RED Digital Camera Company
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The Red Digital Cinema Camera Company manufactures digital cinematography
cameras and accessories. It was founded and financed in 1999 by Oakley
founder Jim Jannard
. The company currently produces three cameras: Red One, Epic and Scarlet.
Red opted to design and build interchangeable camera components that are configurable to allow owners to replace various components as they are upgraded and improved, rather than having to replace the entire camera system.
These components come together around a central piece called a Brain, which houses a sensor and the necessary electronics to record, encode, decode, and otherwise control the recorded images. As with the other modules, the Brains can be upgraded independently of the rest of the camera, and can also be swapped, so that a single project could use multiple Brains as needed, while otherwise maintaining a preferred configuration of the DSMC.
Scarlet and Epic share the same modular design and are the two current lines of DSMC Brains.
codec. It offers a constant-bitrate Wavelet compression with a compression ratio from 18:1 to 3:1. When Red introduced this codec it was the first to allow high bit depth bayer sensor video data to be recorded to CompactFlash
, hard disk
or SSD
media instead of a big external storage system.
Being a mathematically lossy codec, decompression does not fully restore the original image data recorded by the sensor. Red claims the codec is "visually lossless", suggesting that the information loss is not visible to the naked eye when images are viewed.
Since Redcode is a wavelet based codec, it is possible to extract lower resolutions from the video stream to get real time playback on lower end machines.
Having a video stream that offers the same advantages of a raw image
, one can make all adjustments like applying a curve, white balance, sharpening, or any other kinds of image adjustments in post like photographers do with their Raw images.
The Red One was announced in 2006 and released in 2007 as the first camera produced by Red Digital Cinema Camera Company.
2007 show in Las Vegas, three working Red One cameras were on display as well as all-day screenings of the 12-minute short entitled Crossing the Line
directed by Peter Jackson
using two alpha versions of the Red camera nicknamed Boris and Natasha. The alpha versions had nothing but a record/stop button and shot at 4K at 24 frames per second and a 180 degree shutter. All other features were unavailable. Initially expecting a standard camera test, when Jim Jannard, Jarred Land and Deanan Dasilva from Red arrived in New Zealand, they were surprised to learn that Peter Jackson intended to shoot a ten minute short set in World War I featuring battles in trenches and in the air. The film was used to showcase the capabilities of the Red One camera in action rather than in controlled test environments. The film was shot in two days.
Despite being feature-incomplete, Red assured booth visitors the camera would start shipping before the end of the year.
At NAB 2007, Red announced that Redcode raw data generated by the camera can be converted using proprietary software called RedCine into a range of formats, including DPX
.
CMOS sensor. The sensor, called Mysterium measures 24.4 mm by 13.7 mm, and has 4,520 by 2,540 active pixels, though the camera only records a window of those pixels in normal operation. The sensor is about the surface area of a traditional Super 35 film frame, creating a similar angle of view
and depth of field
as the Super 35 film format. When shooting at 2k resolution the used sensor window is the same as Super 16
film. This allows the camera to be used with Super 16 lenses.
Red specifies the sensor's signal to noise ratio at greater than 66 dB, with 11.3 stops
of total dynamic range. The default sensitivity is ISO 320. Red later shipped new cameras with the Mysterium-X sensor with higher signal to noise ratio and a native sensivity of ISO 800 and improved dynamic range of about 13 stops, which had the same dimensions and pixel count as its predecessor. They also offered an upgrade programm for older Red Ones to replace their Mysterium sensors with the Mysterium-X.
, the most common mount for modern 35 mm and 16 mm motion picture cameras. An adapter for 2/3" B4 lenses, and for Nikon F-mount
lenses have also been created.
At least two third-party suppliers have made a Canon EF lens mount
for the Red One, which can provide full electronic control of EF lenses.
, all recording is progressive scan
. Lower resolutions are achieved by windowing the sensor.
Despite variable frame sizes, the Red One does not allow capture at standard definition
or high definition resolutions. However, as part of the process of delivering the REDCODE data recorded by the camera, standalone desktop conversion software called RedCine can be used to downscale to these resolutions for purposes of proxy editing or final output. After the required debayering process
, the images resolution of the Red One is approximately 3,200 lines for the Red One M sensor and 3,700 lines for the Red MX sensor. The resolution advertised by Red Digital Cinema is the resolution of the camera's sensor, not the actual amount of lines and rows the sensor can resolve.
("mini XLR") connectors, and can record up to four channels of 24-bit 48 kHz digital audio, with or without phantom power
.
Additionally, the camera has HD-SDI and HDMI
outputs for connection to external monitoring devices.
The Red One generates a variety of data overlays which can be displayed on its video outputs, including histograms, waveform plots, false color exposure aids, time code
, project recording formats, audio levels, and two different focus-assist displays.
Unlike virtually all HD video cameras, the Red One does not generate a video stream in-camera which represents its final product. Its real time monitoring outputs do not reflect the resolution and dynamic range captured in the raw files it records. The camera's live outputs are intended to be used only for on-set monitoring, similarly to the way a video tap
is often used with film-based acquisition.
artifacts. Such cameras read data from the sensor line by line over a short period, rather than all at once, so each frame in an image sequence does not represent a single instant. Rolling shutter artifacts can cause vertical objects to appear to lean as the camera pans them horizontally, and can cause strobe effects like camera flashes or lightning strikes to appear only on portions of frames, creating a "tearing" effect. The effects of the rolling shutter have been improved in recent versions of the Red One camera firmware, but have not been eliminated. Rolling shutter also appears on film cameras, but they are not subject to the "tearing" symptom.
, starring Ernie Reyes, Jr.
Director Steven Soderbergh
shot both parts of the movie Che
entirely with the Red One camera. After completing the films, Soderbergh stated: "this is the camera I've been waiting for my whole career: jaw-dropping imagery recorded on board a camera light enough to hold with one hand. I don't know how Jim and the Red team did it—and they won't tell me—but I know this: Red is going to change everything." He again used the Red One for his subsequent films The Girlfriend Experience
and The Informant!. The Academy Award-nominated District 9
was mostly shot using nine Red Ones. The film's producer, director Peter Jackson
, was one of the camera's earliest advocates, and has used it to shoot portions of his 2009 film The Lovely Bones
, and is using the new RED Epic cameras to shoot the upcoming Hobbit films.
Werner Herzog
shot his film My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? with the Red One. He was disappointed with the camera's long reboot times, saying "It drove me insane, because sometimes something is happening and you can't just push the button and record it". He described the camera as "an immature camera created by computer people who do not have a sensibility or understanding for the value of high-precision mechanics".
