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Never one to play by the rules, RED guru Jim Jannard reveals some early details in advance of the planned December 3rd announcements. First he lays a little background behind the reasons for the update so soon.

We were a bit frustrated with certain system limitations with respect to digital signal processing and REDCODE data rates inside the “brains” so we took steps to more completely control our development process from start to finish, including all aspects of the electronics design and sensor fabrication. Additionally, our RED engineering team came up with a radical new approach to overcoming some of the previous system limitations. Given all these factors, we were able to re-write the system specs, to the benefit of our customers. We felt no compulsion to keep these advances a secret. So here we are.

We have been known for being “fashionably late”. We are frankly still very new at building cameras. While we seem to have a much better understanding of what it is we are doing… there is still room for us to miscalculate. On top of that, many technological advances are occurring during the development process. We are implementing as many “changes for the better” as we can even though we are near the end of this system’s development. The incredible new specs we are announcing today does come with a justifiably slight schedule hit. Certainly worth a few extra weeks in our opinion. Hence, “Prices, specifications and delivery dates are subject to drastic changes”. Count on it and you won’t be disappointed.

Jannard also drops a nice little Christmas present to early RED One adopters, a special edition of the EPIC camera including the CF recording module, I/O module and battery module at no extra cost. It’s his way of rewarding the folks who took a roll on the dice with him in the first place. For more info, follow this link:

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=23112

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