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I am just watching a presentation about the Red camera, and here are some observations:

1. The sensor is Super35mm size.
2. The camera body is bigger than it looked like on the photographs. Definitely more than a PD170.
3. Camera is natively progressive. Interlacing can be achieved in post.
4. The digital shutter is programmable. Range up to 360 degrees.
5. ISO rating is between 320 and 500.
6. Camera takes standard V-mount batteries. 90-120 minutes operating time per battery (Red Brick).
7. 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.
8. The camera takes 52 seconds to boot. I would imagine this to come down on future firmware upgrades.
9. 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.
10. Join the queue. If you order a camera today, you will get it in about 9 month’s time.
11. Not all feature are yet activated. No sound yet. Wait for a future firmware update. Will have 4 channels.
12. 100 fps @ 2k resolution. Mouth-watering!
13. 2gb per 1 minute of 4k resolution. Which is only 10 times that of DV. Again: impressive.
14. 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.
15. The ProRes codec is so good, no reason ever to use 8- or 10-bit uncompressed.
16. Upcoming feature: Histogram in the viewfinder. This will be great for location shooting.
17. 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.
18. Camera has also a “False Colo(u)r mode�, which shows you clipping that would occur at the current T-stop setting.
19. 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.
20. Scratch, a high-end programme for Color Correction is directly supporting RedCode Raw. Color Grading in real time, with 1k or 2k preview.
21. The Mill (Oscar winning post production company) compared side-by-side 35mm and Red 4K, and were blown away.
22. Red is a disruptive technology. Many people do not want this camera to work.
23. Red reminds one of the early Apple. People working there seem to actually have fun creating something new.
24. At least 5 major feature films are currently shooting with Red cameras.
25. The Red camera in hand-held mode weighs about 18 pounds (9 kilos).
26. The EVF is not yet ready.
27. The Red Camera is a passion product.
28. Why is the camera so cheap? They aim for quality and volume.