By Staff, November 16, 2008
Red announced 8 (yes, EIGHT) new cameras. Sensors range from 2/3'' to 186x56mm (yep, that's 7 1/3 by 2 1/5 INCHES), with resolutions from 3K to 28K, with prices from $2500 to $55,000 for the ''brains'' of the units (more on that below). Incredibly modular to a Legos or Erector Set degree. There's a HUGE amount of information up on Red's website here, but after the jump I've organized/summarized, have some analysis, and answers to questions not found on their site. Continues after the jump....
OK, first off, go read what they posted here. Got questions? Yeah, me too. So keep reading. First off, I wanted to wrap my head around this more.
Also, this is as I understand it, as explained by Ted at their presentation on the Fox lot on the 13th, and he said he might get some stuff wrong, and I may have heard incorrectly, and all specs subject to change, so this isn't gospel. Duly warned.
Big Picture
Red wants to build highly modular cameras that'll shoot excellent stills and motion
. A motion camera that shoots stills, and a stills camera that shoots motion, they say. They seem to be more biased towards motion, IMHO - there are no optical viewfinders to be found anywhere in the lineup (so no looking through the lens), and there are no uncompressed recording options, even for stills. Ted defends this saying users will be happy with what they get. Hmm. We'll have to see, especially at the new incredibly high resolutions (and shallow depths of field!) these new systems will be capable of, pulling focus could be Mighty Tough, even with the new 1080p outputs (yes, two of 'em) on Epic. My gut says most users will be satisfied most of the time...except for those wanting a dedicated DSLRs full functionality.
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