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was demonstrated at an off-site meeting during the 2010 NAB
show exhibition (Red did not have an official booth at NAB).
The Epic M was introduced in early 2011, the Epic-X in late 2011. They share the same technical features, the only differences are the manufacturing process and their delivery dates..
CCD
14 bit sensor which is rated at ISO 800 at daylight with a dynamic range of 13.5 stops. It has approximately the same surface area of a traditional Super 35mm film frame masked to the 1.85:1 aspect ratio
, creating a similar angle of view
and depth of field
as the Super 35 film format.
, the most common mount for modern 35 mm and 16 mm motion picture cameras. Red also created a Canon EF lens mount
for the Red Epic, which provides full electronic control of EF lenses. A Leica M-Mount has been shown as a prototype and is planned to be sold in December. A Nikon mount will full electronic control over F mount lenses has been announced by RED.
. Lower resolutions are achieved by windowing the sensor.
Table shows maximum frame rates at different resolutions for the Epic camera.
. The screens have a native resolution of 1,024 by 600 pixels, while the electronic viewfinder has a native resolution of 1,280 by 848. Both the screens and the viewfinder connect through proprietary interfaces and rely on in-camera processing to generate their data displays, making them compatible only with Red Cameras.
If the 5-inch isn't used there is an additional device called the Redmote required to control the camera.
The Red Epic generates a variety of data overlays which can be displayed on its video outputs, including histograms, waveform plots, false color exposure aids, time code, project recording formats, audio levels, and two different focus-assist displays.
Unlike virtually all HD video cameras, the Red One does not generate a video stream in-camera which represents its final product. Its real time monitoring outputs do not reflect the resolution and dynamic range captured in the raw files it records. The camera's live outputs are intended to be used only for on-set monitoring, similarly to the way a video tap is often used with film-based acquisition.
The Red Epic brain is also announced to come in the following variants:
, Bryan Singer
's Jack the Giant Killer
, Ridley Scott
's Prometheus
, Peter Jackson
's The Hobbit, James Cameron
's Avatar 2, David Fincher
's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
, Måns Mårlind
's Underworld: Awakening, Paul W. S. Anderson
's Resident Evil: Retribution
, Michael J. Bassett's Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
, and Ajith Kumar
's Billa 2
.
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2010.
On November 3rd, 2011, RED officially revealed the new Scarlet system, outfitted with the same S35 Mysterium-X sensor and the same housing (without the cooling ribs) as the Red Epic. It can record stills with a resolution of up to 5120 x 2700 pixels (5K) at 12 fps. For 24 fps recording the resolution has to be lowered to 4k by windowing the sensor, the frame rate goes up to 120 frames per second at 1K.
With specific hardware limitations, the Scarlet comes with a heavily reduced price tag, but at the sacrifice of frame rates and compression options. The body, a side Solid State Drive module, and an aluminum Canon lens mount will cost $9,750. Adding a side handle, redvolt batteries, a charger, a 64 GB SSD, RED station, and a 5" touchscreen LCD will bring the package to $14,015. The customer is also given the chance to replace the aluminum lens mount with a titanium one for $1,500. The titanium equipped Scarlet will begin shipping November 17th, while the aluminum equipped scarlet will ship December 1st.
Maximum data rate for Scarlet camera is 55 MB per second (440 Mbit/s)
Table shows maximum frame rates at different resolutions for the Scarlet camera.
that covers the sensors or frame size of Red Epic and film cameras.
In Q1 of 2010, the 18–50 mm t/2.9 zoom was supplanted by a 17–50 mm T2.9 zoom.
card called Red Rocket that is capable of 4K, 2K, or 1080p video playback via HD-SDI to a user-supplied monitor. The card uses on-board processing to render 4K (or other resolutions) in real time.
A breakout box component of the Red Rocket allows users to convert the HD-SDI signal to four HDMI
outputs.
In September 2008, Jim Jannard made several announcements on the RedUser forum:
On September 23, 2011 Jim Jannard announced that his personal email account was compromised by a former Arri executive.
Digital cinematography
Digital cinematography is the process of capturing motion pictures as digital images, rather than on film. Digital capture may occur on video tape, hard disks, flash memory, or other media which can record digital data. As digital technology has improved, this practice has become increasingly common...
cameras and accessories. It was founded and financed in 1999 by Oakley
Oakley, Inc.
Oakley, Inc., based in Foothill Ranch, California, makes sport equipment including sunglasses, sports visors, and ski goggles, as well as watches, clothing, bags, backpacks, shoes, prescription glasses, football and hockey eyewear, Golf gear and other accessories...
founder Jim Jannard
James Jannard
James "Jim" Jannard is an American designer and businessman, and founder of eyewear and apparel company Oakley, Inc. and RED Digital Cinema.He sold Oakley in mid 2007 for over $2 billion and placed 376th in Forbes Magazine ranking of World's Billionaires in 2010, with a net worth of $3.0 billion.He...
. The company currently produces three cameras: Red One, Epic and Scarlet.
DSMC concept
On November 13, 2008 Red officially announced that the DSMC concept of an integrated Digital Still and Motion Camera system was to be the overarching philosophy of Red's future product lines.Red opted to design and build interchangeable camera components that are configurable to allow owners to replace various components as they are upgraded and improved, rather than having to replace the entire camera system.
These components come together around a central piece called a Brain, which houses a sensor and the necessary electronics to record, encode, decode, and otherwise control the recorded images. As with the other modules, the Brains can be upgraded independently of the rest of the camera, and can also be swapped, so that a single project could use multiple Brains as needed, while otherwise maintaining a preferred configuration of the DSMC.
Scarlet and Epic share the same modular design and are the two current lines of DSMC Brains.
REDCODE
All current Red cameras record only in the REDCODE RAWRedcode
Redcode may refer to:* The programming language used in the simulation game Core War* REDCODE, a video codec used in one model of digital video camera...
codec. It offers a constant-bitrate Wavelet compression with a compression ratio from 18:1 to 3:1. When Red introduced this codec it was the first to allow high bit depth bayer sensor video data to be recorded to CompactFlash
CompactFlash
CompactFlash is a mass storage device format used in portable electronic devices. Most CompactFlash devices contain flash memory in a standardized enclosure. The format was first specified and produced by SanDisk in 1994...
, hard disk
Hard disk
A hard disk drive is a non-volatile, random access digital magnetic data storage device. It features rotating rigid platters on a motor-driven spindle within a protective enclosure. Data is magnetically read from and written to the platter by read/write heads that float on a film of air above the...
or SSD
SSD
-Computing:* Solid-state drive, a type of data storage device which uses memory rather than rotating media* Seven-segment display, a display which uses 7 segments to display mostly numbers* System sequence diagram, a type of UML software engineering diagram...
media instead of a big external storage system.
