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I am just watching a presentation about the Red camera, and here are some observations:
- The sensor is Super35mm size.
- The camera body is bigger than it looked like on the photographs. Definitely more than a PD170.
- Camera is natively progressive. Interlacing can be achieved in post.
- The digital shutter is programmable. Range up to 360 degrees.
- ISO rating is between 320 and 500.
- Camera takes standard V-mount batteries. 90-120 minutes operating time per battery (Red Brick).
- PL mount, takes any professional lens with a PL mount. Red also makes their own lenses, very aggressively priced. When using S16 lenses, you are limited to 2k resolution.
- The camera takes 52 seconds to boot. I would imagine this to come down on future firmware upgrades.
- Camera design is modular. Not only externally, but also within. Which means that when Red comes up with a better sensor, you don’t have to buy a new camera, you just swap out the chip.
- Join the queue. If you order a camera today, you will get it in about 9 month’s time.
- Not all feature are yet activated. No sound yet. Wait for a future firmware update. Will have 4 channels.
- 100 fps @ 2k resolution. Mouth-watering!
- 2gb per 1 minute of 4k resolution. Which is only 10 times that of DV. Again: impressive.
- Soon you can edit (in 1k resolution) your 4k material on FCP. In reality this means you can edit straight from the Red media on your laptop.
- The ProRes codec is so good, no reason ever to use 8- or 10-bit uncompressed.
- Upcoming feature: Histogram in the viewfinder. This will be great for location shooting.
- Shooting with the Red camera is closer to shooting film than to shooting HD/video. You don’t expose for a pretty picture, but to get as much detail out of the picture as possible - to keep the option open in post production. This is comparable to shooting in RAW mode on a digital SLR camera.
- Camera has also a “False Colo(u)r mode�, which shows you clipping that would occur at the current T-stop setting.
- The software to transfer the video data to your editing system is - at this point - Intel Mac only. But soon they will have a more elegant version out, which will run both on Mac and PC.
- Scratch, a high-end programme for Color Correction is directly supporting RedCode Raw. Color Grading in real time, with 1k or 2k preview.
- The Mill (Oscar winning post production company) compared side-by-side 35mm and Red 4K, and were blown away.
- Red is a disruptive technology. Many people do not want this camera to work.
- Red reminds one of the early Apple. People working there seem to actually have fun creating something new.
- At least 5 major feature films are currently shooting with Red cameras.
- The Red camera in hand-held mode weighs about 18 pounds (9 kilos).
- The EVF is not yet ready.
- The Red Camera is a passion product.
- Why is the camera so cheap? They aim for quality and volume.
