New camera and rig pics

VERY nice...so I asked in another thread but went ignored, are the rods made from Carbon Fiber? One of the pictures also suggests that the body will have an option of being made with CF as well, is this true? I also like the gun metal look more than the shiny silver casing displayed at IBC.
 
Love the carbon fibre weave showing through. I guess thats a response to a weight issue.

I also think the added branding is quite good too. When a business such as RED has such brand loyalty, people are proud to show it off as a mark of exclusivity and I think thats what was missing from the previous mockup.

By the way, I'd like to note, that for those who are saying that the camera appears too big in the photos in the other thread, the black coating/CF body will look much smaller simply because they are black. If you held an aluminium CNC'd HVX200 it would visually appear larger too due to the reflected amount of light.
 
That's what my girlfriend says!

Seriously though am I too assume that we have to replace the (Carbon Fiber?) rods if we want to extend or contract the rails? I was imaginging something that could telescope.
 
Holosynthetic said:
VERY nice...so I asked in another thread but went ignored, are the rods made from Carbon Fiber? One of the pictures also suggests that the body will have an option of being made with CF as well, is this true? I also like the gun metal look more than the shiny silver casing displayed at IBC.
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The shiney silver stuff is just a CNC machined alloy for prototyping purposes. I think.

I would like to see a 3D printer produce some of the casing prototypes, You can dye that stuff to any colour. I think even Z-corp has a 24bit full colour 3d printer.
 
my monkey

my monkey

http://red.com/images/photo/12_b.jpg

Take a look at the link above. The guy that does the renderings makes the camera look cool. But he should do renderings of configurations people are actually going to use. In the configuration at the link above, my pet monkey that sits on my shoulder would have a really good view of the screen. Too bad I can't see the screen too, with that configuration. Of course my monkey probably can film better than I can so maybe red should leave the renderings alone. The rendering guy does a good job, but I think he needs some guidance. Also I would like to see a rendering with a mic and a light attached. And as others have said, include the storage device and the batteries, even if they are just generic black boxes. I don't think they have designed batteries yet, so if they are included in a rendering I don't expect much of a rendering, but I want to know a basic size and placement.
 
acrochordon said:
http://red.com/images/photo/12_b.jpg

Take a look at the link above. The guy that does the renderings makes the camera look cool. But he should do renderings of configurations people are actually going to use. In the configuration at the link above, my pet monkey that sits on my shoulder would have a really good view of the screen. Too bad I can't see the screen too, with that configuration. Of course my monkey probably can film better than I can so maybe red should leave the renderings alone. The rendering guy does a good job, but I think he needs some guidance. Also I would like to see a rendering with a mic and a light attached. And as others have said, include the storage device and the batteries, even if they are just generic black boxes. I don't think they have designed batteries yet, so if they are included in a rendering I don't expect much of a rendering, but I want to know a basic size and placement.
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I think these are more of illustrative shots, not contextual ones.. Youll start seeing contextual shots when you see models (human models) using the camera.

And I think Jim does the renderings himself.
 
Mr. Blonde said:
Now, as much as I love the look of carbon fiber, how durable is it for use on a camera that will be in the sun/rain/snow/sand quite often?

http://red.com/images/photo/19_b.jpg

I say keep it all alloy.
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I think CF would be a good option for documentary film makers who need to trek out in the sahara or amazon. When your in areas that remote, you start drilling holes in your toothbrush :D

Plus, Carbon fibre probably has the same tensile strength as alloy (i know its definately stronger than magnesium alloy.. Ive cracked so many magneisum alloy rims!) and I would dare say its more shock resistant for the electronics.
 
I believe the body will be made from Magnesium alloy which you usually cast in a mold.
CNC'ing every single body from a brick of aluminum would be very expensive
 
Anders Holck said:
I believe the body will be made from Magnesium alloy which you usually cast in a mold.
CNC'ing every single body from a brick of aluminum would be very expensive
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lol. CNC'ing and finishing would cost more than the RRP price of the camera.
 
acehole111 said:
I think CF would be a good option for documentary film makers who need to trek out in the sahara or amazon. When your in areas that remote, you start drilling holes in your toothbrush :D

Plus, Carbon fibre probably has the same tensile strength as alloy (i know its definately stronger than magnesium alloy.. Ive cracked so many magneisum alloy rims!) and I would dare say its more shock resistant for the electronics.
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Well, it looks damn sexy in CF, I'm no expert on CF and the only knowledge I have of it is in car parts.

Sadly, every carbon fiber car part I've owned hasn't faired well in California weather.
 
Carbon fiber doesn't have the heat transfer properties of metals, and I tend to believe that processing 4K will produce a lot of heat...
Maybe Jim just switched the texture to get us talking :-)
 
Generally plastics and carbon fiber transfer heat very poorly. My money's on the magnesium -epecially with the amount of heat this things probably putting out. Can't wait to hear what the battery life is gonna be.
 
Mr. Blonde said:
Well, it looks damn sexy in CF, I'm no expert on CF and the only knowledge I have of it is in car parts.

Sadly, every carbon fiber car part I've owned hasn't faired well in California weather.
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Carbon fibre does wear and go flat in hot and high-use situations, but thats more to do with the clearcoat coating it than the CF itself. If a good quality clearcoat is used, maybe even multicoated then CF usually fares well.
 
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