Being a mathematically lossy codec, decompression does not fully restore the original image data recorded by the sensor. Red claims the codec is "visually lossless", suggesting that the information loss is not visible to the naked eye when images are viewed.
Since Redcode is a wavelet based codec, it is possible to extract lower resolutions from the video stream to get real time playback on lower end machines.
Having a video stream that offers the same advantages of a raw image
RAW image format
A camera raw image file contains minimally processed data from the image sensor of either a digital camera, image scanner, or motion picture film scanner. Raw files are so named because they are not yet processed and therefore are not ready to be printed or edited with a bitmap graphics editor...
, one can make all adjustments like applying a curve, white balance, sharpening, or any other kinds of image adjustments in post like photographers do with their Raw images.
Red One
Initial order process
Red ran a reservation for the Red One camera, requiring a $1,000 deposit, between April 24, 2006 and October 31, 2006. Around 1,000 cameras were reserved during that time. Reservations were reopened from January 21, 2007 until January 24, 2007. The first 1,080 reservation holders each received a machined titanium "R" with their future camera serial number engraved on it. On August 31, 2007, Red shipped the first 25 Red One cameras to pre-order customers. Subsequently the camera became available for general ordering, although through late 2008, there was a wait time of up to several months, as Red filled its order backlog for over 3,000 units. The pre-order process has ended and the Red One became generally available in late 2008.NAB 2007
At the National Association of BroadcastersNational Association of Broadcasters
The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association, workers union, and lobby group representing the interests of for-profit, over-the-air radio and television broadcasters in the United States...
2007 show in Las Vegas, three working Red One cameras were on display as well as all-day screenings of the 12-minute short entitled Crossing the Line
Crossing the Line (short)
Crossing the Line is a 2008 short film by Peter Jackson set in World War I. It is the first film made with the Red One camera. The film has no dialog apart from the incidental speech of background characters....
directed by Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson
Sir Peter Robert Jackson, KNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his The Lord of the Rings film trilogy , adapted from the novel by J. R. R...
using two alpha versions of the Red camera nicknamed Boris and Natasha. The alpha versions had nothing but a record/stop button and shot at 4K at 24 frames per second and a 180 degree shutter. All other features were unavailable. Initially expecting a standard camera test, when Jim Jannard, Jarred Land and Deanan Dasilva from Red arrived in New Zealand, they were surprised to learn that Peter Jackson intended to shoot a ten minute short set in World War I featuring battles in trenches and in the air. The film was used to showcase the capabilities of the Red One camera in action rather than in controlled test environments. The film was shot in two days.
Despite being feature-incomplete, Red assured booth visitors the camera would start shipping before the end of the year.
At NAB 2007, Red announced that Redcode raw data generated by the camera can be converted using proprietary software called RedCine into a range of formats, including DPX
DPX
Digital Picture Exchange is a common file format for digital intermediate and visual effects work and is an ANSI/SMPTE standard...
.
Sensor
The Red One has a 11.5 megapixel bayer patternBayer filter
A Bayer filter mosaic is a color filter array for arranging RGB color filters on a square grid of photosensors. Its particular arrangement of color filters is used in most single-chip digital image sensors used in digital cameras, camcorders, and scanners to create a color image...
CMOS sensor. The sensor, called Mysterium measures 24.4 mm by 13.7 mm, and has 4,520 by 2,540 active pixels, though the camera only records a window of those pixels in normal operation. The sensor is about the surface area of a traditional Super 35 film frame, creating a similar angle of view
Angle of view
In photography, angle of view describes the angular extent of a given scene that is imaged by a camera. It is used interchangeably with the more general term field of view....
and depth of field
Depth of field
In optics, particularly as it relates to film and photography, depth of field is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image...
as the Super 35 film format. When shooting at 2k resolution the used sensor window is the same as Super 16
16 mm film
16 mm film refers to a popular, economical gauge of film used for motion pictures and non-theatrical film making. 16 mm refers to the width of the film...
film. This allows the camera to be used with Super 16 lenses.
Red specifies the sensor's signal to noise ratio at greater than 66 dB, with 11.3 stops
F-number
In optics, the f-number of an optical system expresses the diameter of the entrance pupil in terms of the focal length of the lens; in simpler terms, the f-number is the focal length divided by the "effective" aperture diameter...
of total dynamic range. The default sensitivity is ISO 320. Red later shipped new cameras with the Mysterium-X sensor with higher signal to noise ratio and a native sensivity of ISO 800 and improved dynamic range of about 13 stops, which had the same dimensions and pixel count as its predecessor. They also offered an upgrade programm for older Red Ones to replace their Mysterium sensors with the Mysterium-X.
Lens mount
The Red One camera utilises an interchangeable lens mount system allowing for the use of several industry-standard lens types. The default lens mount is a PL mountArri PL
Arri PL is a lens mount developed by Arri for use with both 16 mm and 35 mm movie cameras. The PL stands for "positive lock". It is the successor mount to the Arri bayonet; however, unlike the bayonet mount, it is incompatible with older Arri-mount lenses, due to the larger diameter...
, the most common mount for modern 35 mm and 16 mm motion picture cameras. An adapter for 2/3" B4 lenses, and for Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-mount
The Nikon F-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount developed by Nikon for its 35 mm SLR cameras. The F-mount was first introduced on the Nikon F camera in 1959, and features a three lug bayonet mount with a 44 mm throat and a flange to focal plane distance of 46.5 mm...
lenses have also been created.
At least two third-party suppliers have made a Canon EF lens mount
Canon EF lens mount
Introduced in 1987, the EF lens mount is the standard lens mount on the Canon EOS family of SLR film and digital cameras. EF stands for "Electro-Focus": automatic focusing on EF lenses is handled by a dedicated electric motor built into the lens...
for the Red One, which can provide full electronic control of EF lenses.
Recording formats
The Red One can record at several resolutions in a proprietary video lossy format called REDCODEREDCODE
REDCODE RAW is a proprietary multimedia audio/video file format owned by Red Digital Cinema Camera Company and featuring lossy compression for video contents and lossless for audio contents...
, all recording is progressive scan
Progressive scan
Progressive scanning is a way of displaying, storing, or transmitting moving images in which all the lines of each frame are drawn in sequence...
