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(Page 1 of 5 pages for this article 1 2 3 > Last ») Sunday, March 02, 2008Red One Unboxing - Part 1Pics and details of what you get when your Red One arrives
Fedex delivered my Red, #417, on Monday to my friend’s house since I was out of town (as pre-arranged with Red). The plan had been for me to drive over, set it up, and shoot some 4K footage of his kids (twin boys). Didn’t quite work out that way, but read on.
I got over there and started unpacking everything - and there’s lots to it! I had three boxes of stuff from Red.
Three boxes full of promise:
Everything was well padded and packed:
(Clicking any image in this article will open up the full sized original. To open in a new tab in Safari, Command-click on the image) For starters, well equipping a Red means getting a LOT of accessories. That other even bigger box contained all that stuff. I got (and yes, this is my own personally purchased, not-just-a-review unit Red):
-Red One
Ordered but not yet received due to backorder status:
I decided to go pretty heavy on accessories - didn’t want to be short anything when working, didn’t want to be stared at with a “Whaddaya mean you don’t have one of those?!?” at any point. So extras galore. So even after reservation money, 10% deposits on accessories, and a discount for being in the first bunch to order (#417), the wire transfer was still about $35K. Yowza. That was with 2 lenses and LOTS of accessories. Even a light rig would still be pushing 25-30K with the 50-150 lens, EVF, battery packs, production pack, etc. All this means there is a LOT of stuff:
This isn’t even everything, there was an ordering snafu that left me with no LCD in this batch of stuff, as well as I wanted four of the Red Side Handles. But wait, order now and receive:
...more stuff! This is stuff out of the boxes and sub-boxes, which take up quite a bit of space. Here’s a quick overview of stuff unpacked and all the boxes it came in:
So if you are planning on receiving yours, at this time I’d say it would be wise to set aside a day for unboxing and checking off items and making sure you have everything. Interestingly, the only printed manual anywhere was in with the charger (and the batteries had something too). The Red One itself comes with no printed documentation, you need to download the latest one. My camera, which was ready to go at the beginning of February, sat around whilst I was in Spain, then I didn’t get the order finalized until I was in LA in the third week of February, then they got it out to me in a few days. One unexpected surprise - even after making the final wire transfer (which is their preferred methodology of payment), there was a multi-day delay before shipping as accounting, packing and shipping departments did their thing. So don’t expect to get your 2nd day shipped stuff 2-3 days later - more like 5+ working days. Just be ready for that. And be ready to figure out a lot of stuff on your own or dig around on Reduser.net - the rods, brackets, etc. aren’t explained. There is a picture of the Base Production Pack assembled in the manual, but it isn’t explained. If I hadn’t been familiar with all the parts all along after Red Day Zero, it would be daunting (especially as I’m not a day to day shooter familiar with film style accessories). So Red - a manual, please? I know they are busy and ramping up and small, but to be “real,” these things will be necessary in time. Red certainly assumes you are smart and know what you’re doing (and frankly, if you were quick enough to order a camera in the first several hundred, you probably are and can figure all this out no problem). OK, lets start getting granular, with the Red One Body itself. Red One Body Fortunately, the first box I opened was the Red One itself:
In that box are two more boxes (this nesting will be a trend):
...containing subcomponents. The smaller box has some of the camera body accessories:
lined up nicely include:
a single converter for the DIN 1.0/2.3 connector (aka mini-BNC or mini SDI connector) to HD-SDI. There are four ports that could use this adaptor - the Preview (720p HD-SDI), the two HD-SDI that will handle single and dual link HD-SDI (not fully functional yet), and Genlock (which is enabled at this time). One gets you started, but it two would be nicer to handle genlock as well as monitoring. You might, maybe, someday need all four if you’re doing heavy duty production. Anyway, you also get a Mini-XLR to Mini-XLR cable and a Mini-XLR to XLR adaptor. Again, just one of these - if you want more than one channel of audio, go find another one. A single cable that did this would be nice rather than two parts - but two parts also offers more flexibility, too. You also get a 512MB SD card, which can be used for installing upgrades now, and will hopefully soon be useful for storing, transfering, and loading Looks (more on those later) between camera and Red’s software. You also get a bolt set - 4 (!) different allen wrenches, and a bunch of bolts, including spares (THANK YOU for spares - ya know you’ll need’em!). I ordered two more bolt sets just to be paranoid, and ended up with yet another - so I have plenty of bolts and wrenches to be kept in multiple locations, Just In Case. Next box - the Red One itself:
It comes with two pieces of custom cut foam and a pad to sit on, so it is WELL protected within the box. Since that box was packed in a larger padded box, the chances of damage in transit are nill. This is good, since this is the biggest part of what I paid for - $17,500 for this piece alone. Pull that out and you’re looking at this:
...and the Red itself is in anti-stat plastic. Pull that out and you have this funky shiny egg:
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