Re: RedIn article <gfi5n8$g6o$1@aioe.org>, "Me Here" <no-one@here.ca> wrote:
> "Eric Stevens" <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:7k1ph4t8olt2of49ntehr679dvb020kts5@4ax,com ...
> > More info about the new RED DSLR
> > http :// www .pdnpulse,com /2008/11/thoughts-on-the-red-annoucement-from-a-red-o
> > ne-user.html
> >
> >
> Not a dSLR, it has an EVF or a monitor. By the time it's set-up for photos
> the body will be arount USD $20K, for a 25 mp FF non-dSLR.
>
> Hmmmm, a year until delivery, USD $12,000 for a 24 mp non-dSLR body in
> either Nikon or Canon mount. Note that does NOT include the EVF, it's just
> the sensor module. But add the EVF ($3K) the battery ($450), the CF Module
> ($500) to the recorder and the I/O module (no price found)
>
> So for about USD $20K you have a big bulky 24x36mm 24 megapixel with no
> lens. The unti is around the size of a Mamiya RZ67, and looks cumbersome to
> use.
>
> AND IT IS NOT A dSLR!
The Doubters were out in force over the RED ONE Movie camera before it
was released... now it's a serious force in the marketplace.. I'm really
looking forward to seeing what happens with the scarlet... especially as
there are rumors of a Nikon MF DSLR in the next 12 months...
I think it's about time we forgot the reflex side of cameras, and the
mechanical shutter, that way we can concentrate on getting the best out
of the new technology, especially getting the dynamic range higher and
higher with new sensor technology.. The SLR was a magical invention, but
do we really need to stick to mechanically flapping mirrors, and
shutters in this day and age just because it was such an inovation 60
years ago...!!!! the production costs of the mechanical bits are so
great in comparison to the production of electronics, hence the
advancements in video cameras without the costly and hard to produce
tape mechanisms...