. Lower resolutions are achieved by windowing the sensor.
| Frame size | Width | Height | Aspect Ratio | Maximum fps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5K | 4480 | 1920 | 2.33:1 | 30 |
| 4K | 4096 | 2304 | 1.85:1 | 30 |
| 4K | 4096 | 2048 | 2:1 | 30 |
| 4K HD | 3840 | 2160 | 1.78:1 | 30 |
| 4K ANA | 2816 | 2304 | 2.44:1 | 30 |
| 3K | 3072 | 1728 | 1.78:1 | 60 |
| 3K | 3072 | 1536 | 2:1 | 60 |
| 3K ANA | 2112 | 1778 | 2.44:1 | 60 |
| 2K | 2048 | 1152 | 1.78:1 | 120 |
| 2K | 2048 | 1024 | 2:1 | 120 |
| 2K ANA | 1408 | 1152 | 2.44:1 | 120 |
Despite variable frame sizes, the Red One does not allow capture at standard definition
Standard-definition television
Sorete-definition television is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either enhanced-definition television or high-definition television . The term is usually used in reference to digital television, in particular when broadcasting at the same resolution as...
or high definition resolutions. However, as part of the process of delivering the REDCODE data recorded by the camera, standalone desktop conversion software called RedCine can be used to downscale to these resolutions for purposes of proxy editing or final output. After the required debayering process
Demosaicing
A demosaicing algorithm is a digital image process used to reconstruct a full color image from the incomplete color samples output from an image sensor overlaid with a color filter array...
, the images resolution of the Red One is approximately 3,200 lines for the Red One M sensor and 3,700 lines for the Red MX sensor. The resolution advertised by Red Digital Cinema is the resolution of the camera's sensor, not the actual amount of lines and rows the sensor can resolve.
Recording media
The Red One records footage to Redcode data files on disk or flash-based digital storage. Four different recording units with flash, SSD or mechical drives are available.Dimensions and weight
The Red One camera body weighs ten pounds (4.5 kilograms). Dimensions are 12.02 in long × 6.34 in high × 5.2 in wide (30 cm × 16 cm × 13 cm).Modular Concept
The camera is based around a modular design concept. It has many mounting points; accessories like recording devices, viewfinders, etc. can be mounted to the camera, rather than being integral parts of the body.Firmware updates
Red began shipping cameras with on-board software capable of adding additional features and bug fixes over time, via the camera's software updating mechanism. The current firmware release is a version of build 30. Since the initial release of the camera, new firmware releases have enabled sound, higher frame rates and better image quality, among other features.Field monitoring
Field monitoring is possible by using either Red displays or connecting a display to the HDMI or SDI port of the camera.Audio
The Red One has four TA3TA3
TA3 is a Slovak private news channel. It started officially broadcasting on 23 September 2001, although its first broadcast was on 11 September 2001 due to the September 11, 2001 attacks. The headquarters are located in Bratislava, in the Ružinov borough.-External links:*...
("mini XLR") connectors, and can record up to four channels of 24-bit 48 kHz digital audio, with or without phantom power
Phantom power
Phantom power, in the context of professional audio equipment, is a method for transmitting DC electric power through microphone cables to operate microphones that contain active electronic circuitry....
.
Additionally, the camera has HD-SDI and HDMI
HDMI
HDMI is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. It is a digital alternative to consumer analog standards, such as radio frequency coaxial cable, composite video, S-Video, SCART, component video, D-Terminal, or VGA...
outputs for connection to external monitoring devices.
The Red One generates a variety of data overlays which can be displayed on its video outputs, including histograms, waveform plots, false color exposure aids, time code
Time code
A timecode is a sequence of numeric codes generated at regular intervals by a timing system.- Video and film timecode :...
, project recording formats, audio levels, and two different focus-assist displays.
Unlike virtually all HD video cameras, the Red One does not generate a video stream in-camera which represents its final product. Its real time monitoring outputs do not reflect the resolution and dynamic range captured in the raw files it records. The camera's live outputs are intended to be used only for on-set monitoring, similarly to the way a video tap
Video tap
A video tap is an accessory for a motion picture camera used in filmmaking to provide a video signal from the camera lens. Video taps are used to allow the film crew to see what is in the camera's frame without having to look through the viewfinder, as well as allowing video to be recorded and can...
is often used with film-based acquisition.
Performance issues
As with many CMOS-based cameras, images captured by the Red One may show rolling shutterRolling shutter
Rolling shutter is a method of image acquisition in which each frame is recorded not from a snapshot of a single point in time, but rather by scanning across the frame either vertically or horizontally...
artifacts. Such cameras read data from the sensor line by line over a short period, rather than all at once, so each frame in an image sequence does not represent a single instant. Rolling shutter artifacts can cause vertical objects to appear to lean as the camera pans them horizontally, and can cause strobe effects like camera flashes or lightning strikes to appear only on portions of frames, creating a "tearing" effect. The effects of the rolling shutter have been improved in recent versions of the Red One camera firmware, but have not been eliminated. Rolling shutter also appears on film cameras, but they are not subject to the "tearing" symptom.
Reception
The first feature film shot and completed on the Red One 4K was Red CanvasRed Canvas
Red Canvas is a martial arts drama about a ruthless Mixed Martial Arts tournament. This movie is the first film shot and completed on the Red One 4k camera. Starring : Ernie Reyes Jr. John Savage, George Takei, María Conchita Alonso, and Lee Reyes...
, starring Ernie Reyes, Jr.
Ernie Reyes, Jr.
Ernie Reyes, Jr. , is an American actor, martial artist, action choreographer, director, producer, filmmaker, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer.-Early life:...
Director Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and an Academy Award-winning film director. He is best known for directing commercial Hollywood films like Erin Brockovich, Traffic, and the remake of Ocean's Eleven, but he has also directed smaller less...
shot both parts of the movie Che
Che (film)
Che is a two-part 2008 biopic about Ernesto 'Che' Guevara directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Benicio del Toro. Rather than follow a standard chronological order, the films offer an oblique series of interspersed moments along the overall timeline...
entirely with the Red One camera. After completing the films, Soderbergh stated: "this is the camera I've been waiting for my whole career: jaw-dropping imagery recorded on board a camera light enough to hold with one hand. I don't know how Jim and the Red team did it—and they won't tell me—but I know this: Red is going to change everything." He again used the Red One for his subsequent films The Girlfriend Experience
The Girlfriend Experience
The Girlfriend Experience is a 2009 experimental drama film shot in New York City. It is directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars then-active porn star Sasha Grey. A rough cut was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009. The film has also been made available on Amazon Video on Demand...
and The Informant!. The Academy Award-nominated District 9
District 9
District 9 is a 2009 South African science fiction thriller film directed by Neill Blomkamp. It was written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and David James...
was mostly shot using nine Red Ones. The film's producer, director Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson
Sir Peter Robert Jackson, KNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his The Lord of the Rings film trilogy , adapted from the novel by J. R. R...
