James Mathers DCCS 'Getting Reddy'

[Scott Webster]

James Mathers speculates on what he will need and budget for a 35mm type Red kit for feature work.

http://www.digitalcinemasociety.org/CurrentNewsletter.php

Article is about a 1/3 way down your screen.

[Sanjin Jukic]

Thanks. Very good.

[Appleton]

James is spending a lot of cake. $100K.

I've calculated to get everything (including post) from scratch it will be around $98K. A set of semi-modern primes would add another $50 K. How many are starting from zero, though, with no gear ?

It's going to be a big investment, regardless; from an individual doing RED guerilla style to a studio set up. There's a lot of hard work too afford RED. From RED teams posts it seems they're well aware of it.

One good thing about intitial start up costs ? Once you've got the gear and workflow down, adding a second camera isn't as cost prohibitive. gotta spend cake to make cake ...

[Mark Thorpe]

I don't think all of us are looking to go 4k from day 1. Its a process in my case to start out with the cam. Looking to go 1080P at the outset, then work a year or so to attempt the transition to 2K and then as and when the time allows, not to mention the cashflow, look at making the move to 4K.

My 5c