Anyone See Silicon Imaging's SI-2K?

[Mars United]

Just wondering if anyone's had a chance to check out Silicon Imaging's booth? I have an SI-2K Mini that I just rented to a feature (I think they may have used some footage at NAB) but I'm really interested in the full DVR section of the camera.

I think the design looks fantastic (by P+S Technik). Anyone get a look close up?

Cheers.

[LighthouseMedia]

YEah we looke at it and interviewed P&S technik about it and alot of other things check out our coverage at FreshDV.com for full video interview it should be uploaded by Monday.

[Mars United]

thanks. i book marked your site. look forward to watching the review.

[ChuckS]

YEah we looke at it and interviewed P&S technik about it and alot of other things check out our coverage at FreshDV.com for full video interview it should be uploaded by Monday.
I've only had the chance to view a couple of the videos at FreshDV.com. It appears to be a great site.

Thanks for the link. Are you affiliated with it?

If so very nice job.

[Mark Smith]

[quote=Mars United]Just wondering if anyone's had a chance to check out Silicon Imaging's booth? I have an SI-2K Mini that I just rented to a feature (I think they may have used some footage at NAB) but I'm really interested in the full DVR section of the camera.


I spent some time in the booth with Ari Presler and Jason Rodriguez on Thursday. The had both the Mini and Maxi on display with viewable images for both. the camera really looked very good from an image standpoint and we were viewing on a large, I'd say a 50 inch display. I got the tour of how LUTs can be applied over the raw image... the touch screen interface for the camera, built in capabilities etc.

Base EI of the camera is about 400~ish and its very clean at that.

Really a good effort by the SI guys and a very interesting camera...

And no, they did not require any one to drink cool-aid.

[Mars United]

YEah we looke at it and interviewed P&S technik about it and alot of other things check out our coverage at FreshDV.com for full video interview it should be uploaded by Monday.
I've been watching your site. No SI-2K footage yet? Just checking. If I upgrade my cam by the end of the month I get the NAB promotional discount ... hence my bugging you for info! :)

I don't get the joke about drinking cool-aid :huh:

[LighthouseMedia]

Hi,
Yes I'm one of the Editors of the site and I hosted the show, did the interviews. Matt Jeppsen is the other Editor and he did all the camera work. P&S will be the next podcast up they will be discussing the SI-2K as well as the role they played in the design and some of the functionality they brought to the new body design. They will also be discussing a super hot new mini-35 adapter and their Digital35 primes. I'll try and get an estimate of when MAtt will have that one up I know its the one he is currently editing.

[Mars United]

Cool! Appreciated. Great site!

[Mark Smith]

Drinking Cool Aid.

A reference to the Jonestown event in the late 70's

There was a religious cult started by a guy named Jim Jones and they had a compound in Guyana.

Like any good cult there were power/sex/control issues. Several congressmen went to visit the compound and see what was going on under some pressure from constituents and news stories. Jones sent some followers with guns to the airstrip where the delegation landed and killed a bunch of people. Back at the compound Jones instructed all the faithful members to drink a "cool aid " that was prepared with some poison, maybe cyanide. I think 900 some people died in a mass suicide by "drinking the cool aid" after being ordered to do so by the cult leader.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown

A galncing reference to the cult status of RED the new Ipod of cinema

[Mars United]

Yeah I remember Jonestown, but didn't make the connection.

But I did notice the weird enthusiasm when the latest delay was announced. One person out of 50 had the guts to say "Gee, I'm kinda disappointed because now I'll have to shoot my planned feature on something else". (paraphrased) The rest SEEMED to be "Hey! That's super! A delay! Thanks, Jim!"

I'm really excited about the Red too. And, I really do think that Jim Jannard is a rebel and a revolutionary, and kudos to him and his team.

Hope I'm not offending anyone. I just think it's weird. Maybe people are just sooooo excited. And drunk.

:beer:

[Mark Smith]

What is the latest delay that we're supposed to be enthusiastic about?

[LighthouseMedia]

What is the latest delay that we're supposed to be enthusiastic about?

The short version is that Jim was planning on doing a hardware update later this year however that would require everyone sending their cameras in to swap boards to get the upgraded features. Soooo Jim decided to go ahead and push it forward so they'll have the new boards in the cameras from the beginning. The reason people were excited was that reportedly this new board will ad an extra 1-2 stops of dynamic range to the camera something most users are pretty excited about. Full story here. (http://www.freshdv.com/2007/04/red-announces-major-update.html)

[LighthouseMedia]

Okay guys here is the video, we talk about the Mini 35 and some other of PS products first. Hopefully its helpful:

http://www.freshdv.com/2007/04/nab-video-podcast-ps-technik-and-silicon-imaging.html

[Mars United]

Thanks! :beer:

[heimpel]

Been reading this forum for a while, had to make my first post great.


http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/pv/Harland%20Williams-2.jpg

[TimeKoder13]

KOOL AID homie...I guess you've never had the pleasure of making it...;-)

[insanityfw]

It's amazing to me after NAB that people still have to spend time dissing RED. It works. It may not be for everybody, but it works. It may not be perfect, but it works...and well, so it would seem.

I actually went to the cramped little booth that had the SI camera intent on being non-biased about what they had going on. In all actuallity I am still a skeptic at heart about RED and everything in general. So, I went to the booth with my DP friend and he very nicely mentioned that we had been looking at RED, but wanted to know more about other options...geniunely.

Well, after about five minutes of being totally snubbed my friend came out of the demo and threw up his hands. MR. SI had just turned his back to my friend and gave the demo to another couple of people standing by. So be it.

I think people get so carried away about the tools that they use. For some projects an old Bolex would work just fine, for others an Atton Super 16 and for another an Arri-aything and for yet others a RED or and SI....get my point.

I think when people stand brand specific they are really selling themselves short creatively.

PS-I also never owned a one-brand stereo system when components were all the rage. I always had a different amplifier than my turntable, than my tape deck, etc.

PSS-Koolaid kicks ass, even if it has too much sugar in it. :)

[Mars United]

Wow. Who's dissing Red? I think it's a great camera and it may even rival the SI-2K. I personally doubt it, but, I'm no fan boy. If its images are good, then they're good. Who can argue?

The only thing the "kool-aid" comments are referring to is the weird cult-like following surrounding the Red. But that has nothing to do with the camera or Jim Jannard.

I for one have invested in the SI-2K Mini and love it. I am about to invest in the full camera, and I'm excited about that. But, the Red looks like it could be an awesome camera when it's finished, and how the heck does that hurt me? I'm happy, the Red users are happy ... what's the problem? Let's take these fantastic tools and tell some good stories!!! :beer:

[Mars United]

although, beer kicks the @ss of kool-aid. I am a fan boy of beer.