, was one of the camera's earliest advocates, and has used it to shoot portions of his 2009 film The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones (film)
The Lovely Bones is a 2009 American drama film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a film adaptation of the award-winning and best-selling 2002 novel of the same name by Alice Sebold. The film stars Saoirse Ronan as Susie Salmon, alongside Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz as Susie's parents Jack and...
, and is using the new RED Epic cameras to shoot the upcoming Hobbit films.
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog Stipetić , known as Werner Herzog, is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.He is often considered as one of the greatest figures of the New German Cinema, along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Werner...
shot his film My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? with the Red One. He was disappointed with the camera's long reboot times, saying "It drove me insane, because sometimes something is happening and you can't just push the button and record it". He described the camera as "an immature camera created by computer people who do not have a sensibility or understanding for the value of high-precision mechanics".
List of films shot on Red One cameras
- The TNT cable channel show LeverageLeverage (TV series)Leverage is an American television drama series on TNT that premiered in December 2008. The series is produced by director/executive producer Dean Devlin's production company Electric Television...
uses Red One cameras for filming of all their episodes.
- Degrassi: The Next GenerationDegrassi: The Next GenerationDegrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian teen drama television series set in the Degrassi universe, which was created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1979. Degrassi is the fourth fictional series in the Degrassi franchise, and follows The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, and...
began using Red One cameras from the tenth season on.
- Red Dwarf: Back to EarthRed Dwarf: Back to EarthRed Dwarf: Back to Earth is a three part TV miniseries continuation of the science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, broadcast on the British television channel Dave between 10 April and 12 April 2009 and subsequently released on DVD on 15 June 2009 & on Blu-ray on 31 August 2009. It was the first...
, a new three episode series broadcast in April 2009, was shot with a Red One camera.
- The 2009 short The Butterfly Circus was shot using the Red One camera, as was the same director's previous short "Stained" which was the first film shot on the Red One to win Best Film at a festival.
- David Fincher'sDavid FincherDavid Andrew Leo Fincher is an American film and music video director. Known for his dark and stylish thrillers, such as Seven , The Game , Fight Club , Panic Room , and Zodiac , Fincher received Academy Award nominations for Best Director for his 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and...
2010 film The Social NetworkThe Social NetworkThe Social Network is a 2010 American drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin. Adapted from Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires, the film portrays the founding of social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits...
was shot on the Red One with the upgraded Mysterium-X or 'MX' sensor.
- Kevin SmithKevin SmithKevin Patrick Smith is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, and director, as well as a popular comic book writer, author, comedian/raconteur, and internet radio personality best recognized by viewers as Silent Bob...
filmed Red StateRed State (2011 film)Red State is a 2011 American independent horror film written and directed by Kevin Smith, starring Michael Parks, John Goodman, Melissa Leo and Stephen Root...
on Red cameras, his first digital feature.
- The third episode (titled 1983) of Red RidingRed RidingRed Riding is a television adaptation of English author David Peace's Red Riding Quartet. Published between 1999 and 2002, the quartet comprises the novels Nineteen Seventy-Four , Nineteen Seventy-Seven , Nineteen Eighty and Nineteen Eighty-Three...
was shot using the Red One digital camera and was directed by Anand Tucker.
- For the second half of ERER (TV series)ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
s final season, the show was filmed using the Red One. Its replacement on NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, SouthlandSouthland (TV series)Southland is an American drama series created by writer Ann Biderman and produced by Warner Bros. Television. It premiered on NBC on April 9, 2009...
, was also shot using the RED One.
- Sanctuary was the first television series in North America to use the Red One camera exclusively.
- The 2009 thriller KnowingKnowing (film)Knowing is a 2009 American-British science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage. The project was originally attached to a number of directors under Columbia Pictures, but it was placed in turnaround and eventually picked up by Escape Artists. Production was financially...
was shot using Red One cameras.
- In 2009, a Tamil Film Unnaipol Oruvan was fully shot using Red One cameras.
- The 2009 film AntichristAntichrist (film)Antichrist is a 2009 arthouse-horror film written and directed by Lars von Trier, starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg. It follows horror film conventions and tells the story of a couple who, after the death of their child, retreat to a cabin in the woods where the man experiences strange...
, directed by Lars Von Trier was shot using the Red One, apart from the slow-motion sequences.
- The 2010 film BeginnersBeginnersBeginners is a 2010 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Mills. It tells the story of Oliver , a man reflecting on the life and death of his father while trying to forge a new romantic relationship with a woman dealing with father issues of her own.Beginners premiered at the 2010...
, directed by Mike Mills, cinematography by Kasper Tuxen and starring Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer and Mélanie Laurent, was filmed with Red One.
- The 2010 film How I Ended This SummerHow I Ended This SummerHow I Ended This Summer is a 2010 Russian drama film directed by Alexei Popogrebski. It was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.-Plot:...
was filmed with Red one.
- In 2010, a Malayalam Film Yakshiyum NjanumYakshiyum NjanumYakshiyum Njaanum is a 2010 Malayalam film by Vinayan who himself has done the story and playwright for this film. The film is produced in the banner of RG Productions India Pvt...
was shot using Red One cameras.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is a 2011 adventure fantasy film and the fourth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean series...
was shot using Red cameras.
- The latest release by Sherwood PicturesSherwood PicturesSherwood Pictures is an American Christian film production company in Albany, Georgia, United States. It is unusual among production companies in that it is a ministry of a local church, Sherwood Baptist Church. The company uses mostly volunteers in their productions...
is Courageous (film)Courageous (film)Courageous is an independent Christian drama film produced by Sherwood Pictures and was released to theaters on September 30, 2011. It is the fourth film by Sherwood Pictures, the creators of Flywheel, Facing the Giants, and Fireproof. Filming in Albany, Georgia concluded in June 2010...
which was also shot using Red cameras.
- Life Cycles (2010) by Stance Films in association with ShimanoShimanoShimano, Inc. is a Japanese multinational manufacturer of cycling components, fishing tackle, and rowing equipment.In 2005, the company had net sales of US $1.4 billion. Bicycle components provided 75% of its sales income...
, Scott Bicycles & Pinkbike.com was shot using a Red One camera
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Epic-M and Epic-X
On April 15, 2010, an Epic prototypePrototype
A prototype is an early sample or model built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from.The word prototype derives from the Greek πρωτότυπον , "primitive form", neutral of πρωτότυπος , "original, primitive", from πρῶτος , "first" and τύπος ,...
was demonstrated at an off-site meeting during the 2010 NAB
National Association of Broadcasters
The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association, workers union, and lobby group representing the interests of for-profit, over-the-air radio and television broadcasters in the United States...
show exhibition (Red did not have an official booth at NAB).
