RED...Leader or Follower?

[number6]

All the technical details have been discussed to death on this forum ever since Jim asked our opinion on losing camera-outputted RGB.

As best as I can tell, the RGB folks can still have what they want through a software solution, or whatever.

So for me anyway, the question becomes more about legacy. That is, does RED want to be just the greatest little pro-sumer/cinema camera ever, or concentrate all its energy towards being the best affordable image recorder ever?

This camera is being hailed as "Revolutionary" by people shooting films about real revolutionaries (Che), not because they do great 720p or have great RGB, but because they capture the finest digital image currently available. And it's not as if a reformed mission statement would break faith with anyone who wants to shoot with the RGB 1080 or 720 formats... those were going to have to be addressed with software anyway as best as I can tell.

I'm just sayin' that I think RED made a terrible mistake when planning this camera by trying to be everything to everybody. And while mistakes have been made, it's not too late to fix this by concentrating on getting the highest quality image at the fastest framerates possible out of the camera, then let the user do with them what we will.

[James T Mather]

this is useful....not.

[number6]

this is useful....not.

On further review... I totally agree. Should have waited until I was fully awake before posting.

[Teague Kennedy]

On further review... I totally agree. Should have waited until I was fully awake before posting.

This thread is funny. Don't be so hard on yourself, number6. I feel your pain, but I think that at Red they are taking all comments to heart, and in the end THEY will make the decision. It will be a great camera no matter what that decision is.

[number6]

This thread is funny. Don't be so hard on yourself, number6. I feel your pain, but I think that at Red they are taking all comments to heart, and in the end THEY will make the decision. It will be a great camera no matter what that decision is.

Yeah, I don't retract my comments, but I agree with jtm that they really aren't very useful. There has just been so much debate that I can't read it all, and can't comprehend most of what I read. This was my attempt to try and capture the gist of it.

And, like you say, it will be a great camera no matter what. And whatever they send me I will use happily. I just hope the camera is in its utmost incarnation at the time of its release, whatever configuration that may be.

[Zakaree Sandberg]

i feel for you..
i felt the same way when i posted a picture of a 800 pound woman in a bikini next to a red one..