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RED’s much anticipated December 3rd announcements have arrived and with them come the usual flurry of analysis and speculation. We’ve received a huge new brochure chock full of specifications and new 3D renderings of a litany of cameras.

But what’s actually new? Well here are a few things that seem to come across(with thanks to Gunleik Groven for being such an eagle eye.)

• The fixed-lens Scarlet, clearly aiming at Sony/Panasonic/Canon cameras has shown up with a price- $3,750 for the complete kit.
• RedCodeRGB-1080 scaled from full frame sensor. This was a previous anounced feature of the Red One, and is still supposedly coming in a separate build.
• Epic-X, a nicely priced upgrade path from Red One. Package is $28,000-$17,500 trade-in for Red One=$10,500.
• $4,500 for the Mysterium X sensor upgrade for Red One.
• Lower compression rates for the new cameras.
• Higher maximum fps., now up to 250 (for Epic).
• Delayed delivery of most cameras – as most expected anyway.
• Anyone buying the Red One before the first Epic is delivered can use the upgrade path to Epic-X.

See for yourself here as we analyze some more.

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

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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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