Comments on: Competition is good: Life after Red

By: Bob Loblaw

Bob Loblaw — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:29:00 +0000

“No thanks I’ll stick to Red bro,”

The 1980’s called and want their comment back.

By: KevinKelley

KevinKelley — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 01:40:00 +0000

Just bought a Sony FS700. It is so easy to use and looks great! I decided to put the money in glass in front of the camera with Zeiss cine lenses instead of all the computer stuff involved in the back in. It just feels a lot more organic like the old days with my Arri BL.

By: TS Naylor

TS Naylor — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:10:00 +0000

I own an Epic and love the image. I was also banned on Reduser for all eternity and announced by the great Oz (JJannard) he’d never let me own an Epic – all for pointing out legit design flaws (before they shipped) on Red Loser. These design flaws, one EVF out, one SDI out and a less that versatile yoke for the touch screen, still plague the Epic today. Red’s solution, a monstrous i/o box that when attached to their battery module makes for a far more unwieldy beast than an Alexa.

The strength of the camera is its size and image. The weakness are its lack of ergonomic design and proper in/outs. Even though I’m an owner, I use all flavors of camera for different gigs. An Alexa on my shoulder doesn’t require all the hand held rigging as an Epic. I can throw it on my shoulder with just one handgrip and it rides considerably lower. These things matter to me more than 4k, considering all my TV deliverables are 1080. Mike is dead on that Red should solve their weaknesses. They’ve lost considerable market share because of them. I wouldn’t be surprised if the ratio of Alexa to Red TV shows is perhaps 10 to 1 or more. Here are the weaknesses they need to address asap:- Create a smaller i/o module with two sdi, one extra evf lemo.- Pro rez / DNX module- Integrated V mount or AB battery system.- A simple and fast switching hand held approach- Faster turn around and response from customer service- A forum that doesn’t ban valid criticism- Reduser, with its cult like aura is perhaps a detriment than a benefit. A more objective and less rabid forum would be more useful and alienate fewer.
– Lose the “Change, you can count it” mantra if you ban people for suggesting it.

By: Misa Garcia

Misa Garcia — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:33:00 +0000

Haha… I agree.

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:40:00 +0000

Spell Check & Grammar Check

By: Newbie

Newbie — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:28:00 +0000

Holy hell. Everyone PLEASE learn the difference between their, there and they’re. …please.

By: Michael N Sutton

Michael N Sutton — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:34:00 +0000

Well said.

By: Misa Garcia

Misa Garcia — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:50:00 +0000

ha.

By: Thomas Jacobs

Thomas Jacobs — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:52:00 +0000

I’m not going to get into all the technical stuff or go through the list of what I think is wrong with RED camera and RED the company. But let’s put it like this, there attitude is so bad that I will do anything to avoid working with them, however they are the best tool for some jobs, but they are simply terrible for others. The image is good, sometimes great, but it’s by no means perfect. There are simply better cameras out there.

They need to stop the bad attitude and gorilla style marketing. It might work with the guys over at REDUSER who drive their EPIC around in their Porsche’s, but never actually shoot anything. But here in the real world, on real film sets, no one gives a damn if you’re shooting on RED or Arri etc. They just care that the right camera has been chosen for the job.

All of your points above are valid. The camera is good, the management are bullies and the fanboys are detrimental to the company.

They have a long way to go.

By: Michael N Sutton

Michael N Sutton — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:23:00 +0000

Fair enough