Monday, April 14, 2008

Red Ray - 2+ Hour 4K playback for under $1000…from a burnable DVD

Mike Curtis | 04/14- 03:12 PM

4K from Red cameras or Red Ray DVDs play back at 4K, 2K, 1080p, 720p, or SD resolutions

On the show floor, I’ll try to clean this up later, but here’s the scoopage:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Playback device, 4K in, 4K, 2K, 1080p, 720p, or SD out from Red Disc, Red Express, or native R3D files from CF

RED / RED RAY

Favorite quote from Ted Schilowitz, Leader of the Revolution for Red:

“We consider 1080p Blu-ray to be a stopgap solution. The future is way beyond 1080p.”

Read on below for all the nifty details:

Monday, April 14, 2008

Red Scarlet - 3K for $3K…at up to 120fps

Mike Curtis | 04/14- 02:41 PM

....and sometimes 180 fps

Again, I’m on the show floor and working fast, so here’s the scoop on Red’s new professional camera that is high end consumer priced:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: 3K for $3K, 2/3” Mysterium X Sensor, 1-120 fps (180 fps burst mode), up to 100 MB/sec Redcode RAW & RGB recording to dual compact flash, 4.8” LCD, 8x T2.8 Red Zoom lens (fixed lens), full auto or manual shooting modes, HDMI, HD-SDI (4:2:2 likely), FW800, Still mode, WiFi control, compatible with many Red One accessories (as shown on show floor).

RED / SCARLET

Here’s some of my own pictures of the prototype.

Read on the all the gory details:

Monday, April 14, 2008

Red’s new Epic camera - 5K RAW, 100fps, $40K

Mike Curtis | 04/14- 02:23 PM

I thought he said “Red Effin’” - that woulda worked fine for me

OK, I’m on the show floor and furiously typing this up, so this is quick, rough, but info-laden -

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: $40K, 5K, 1-100 fps, Super35mm coverage, up to 100MB/sec Redcode (yes, MB not Mb), FW800 & USB 2.0, Redcode RAW & RGB to RedFlash, dual link HD-SDI, 2 XLR, upgradeable sensor, body, boards & mount, 6 pound machined aluminum body, hybrid stainless steel mount, compatible with MOST but not all Red accessories. Ships “early 2009”

RED / EPIC

Read on below for all the gory details.

Monday, April 14, 2008

RED Ray Introduced

Scott Gentry | 04/14- 09:40 AM

A full on “hat trick” for Red this morning with 3 major announcements.

Welcom to the RED Ray.
• Optical disk drive
• Play back 4K video from the RED ONE
• 3K video from Scarlet
• HD formats from RED Disc and RED Express media
• R3D RAW files from CompactFlash
• 5K video from the new EPIC isn’t supported, yet(?). 

Monday, April 14, 2008

RED Epic Announced

Scott Gentry | 04/14- 09:28 AM

On the hot heels of Scarlett, we have Epic.  5K baby!

• This 5K camera has a full-frame S35mm Mysterium X sensor.
• Close match to 35mm film resolution
• FPS is limited to 100

RED will allow ONE customers to trade in their cameras for a full $17,500 credit towards the EPIC when it ships in 2009.

Interested to learn how much money you’ll ned o drop?  Approx. $30,000.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Red Announces Scarlett At NAB

Scott Gentry | 04/14- 08:49 AM

RED just announced Scarlet , its promised “pocket professional” camera at NAB.

With all of the hype around RED One, this one should take off on its own right.  Here’s the deets: 2 / 3-inch Mysterium X sensor, shooting 1 to 120 FPS and records to dual CompactFlash cards. It can handle up to 100MB per second of REDCODE RAW HD video.  More to come!

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