HVX200? Pah! I want one of these! (RED HD CAMERA)
- Thread starter Steve Shovlar
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Spartacus
Veteran
pertierr said:I just want to correct something Spartacus said just for the record. Us Andromeda guys (Reel Stream) are not under NDA with the red.com people. We do not want to divulge any details out of courtesy.
Cheers,
Juan
Messed that up, sorry...
Courtesy in Capitalism - you guys are the last nobleman I guess hehehe
Mr. Blonde
RED Advocate
-looks like Jim Jannard of Oakley might be behind the RED camera stuff - the website info leads back to Oakley as the commenters on my prior article pointed out, and over on the CML 2K 4:4:4 list some folks are pointing specific fingers at Jannard. It has been pointed out on CML that if you look at Jim Jannard's personal website, he's clearly into photography and cameras, and the fonts (typefaces) look similar to red.com's as well.
-Got this off of hdforindies.com
-Got this off of hdforindies.com
Graeme_Nattress
Red Team
Next the red camera will be wearing sunglasses eh?
Graeme
Graeme
Look at these two photos:
From red.com: http://www.red.com/media/SizeComp.jpg
From jimjannard.com: http://www.jimjannard.com/media/Scelzifire.jpg
Practically the same shot, and the first one even has a guy wearing an Oakley's jacket. Plus, the guy is worth over a billion dollars so that's a really good sign. Looks like he randomly decided to invent a magic camera, but at least he has the money to see it happen.... Oh, and he uses a mac which is a good sign!
From red.com: http://www.red.com/media/SizeComp.jpg
From jimjannard.com: http://www.jimjannard.com/media/Scelzifire.jpg
Practically the same shot, and the first one even has a guy wearing an Oakley's jacket. Plus, the guy is worth over a billion dollars so that's a really good sign. Looks like he randomly decided to invent a magic camera, but at least he has the money to see it happen.... Oh, and he uses a mac which is a good sign!
Steve Shovlar
DVXuser Sponsor
Yep! The guy behind the Red camera hasa personal wealth of 1.1 Billion dollars, so you can pretty much say the site is for real and this camera could become a reality. But of course far too expensive for me and you!
Gibby
Red Savant
Steve Shovlar said:
That’s not news. Four days ago myself and Spieden each informed this forum that we each have personal knowledge that the camera and project are for real, but an NDA kept us from giving further info.
Steve Shovlar said:
Don’t assume that. You might be very surprised by the price, as Spieden has already mentioned.
More info will undoubtedly be released soon…
Gibby
www.cut4.tv
What if?
What if?
If indeed this billionaire is behind this thing, what if he's doing it for the right reasons?
What if he's like most of us, tired of recieving crums from the major manufacturers who hold back technology to maximize their profits?
What if he is truely passionate about the subject but unlike most of us, he CAN make a difference and move the technology forward where it ought to be.
I mean come on... aren't you all tired of the Sony's of the world? In my opinion, they have completely stifled progress... Keeping 24p out of the Z1 because they're afraid of taking sales from their high end 24p cameras.
Wouldn't it be refreshing to have an inventor who puts all the technology available at the time into the product without holding back? A bit like the old days of inventions? Make it the absolute best you can make it.
An inventor who can afford to do it right? And who could also keep it reasonable because he's already made his billion?
I guess all the skepticism on the boards in regards to the RED camera is partly disbeleif. We aren't use to be given everything we want and then some...
I don't know... maybe this RED business will turn out to be a flop or a hoax, but what if it isn't?
If the list of features announced on the site are indeed delivered for a reasonable price range (Waaaay below the Varicams or HDCams of the world... and I pray that it is...) then I think we might be on the brisk of a complete revolution. Why would you want to buy anything else? This could change the future of digital filmmaking...
At least we can keep on dreaming.
Henry
What if?
If indeed this billionaire is behind this thing, what if he's doing it for the right reasons?
What if he's like most of us, tired of recieving crums from the major manufacturers who hold back technology to maximize their profits?
What if he is truely passionate about the subject but unlike most of us, he CAN make a difference and move the technology forward where it ought to be.
I mean come on... aren't you all tired of the Sony's of the world? In my opinion, they have completely stifled progress... Keeping 24p out of the Z1 because they're afraid of taking sales from their high end 24p cameras.
Wouldn't it be refreshing to have an inventor who puts all the technology available at the time into the product without holding back? A bit like the old days of inventions? Make it the absolute best you can make it.
An inventor who can afford to do it right? And who could also keep it reasonable because he's already made his billion?
I guess all the skepticism on the boards in regards to the RED camera is partly disbeleif. We aren't use to be given everything we want and then some...
I don't know... maybe this RED business will turn out to be a flop or a hoax, but what if it isn't?
If the list of features announced on the site are indeed delivered for a reasonable price range (Waaaay below the Varicams or HDCams of the world... and I pray that it is...) then I think we might be on the brisk of a complete revolution. Why would you want to buy anything else? This could change the future of digital filmmaking...
At least we can keep on dreaming.
Henry
Windjammer
Active member
According to the website, ( http://red.com/contact.html ) they're preparing to make an announcement at NAB 2006. Hopefully we'll know more by then.
definately Jim Jannard oakley BTW.. same company. And if they partner with Microsoft, they arn't pissing off anyone in "our" world.
MarcusX
Well-known member
Jarred Land said:
Wait until you see the first blue screen of death on a camera
This sounds pretty interesting, I was confident it's a hoax.
But even if he gives you the camera for 999$, you need a good (expensive) lens an some storage that can handle such a datarate (up to 2 GB/sec).
Yeah.. but they need a codec and Microsoft is probally the only codec people out there not attached to some sort of camera company.. unless they go REAL.. which would just suck. And I know Oakley has the optics department covered but they need someone to come up with the actual other bits.
4k at 60p might sound like a mile away, but considering Me and Nick's camera can shoot 1000fps at 1920x1080 its really not that big of a deal... Cmos can hit the 12mp no problem... and if our sensor was "current" theoretically we could shoot at 500fps at 4k
4k at 60p might sound like a mile away, but considering Me and Nick's camera can shoot 1000fps at 1920x1080 its really not that big of a deal... Cmos can hit the 12mp no problem... and if our sensor was "current" theoretically we could shoot at 500fps at 4k
Windjammer
Active member
Yes Isaac.. Strange reply indeed but its good to know that they have a finger on the community.
Luis Caffesse
Admin
Windjammer said:
Huh? What makes you say that?
When I hit that link all I get is this:
Windjammer
Active member
Luis Caffesse said:
Well, I guess Mr. RED took it down. What he had up was a screen capture of a page from this thread/forum. He said something like (and I can't exactly remember) "We're generating talk. Wait Until NAB 2006". Guess he took it down in a hurry.
Luis Caffesse said:
It was a picture of the first page of this thread where people ask if it's a scam. The comment above the picture was a little antagonistic. At least they're around and reading this thread. Hopefully they'll make their presence known and contribute here with some information.