DSLR has leg up on RED, here's why/how

[HHL]

Here's some stuff to get out of the way so this discussion doesn't go off into the weeds.

1. Red Camera co can do what they want on their forum...PERIOD.
   -That being said the REAL question about this is: Why do people continue to pose this question and make this comparison? 7d(other DSLR) VS Red? This is the real question....and I have the real answer. (I have a crystal ball, just to warn you all.)
2. Red Camera co needs to focus on ONE THING: GET EPIC FINALIZED AND START TAKING ORDERS. Other product lines to follow. No big deal....but anything else I just a WASTE OF TIME and effort.
3. We all owe Red Camera co a HUGE "thank you", whether you use their products or not, they are continuing to shape a PORTION of the market place that makes it better for all of us. Just look back 24 months ago before the D90....to now with the AF100's future launch...Red has influenced these critical "movements" in our industry...I'm very thankful for that. (No, I'm not a "fan-boy", I'm not even planning to buy one when they do finally launch.)

So, with that in mind, here's where Red Camera Co IS NOT COMPETING. PRICE. Every argument that is posed from the DSLR perspective because Red Camera Co is NOT competing with DSLRs on the PRICE front. If Red Camera Co (after things settle down....that could be many years), would create a product for 1000-1500.00....DSLRs would cease to be compared as agressively as they are now. Does anyone compare the D90 to the T2i ON A REGULAR basis?

Would you buy a Red Camera Co product INSTEAD of a DSLR if they had a product in that price range?

So here's what I'd like to see from them for 1000-1500 (when their schedule settles down)

1080p Red Code (RAW)
24P only
In an the current Panasonic LX3 body/lens (24-70mm F2.0-2.8)

Heck...I'd even take 720P. This would be an ULTRA compact, fairly dumbed down (from a camera perspective) entry into Red Code and the Red paradigm as a whole.

So, my crystal ball tells me, that the preposterous comparisons between DSLRs vs Red will continue until Red Camera Co has a product that costs 1000-1500...no matter how dumbed down it is. Until then, DSLRs have a leg up on Red Camera co, on the cost front.

Cheaper isn't better, but shooting with a camera you can afford is better than fantasizing about one that you CAN'T AFFORD.

 

[Isaac_Brody]

Ok, the next person who posts anymore Red/7D comparisons or just feels like using this forum to complain about Reduser 7D discussion policy gets a very juicy timeout. Why are you wasting our bandwidth instead of spending time shooting and posting your work? Start a blog if your life mission is to talk the future of digital cinema and complain and theorize. Red can do what they want, it is a RED forum, not the 7D/5D/GH1 forum.

Think I'm kidding about the timeout? Try me. This forum is littered with the bones of users who spend all their time complaining about products and wearing out the patience of people who are here for the right reasons. Again, go start a blog where you can spend all day comparing your 7D/550D to a Red One.