RED camera ( a message from the founder )

I referred to Graeme's statement as "misleading" rather than wrong because it had no context. It's not really sensor size that's the issue, it's pixel size given the total spatial resolution of the sensor. Smaller pixels require lenses of higher resolving power. But a larger sensor with greater spatial resolution may require lenses of equal (or even greater) resolving power (depending on pixel size). This too is an oversimplication. The term "sharpness" is a loaded one, as it is not interchangeable with "resolution". Factors other than lp/mm are also relevant. I'm honestly not trying to split hairs or being argumentative, but it's my observation that simple statements can be misleading and are often repeated as fact, and that ultimately serves no one. Prefacing a statement with something like "all other things being equal" can go a long way to avoid misunderstanding.

Regards,
Greg
 
Let me take a swing at oversimplification on steroids... our camera and lens combo is going to be "bad ass". You can use those "specs" until we can post more details.
 
Jannard said:
Let me take a swing at oversimplification on steroids... our camera and lens combo is going to be "bad ass". You can use those "specs" until we can post more details.
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Nice. Can we take this to mean that you'll be coming out with your own lens, too?
 
Jim,

Knowing you guys are on this thing is awesome. It is a rare priveledge for content creators to have such unfettered access to the developers during the R&D process.

I look forward to meeting you at NAB.

e
 
Sumfun said:
Nice. Can we take this to mean that you'll be coming out with your own lens, too?
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The whole lens thing has been stated on the RED website for quite a long time... "Or change to the RED mount and use our new set of RED Ultra Definition Cinema Lenses." - (from red.com)
 
myfriendimage said:
If they are est 1999, what have they been doing since then?
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Hmmm... why would they announce a camera 7 years before it's release? Just because they didn't announce it when they first thought of the name RED, doesn't mean they haven't been developing it for quite some time now. Jim has stated that his goal is to have the camera ready by the end of this year, so announcing it now is just good timing to get people excited and to keep their interest.

-pasty
 
myfriendimage said:
I not saying they should have, Im saying what the hell have they been doing for seven years. Dont assume.
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If Jim really wanted to tell us what he's been doing for the last seven years, he would. If I were him, I wouldn't feel obligated to waste my valuable time saying anything about what has happened, but I would be excited to tell about what is going to happen. The point is, the future of RED is what's important, not the non-existent past.

-pastywhiteboy
 
pastywhiteboy said:
If Jim really wanted to tell us what he's been doing for the last seven years, he would. If I were him, I wouldn't feel obligated to waste my valuable time saying anything about what has happened, but I would be excited to tell about what is going to happen. The point is, the future of RED is what's important, not the non-existent past.

-pastywhiteboy
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Personally I just want to know to establish credability. Ive never heard of red camera or Jim jannard and here is he tinkering with a 4k camera to supposedly revolutionize the camera industry. Im not snooping, I just wanna know who is this guy. You cant wake up one morning saying you know what I think Im gonna invent the first inexpensive 4k camera and go downstairs and and start taking apart DVX's and Arri 235's or whatever and making a super camera. I wanna know some backround.
 
myfriendimage said:
Personally I just want to know to establish credability. Ive never heard of red camera or Jim jannard and here is he tinkering with a 4k camera to supposedly revolutionize the camera industry. Im not snooping, I just wanna know who is this guy. You cant wake up one morning saying you know what I think Im gonna invent the first inexpensive 4k camera and go downstairs and and start taking apart DVX's and Arri 235's or whatever and making a super camera. I wanna know some backround.
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A thread on Jim.
http://www.dvxuser.com/V3/showthread.php?t=42979
 
Why can't you just wake up one morning and decide to do that? Every great product or idea starts that way. And if you're a camera nut, who has more cameras than I've had hot dinners, loves cameras, photography and the technology behind it, and can afford it, why not say "I'm going to make the best darn camera possible!!" and actually do it! Why not!!! But keep saying we can't do it, as nothing drives us more certainly towards a better product than those who say "it can't be done."

Graeme
 
nothing drives us more certainly towards a better product than those who say "it can't be done."
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It can't be done, it can't be done, it can't be done, it can't be done...

Sweet, 2 more Megapixels! We need a monestary somewhere chanting this for the next couple of months....
 
I hope that this camera becomes available worldwide soon when u release it. And i pray it is just as affordable as the sony fx1. The Red camera will help revive our fledgling film industry in the Philippines. A lot of indie filmmakers here are using dv but suffer on the resolution when movies are blown up to 35mm or projected to the big screen. Hope the Red Cam makes it.
 
Someone brought up ENG vs. cinema camera-- does it have to be that clear-cut? Sync-sound, for example, is a good thing. This camera is going to be streaming absurd amounts of data to some kind of digital format, might as well be able to take up a tiny bit of that bandwidth with digital audio. Even if they don't want to commit to having XLR mic-pres with phantom power built-in to the camera, at least spdif or optical or some kinda digital input (ADAT optical format transfers 8 channels in one line, and there are tons of stand-alone pres for that sort of thing... oooooh wouldn't that be fancy?) so that with minimal hassle digital audio streams can be recorded sync'ed from the get go.

Oh and blah blah blah price speculation, blah blah price speculation.
 
Think the images will look anything like or better than the Canon 20d or 5D ?? Maybe? Good luck with your dream cam, sounds solid.
 
This guys owns Oakley Sunglasses
This camera is not going to be "CHEAP" Last pair of Oakleys I bought were well over $200 bucks and they were not the most expensive ones by far!!!!!
 
Check out www.jimjannard.com and see for yourself. This guys isn't exactly John Doe; he knows how to use a camera, knows the technology behind the camera - AND apparently loves to shoot it.

Tony
 
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