The Epic M was introduced in early 2011, the Epic-X in late 2011. They share the same technical features, the only differences are the manufacturing process and their delivery dates..
Sensor
The camera sensor, called Mysterium-X, is a 27.7 by 14.6 mm 13.8 (5120 by 2700 pixels) megapixel bayer patternBayer filter
A Bayer filter mosaic is a color filter array for arranging RGB color filters on a square grid of photosensors. Its particular arrangement of color filters is used in most single-chip digital image sensors used in digital cameras, camcorders, and scanners to create a color image...
CCD
CCD
-Science:*Carbonate compensation depth, a property of oceans*Colony collapse disorder, a phenomenon involving the abrupt disappearance of the worker bees in a beehive or Western honey bee colony...
14 bit sensor which is rated at ISO 800 at daylight with a dynamic range of 13.5 stops. It has approximately the same surface area of a traditional Super 35mm film frame masked to the 1.85:1 aspect ratio
Aspect ratio
The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,...
, creating a similar angle of view
Angle of view
In photography, angle of view describes the angular extent of a given scene that is imaged by a camera. It is used interchangeably with the more general term field of view....
and depth of field
Depth of field
In optics, particularly as it relates to film and photography, depth of field is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image...
as the Super 35 film format.
Lens mounts
The Red Epic camera utilises an interchangeable lens mount system allowing for the use of several industry-standard lens types. The default lens mount is a PL mountArri PL
Arri PL is a lens mount developed by Arri for use with both 16 mm and 35 mm movie cameras. The PL stands for "positive lock". It is the successor mount to the Arri bayonet; however, unlike the bayonet mount, it is incompatible with older Arri-mount lenses, due to the larger diameter...
, the most common mount for modern 35 mm and 16 mm motion picture cameras. Red also created a Canon EF lens mount
Canon EF lens mount
Introduced in 1987, the EF lens mount is the standard lens mount on the Canon EOS family of SLR film and digital cameras. EF stands for "Electro-Focus": automatic focusing on EF lenses is handled by a dedicated electric motor built into the lens...
for the Red Epic, which provides full electronic control of EF lenses. A Leica M-Mount has been shown as a prototype and is planned to be sold in December. A Nikon mount will full electronic control over F mount lenses has been announced by RED.
Recording formats
The Red Epic can record at several resolutions in the proprietary video codec REDCODEREDCODE
REDCODE RAW is a proprietary multimedia audio/video file format owned by Red Digital Cinema Camera Company and featuring lossy compression for video contents and lossless for audio contents...
. Lower resolutions are achieved by windowing the sensor.
| Frame size | Width | Height | Mpix | Aspect Ratio | Maximum fps | Maximum fps HDRx | lowest possible REDCODE at 24 fps | REDCODE compression at maximum fps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5K | 5120 | 2700 | 13.8 | 1.9:1 | 96 | 48 | 3:1 | 12:1 |
| 5K WS | 5120 | 2134 | 10.9 | 2.4:1 | 120 | 60 | 3:1 | 12:1 |
| 4K | 4096 | 2160 | 8.8 | 1.9:1 | 120 | 60 | 3:1 | 12:1 |
| 4K HD | 3840 | 2160 | 8.2 | 1.78:1 | 120 | 60 | 3:1 | 12:1 |
| 3K | 3072 | 1620 | 5.0 | 1.9:1 | 160 | 80 | 3:1 | 12:1 |
| 2K | 2048 | 1080 | 2.2 | 1.9:1 | 300 | 150 | 3:1 | 12:1 |
Table shows maximum frame rates at different resolutions for the Epic camera.
Recording media
The Epic "brain" records at a data rate of up to 225 MB/ to proprietary SSD drives called RedMags. Having no moving parts and being lightweight they allow for lightweight camera rigs and resist sudden motion or intense vibration that could cause dropped frames with mechanical hard drive storage.In-camera playback
On November 19, 2011 Jarred Land announced in-camera playback for the Epic.Modular Concept
The camera is based around a modular design concept. It has many mounting points for accessories like recording devices, viewfinders, etc. that can be mounted to the camera, rather than being integral parts of the body. Several cages, plates and rail systems are available that provide protection or extra mounting points.Field monitoring
Three first party, on-camera monitoring options are available for the Red Epic, a 5" LCD touch screen, a 7" LCD screen and an electronic viewfinderElectronic viewfinder
An electronic viewfinder or EVF is a viewfinder where the image captured by the lens is projected electronically onto a miniature display. The image on this display is used to assist in aiming the camera at the scene to be photographed.-Operation:...
. The screens have a native resolution of 1,024 by 600 pixels, while the electronic viewfinder has a native resolution of 1,280 by 848. Both the screens and the viewfinder connect through proprietary interfaces and rely on in-camera processing to generate their data displays, making them compatible only with Red Cameras.
If the 5-inch isn't used there is an additional device called the Redmote required to control the camera.
The Red Epic generates a variety of data overlays which can be displayed on its video outputs, including histograms, waveform plots, false color exposure aids, time code, project recording formats, audio levels, and two different focus-assist displays.
Unlike virtually all HD video cameras, the Red One does not generate a video stream in-camera which represents its final product. Its real time monitoring outputs do not reflect the resolution and dynamic range captured in the raw files it records. The camera's live outputs are intended to be used only for on-set monitoring, similarly to the way a video tap is often used with film-based acquisition.
HDRx
When enabling HDRx, the camera records a second track with a user-definable shutter speed of up to 6 stops less than the main track during the time the main shutter is closed. These two tracks can be blended together via RedCineX to recover blown out highlights. Shooting in HDRx reduces the achievable frame rate by half and doubles the data rate of the video stream.Time-Lapse
Framerate on the Epic can be brought down to 1 fps to shoot time lapse footage with a user-definable shutter speed.Upgrade plans and future Epic brains
Red announced the Red Dragon 6k sensor to be the first from the Monstro sensor family. Upgrades to that sensor will be available for both Scarlet and Epic cameras.The Red Epic brain is also announced to come in the following variants:
| Name | Chip Size | Resolution (in pixels) | Mpix | bit depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epic FF35 | 36x24mm | 6000 × 4000 (6K) | 24 | 14 |
| Epic 645 | 56x42mm | 9,334 × 7,000 (9K) | 65 | 16 |
| Epic 617 | 168x56mm | 28,000 × 9,334 (28K) | 261 | 16 |
First major theatrical releases
The first major theatrical releases to be shot on the Epic will be the upcoming The Amazing Spider-ManThe Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)
The Amazing Spider-Man is an upcoming American superhero film based on the comic book of the same name that is currently in post-production. It is the fourth Columbia Pictures film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man and the first film in a rebooted Spider-Man film franchise. The film...
