just fit in - story wise ...


:-)
 
Jannard said:
Yeah.. line skipping on the 5D was world shattering.

I love the skew of the 5D. I particularly love the line skipping and overall lack of real resolution. That was a real game changer.

Jim
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What's funny is that most people couldn't tell the difference between a R1 and 5D (some even preferred the 5D).
 
Roger Valdes said:
What's funny is that most people couldn't tell the difference between a R1 and 5D (some even preferred the 5D).
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Who are these people? And what were they watching the footage on? That's a bit of a nothing statement.

Imagine Social Network shot on a 5D projected in cinema - I can't imagine anyone preferring the 5D
 
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