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Sunday, March 02, 2008

Red One Unboxing - Part 1

Pics and details of what you get when your Red One arrives

BASIC PRODUCTION PACK

I’ll have a timelapse video of assembling the camera later, that will show the rods, base plate, etc.

Red Power Pack

The Red Power Pack includes the charger and two batteries. It comes in a well packed box:

and under the bubble wrap is, surprise, more boxes:

Unpacking everything, you’ll find the charger, a cable to power the camera off AC power from the charger, and two batteries:

The charger ships in plastic wrap and is the only piece that comes with a printed manual (probably because everything else changes so fast that it doesn’t make sense to make hard copy manuals):

The default config of the charger is built to ship and pack small and tidy

...but you can flip the base 90 degrees..

...so that it will stand up by itself and not fall over, especially when only one battery is charging. Nice.

Note the two lights up front above the power switch - they indicate charge status with yellow and green lights that can be off, blink, or solid to indicate different states. More niceness.

Batteries ship in these boxes:

...and arrive in an inert mode so that they are safer (see Adam Wilt’s piece on new FAA battery travel regulations)

They are nicely branded with “RED” and a Red logo on them, have a glowing power level indicator on the side - push the button, and 0-5 LEDs light up. Nice and professional. The back is a v-lock like any other professional battery.

Once charged and you push the button on the side, they look like this:

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Now the big decision....

Red camera, or college for my oldest?

Posted by  on  03/02  at  08:28 PM

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Hey Mike,
Congrats on your new baby!

You might want to chat with Jim Mathers of DCS about the improvements to the current run. His #30 was swapped out for 30X. At our RED Event last Saturday he talked about the differences (improvements) between the beta models and his replacement. Jim’s an apples vs apples kind of guy.
Best,
Simon.

Posted by Simon Sommerfeld  on  03/03  at  02:05 PM

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Sounds like we need Jim Mathers to talk about it here for everyone to share.  I for one would be interested in learning about the differences.

Posted by  on  03/03  at  03:24 PM

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Jim is a great resource of information, and although he’s an early RED adopter, he’s not a fan boy by any means.

FYI, we recorded our DCS NorCal/Pacific North West RED event on video, and a condensed program will be available for viewing on the DCS website in a couple of weeks. Right now, you can watch coverage from our previous RED sessions, and read an extensive on-set write-up of the camera at http://www.digitalcinemasociety.org Look for the RED content under “RED ONE Rollout”.

Best,
Simon Sommerfeld

Posted by Simon Sommerfeld  on  03/03  at  06:05 PM

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Hi, Mike!
I see you had really a great time while unpacking all that stuff;)
Good luck with using.

Posted by Helly T  on  08/27  at  12:22 AM

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