, Bryan Singer
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Bryan Singer is an American film director and film producer. Singer won critical acclaim for his work on The Usual Suspects, and is especially well-known among fans of the science fiction and superhero genres for his work on the X-Men films and Superman Returns.-Early life:Singer was born in New...
's Jack the Giant Killer
Jack the Giant Killer (2012 film)
Jack the Giant Killer is an upcoming fantasy / adventure film based on the fairy tale of the same name. The film is directed by Bryan Singer and stars Nicholas Hoult as the titular hero with a script written by Darren Lemke, Christopher McQuarrie and Dan Studney...
, Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. His most famous films include The Duellists , Alien , Blade Runner , Legend , Thelma & Louise , G. I...
's Prometheus
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Prometheus is an upcoming science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba and Logan Marshall-Green. The film was originally intended as a direct prequel to the 1979 science fiction horror film Alien...
, Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson
Sir Peter Robert Jackson, KNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his The Lord of the Rings film trilogy , adapted from the novel by J. R. R...
's The Hobbit, James Cameron
James Cameron
James Francis Cameron is a Canadian-American film director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, environmentalist and inventor...
's Avatar 2, David Fincher
David Fincher
David Andrew Leo Fincher is an American film and music video director. Known for his dark and stylish thrillers, such as Seven , The Game , Fight Club , Panic Room , and Zodiac , Fincher received Academy Award nominations for Best Director for his 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and...
's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is an upcoming English-language drama thriller film that is the second film based on the Swedish novel of the same name by Stieg Larsson. The first film was the 2009 Swedish-language adaptation. The upcoming film is written by Steven Zaillian and directed by David...
, Måns Mårlind
Måns Mårlind
Måns Magnus Mårlind is a Swedish director and screenwriter.-Movie career:Mårlind has practiced moviemaking in Sweden and USA, his most notable work being the 2005 film Storm. He co-directed the thriller Shelter with Bjorn Stein; the film stars Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyers and based on a...
's Underworld: Awakening, Paul W. S. Anderson
Paul W. S. Anderson
Paul William Scott Anderson , also known as Paul W. S. Anderson or Paul Anderson, is an English film director who regularly works in science fiction movies and video game adaptations.-Life and career:...
's Resident Evil: Retribution
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Resident Evil: Retribution is an upcoming 2012 3D science-fiction action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. It is the fifth installment in the Resident Evil film series, which is based on the Capcom survival horror series Resident Evil.The film has many returning actors and...
, Michael J. Bassett's Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
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Silent Hill: Revelation 3D is an upcoming American 3D horror film due to release in 2012. Written and directed by Michael J. Bassett, Revelation 3D is based on the survival horror video game Silent Hill 3 and a sequel to the horror film Silent Hill, which is an adaptation of the survival horror...
, and Ajith Kumar
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Ajith Kumar is an Indian film actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He began his career as a supporting actor in a Telugu film before gaining critical recognition in the Tamil thriller Aasai . A succession of high-grossing films followed where Ajith was usually depicted as a romantic hero, with...
's Billa 2
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.
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Scarlet-X
A self-contained in Scarlet prototype with an attached lens was demonstrated at CESConsumer Electronics Show
The International Consumer Electronics Show is a major technology-related trade show held each January in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Not open to the public, the Consumer Electronics Association-sponsored show typically hosts previews of products and new...
2010.
On November 3rd, 2011, RED officially revealed the new Scarlet system, outfitted with the same S35 Mysterium-X sensor and the same housing (without the cooling ribs) as the Red Epic. It can record stills with a resolution of up to 5120 x 2700 pixels (5K) at 12 fps. For 24 fps recording the resolution has to be lowered to 4k by windowing the sensor, the frame rate goes up to 120 frames per second at 1K.
With specific hardware limitations, the Scarlet comes with a heavily reduced price tag, but at the sacrifice of frame rates and compression options. The body, a side Solid State Drive module, and an aluminum Canon lens mount will cost $9,750. Adding a side handle, redvolt batteries, a charger, a 64 GB SSD, RED station, and a 5" touchscreen LCD will bring the package to $14,015. The customer is also given the chance to replace the aluminum lens mount with a titanium one for $1,500. The titanium equipped Scarlet will begin shipping November 17th, while the aluminum equipped scarlet will ship December 1st.
Maximum data rate for Scarlet camera is 55 MB per second (440 Mbit/s)
| Frame size | Width | Height | Aspect Ratio | Maximum fps | Maximum fps HDRx | lowest possible REDcode at 24 fps | REDcode compression at maximum fps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5K | 5120 | 2700 | 1.9:1 | 12 | 6 | not possible | RC 5:1 |
| 4K | 4096 | 2160 | 1.9:1 | 25 | 12 | 6:1 | 6:1 |
| 4K HD | 3840 | 2160 | 1.78:1 | 30 | 15 | 6:1 | 7:1 |
| 3K | 3072 | 1620 | 1.9:1 | 48 | 25 | 4:1 | 7:1 |
| 2K | 2048 | 1080 | 1.9:1 | 60 | 30 | 3:1 | 4:1 |
| 1K | 1024 | 540 | 1.9:1 | 120 | 60 | 3:1 | 3:1 |
Table shows maximum frame rates at different resolutions for the Scarlet camera.
Lenses
Red has created a series of self-branded spherical PL mount prime and zoom lenses. These lenses all have an image circleImage circle
The image circle, or circle of illumination, of a lens is the circular area in the image plane formed by the cone of light transmitted by the lens . Within this circle is the smaller circle for which image definition is acceptable, the circle of good definition ; however, some authors make no...
that covers the sensors or frame size of Red Epic and film cameras.
Prime lenses
The following prime lenses are currently sold by Red:| Name | Focal length | t-stop |
|---|---|---|
| Red Pro Prime | 18mm | 1.8 |
| Red Pro Prime | 25mm | 1.8 |
| Red Pro Prime | 35mm | 1.8 |
| Red Pro Prime | 50mm | 1.8 |
| Red Pro Prime | 85mm | 1.8 |
| Red Pro Prime | 100mm | 1.8 |
| Red Pro Prime | 300mm | 2.9 |
Zoom lenses
The following zoom lenses are currently sold by Red:| Name | Focal range | t-stop | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Pro | 17-50mm | 2.9 | 1.5kg |
| Red Pro | 18-85mm | 2.9 | 4.5kg |
In Q1 of 2010, the 18–50 mm t/2.9 zoom was supplanted by a 17–50 mm T2.9 zoom.
Anamorphic lenses
In January 14, 2010 Jim Jannard announced the development of a set of anamorphic prime lenses with a focal length of 35mm, 50mm 85mm and 100mm with t/2.4. In October 20, 2010 Jarred Land confirmed that those lenses are still in development.Displays
Four first party, on-camera monitoring options are available for Red Cameras. The screens and the viewfinder connect through a proprietary interface and rely on in-camera processing to generate their data displays, making them compatible only with Red Cameras.| Name | Size | Resolution | ppi | touch screen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOMB EVF | n.a. | 1280x784 | n.a. | no |
| RED TOUCH 5.0" LCD | 5" | 800x480 | 187 | yes |
| RED PRO LCD (7") | 7" | 1024x600 | 170 | no |
| RED LCD (5.6") | 5.6" | 1024x600 | 212 | no |
Accessories
Red offers several accessories for their cameras such as batteries, side handles, decoder cards and matte boxes.Red Rocket
Red Rocket is a monitoring solution in the form of an internal PCI ExpressPCI Express
PCI Express , officially abbreviated as PCIe, is a computer expansion card standard designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus standards...
card called Red Rocket that is capable of 4K, 2K, or 1080p video playback via HD-SDI to a user-supplied monitor. The card uses on-board processing to render 4K (or other resolutions) in real time.
A breakout box component of the Red Rocket allows users to convert the HD-SDI signal to four HDMI
HDMI
HDMI is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. It is a digital alternative to consumer analog standards, such as radio frequency coaxial cable, composite video, S-Video, SCART, component video, D-Terminal, or VGA...
outputs.
History
On November 13, 2008, larger formats were announced, including a proposed expansion of up to 28,000 horizontal pixels, for a 261 megapixel sensor.In September 2008, Jim Jannard made several announcements on the RedUser forum:
- The first, posted on September 8, announced a "DSLRDigital single-lens reflex cameraMost digital single-lens reflex cameras are digital cameras that use a mechanical mirror system and pentaprism to direct light from the lens to an optical viewfinder on the back of the camera....
-killer" that was tentatively referred to as "DSMC, a Digital Still and Motion Camera". - Jannard posted a message on September 11 stating that "Epic...has changed." Eleven days later, on RedUser's companion discussion board ScarletUser, Jannard announced that Scarlet, was "not the same." Both products were pulled from the Red company website, replaced with temporary images stating that they were "Currently Undergoing Change."
- On 14 June 2010, Jannard posted that there would be another delay in Scarlet and EPIC production due to a firmwareFirmwareIn electronic systems and computing, firmware is a term often used to denote the fixed, usually rather small, programs and/or data structures that internally control various electronic devices...
bug and FoxconnFoxconnThe Foxconn Technology Group is a multinational business group anchored by the Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. , a Taiwan-registered corporation headquartered in Tucheng, Taiwan...
semiconductor closing the semiconductor fabrication plant that produced the sensors.
Lawsuit and email hacking
On August 18, 2008, Red filed a lawsuit against the electronics company LG over its use of the name Scarlet. Jannard accused LG "...of taking the "Scarlet" brand name from the camera company, despite RED's denial of their request."On September 23, 2011 Jim Jannard announced that his personal email account was compromised by a former Arri executive.
Competitors
These competitors have very similar features and some are already in wide use by the film industry.- Arriflex D-20/21Arriflex D-20The Arriflex D-20 is a film-style digital motion picture camera made by Arri first introduced in November 2005. The camera's attributes are its optical viewfinder, modularity, and 35mm-width CMOS sensor. The camera was discontinued in 2008 and the Arriflex D-21 was introduced.- Overview :The D-20...
(35 mm sensor size, 1080p output in HD mode, 3K in data mode) - Dalsa OriginDalsa OriginThe Dalsa Origin was the first camera designed and built by Dalsa Corporation to be used specifically for digital cinematography.- Overview :...
(35 mm, 4K) - F-23 (SonySony, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
CineAltaCineAltaSony's CineAlta 24P HD Cameras are a series of professional digital video cameras that offer many of the same features of a 35mm motion picture film camera.- Concept :...
) ( in, 1080p) - F-35 (SonySony, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
CineAltaCineAltaSony's CineAlta 24P HD Cameras are a series of professional digital video cameras that offer many of the same features of a 35mm motion picture film camera.- Concept :...
) (35 mm, 1080p) - F-65 (SonySony, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
CineAltaCineAltaSony's CineAlta 24P HD Cameras are a series of professional digital video cameras that offer many of the same features of a 35mm motion picture film camera.- Concept :...
) (35 mm, 4K, 120 frame/s) - PanavisionPanavisionPanavision is an American motion picture equipment company specializing in cameras and lenses, based in Woodland Hills, California. Formed by Robert Gottschalk as a small partnership to create anamorphic projection lenses during the widescreen boom in the 1950s, Panavision expanded its product...
Genesis (35 mm, 1080p) - Silicon Imaging ( in, 2K)
- Weisscam HS-2 MKII
- Thomson Viper FilmStream ( in, 1080p)
- Vision Research Phantom65 (65 mm, 4K, 125 frame/s)
- Vision Research PhantomHD (35 mm, 2K, 1000 frame/s)
- Arriflex AlexaArriflex AlexaThe Arri Alexa is a film-style digital motion picture camera made by Arri first introduced in April 2010. The camera marks Arri's first major transition into digital cinematography after smaller previous efforts such as the Arriflex D-20 and D-21...
A-EV, A-EV Plus, A-OV Plus (35 mm, 3.5K) - Canon C300Canon C300The EOS C300 is a camera announced by Canon on November 3, 2011. The camera is aimed at the professional cinematography. The C300 is intended to compete with cameras such as the RED Epic and the Arri Alexa. The camera is offered with the option of Canon EF or Arri PL mounts...
In development
- Kinetta CameraKinetta CameraThe Kinetta is a variable frame rate digital cinema camera with an upgradable sensor. Its closest competitor is the Red One by RED Digital Cinema.- External links :* * *...
(sensor agnostic) - AatonAatonAaton is a motion picture equipment manufacturer, based in Grenoble, France. Aaton was founded by Eclair engineer Jean-Pierre Beauviala, whose efforts have been primarily focused on making quiet, portable motion picture hardware suitable for impromptu field use, as for documentaries...
Penelope DigiMag (35 mm, 6K) - Ikonoskop A-cam DII (16 mm, 1080p, CinemaDNG)
- Apertus open source cinema project
- KineRAW (S35, 2K)
External links
- Red Camera on the Movie Making Manual at WikiBooksWikibooksWikibooks is a Wiki hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation for the creation of free content textbooks and annotated texts that anyone can edit....
- Official website
- Official discussion forum
- Insides of a RED EPIC-M
- RED ONE Pocket Guide
- RED EPIC Pocket Guide