New delivery schedule...

[Jannard]

Serial numbers 1-25 will be delivered August 31st (next Friday).

Serial numbers 26-50 will be delivered Sept, 7th (following Friday).

There will be a slight delay due to IBC for the next batch of deliveries.

We'll keep you posted.

Jim

[Kyle Mallory]

Awesome! (I just had to say something... anything!)

[G.A. Kokes]

Great news!

Is there any delays on further out delivery's? Or are the other serial numbers still on track?

Thanks!
G

[Adrian T.]

The revolution has just begun! :ninja:

[Steven Parker]

pretty exciting... can't wait for christmas this year!

[Mark L. Pederson]

It seems like only yesterday Frederic Lumiere was giving a presentation in front of a little tent at the open of NAB 2006 ...

CRAZY!!!

Huge congrats in advance to the entire team!! Mad MAD props!!

[Poi Boy]

I Think IBC should be canceled this year. sort of LOL
Aloha
-A

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Excellent!

Only 1 week away...

[Jeff Kilgroe]

I Think IBC should be canceled this year. sort of LOL
Aloha
-A

I'm sure there's several of our Euro-REDUSER brothers who want to lynch you for saying that. :ph34r: :)

[Laco Zamba]

When will first owners specify their RED accessories?

[laguun]

Serial numbers 1-25 will be delivered August 31st (next Friday).

Serial numbers 26-50 will be delivered Sept, 7th (following Friday).

There will be a slight delay due to IBC for the next batch of deliveries.

We'll keep you posted.

Jim

Jim, and all the Team:
Congratulations!

That was the most exciting R&D i ever saw since i begun working - and yes, that includes my time at several larger manufacturers!

I hope you find some time to celebrate your archievement.

[Chris Gearhart]

IBC? What's that? Cancel it. lol.

Cool, Jim. Congrats!!!!

[Sanjin Jukic]

Next Friday!

RED is shipping!!

I can't believe it!!!

[Learvis Templeton jr.]

Jarred is #10 on the list I bet he has all the accessories! Now maybe he'll post some more pimped out red pics and footage!

[Curran Giddens]

Congrats!!!

It sounds like the builds are going well.

:w00t:

[Ben Feuer]

Sweeeeeet! Too bad I'm in the 'delayed' bunch. That's the way the cookie bounces.
Can't wait to see footage.

[Kevin Halverson]

This is wonderful news!

A big congratulations for accomplishing the near impossible.

[wshultz]

Sweeeeeet! Too bad I'm in the 'delayed' bunch. That's the way the cookie bounces.
Can't wait to see footage.

I love mixed metaphors! It's okay, though, it's just gravy in my pocket.

[Chris Armstrong]

Wow that's great! Can't wait to see the flood of footage here shortly.

[Unwounded]

Great new....just curius, what red accesories/lens ect won't be shipping at the same time as the cameras?

[Gianny Trutmann]

Great News,
Congrats to the RED TEAM you guy's have done the impossible.

[Steve Gibby]

I've looked forward to D-Day (delivery day) for nearly two years now. To see that day only a week away is the most amazing rush!

My deepest kudos to RED Team, summarized by this colloquil mantra that RED obviously epitomizes:

"If you can imagine it...you can achieve it"

Let 'er rip...! :gun:

[David Cubbage]

Fantastic news!

Congratulations Red team; the dream becomes reality!

[Emanuel A.]

It's the D-day indeed! The champagne is running through our own throats!

[Hrvoje Simic]

Congratulations RED team. Fantastic achievment.

May you all soon-to-be true REDusers enjoy your long awaited tool.

[Steve Freebairn]

I'm hoping the production can be accelerated now that you got things worked out, but I'm just excited your this close.

Will you release Redcine online so we can mess with posted footage? Will you provide any footage or shall we wait for Gibby and Offhollywood? I'm mainly interested about Redcine and testing out a new computer I'm building.

[Jannard]

Great new....just curius, what red accesories/lens ect won't be shipping at the same time as the cameras?

The 18-50mm CF zoom and 300mm lenses are ready. The cast rail system tooling is not done yet, so we built several machined sets (need to charge more) for those that need them now. We have CF cards, batteries and charger, cables and all you need to turn the camera on and record.

Jim

[Jannard]

REDCINE will be ready in Beta form, plus there will be RED Alert!, RED Quick and some footage posted so everyone can try some samples. We'll explain RED Alert! and RED Quick soon enough, so don't ask. :-)

Jim

[wshultz]

Your definition of "soon enough" and ours may differ... :)

[Petros Nousias]

Does that mean that cameras scheduled for october 10th will be delayed as well?

[Babu Kantamneni]

I am having palpitations!I better get a stat EKG.
congrats jim.
Babu

[laguun]

REDCINE will be ready in Beta form, plus there will be RED Alert!, RED Quick and some footage posted so everyone can try some samples. We'll explain RED Alert! and RED Quick soon enough, so don't ask. :-)


excellent.
The timing, btw, just before IBC is great - that will create excellent turmoil in Amsterdam this year.

RED Alert! must be the software for make-up artists which detects if talent/actor need new makeup for 4k, but not for 35mm@2k or 1080p, i guess.

[Álex Montoya]

Great news, Jim.

Congratulations.

[Daniel Reichenbach]

Gratulations to RED team, I knew it, I felt it, so it happened, hope Nr. 222 will see the light mid oktober as well.

[Gunleik Groven]

So, it's on then!

Congrats!

Gunleik

[Larry McKee]

Hey, there weren't any "subject to change" notices on those delivery dates. Kinda spooky. ;)

We must be entering a new era where at least some things are locked down.

[Blair S. Paulsen]

Is there any way to post how geeked up I am to have reservation #19 without coming off like a total asshole.

[Jared VanLeuven]

Frederic was a machine ...

Let's all pass out from exhaustion in memory!


It seems like only yesterday Frederic Lumiere was giving a presentation in front of a little tent at the open of NAB 2006 ...

CRAZY!!!

Huge congrats in advance to the entire team!! Mad MAD props!!

[Larry McKee]

Is there any way to post how geeked up I am to have reservation #19 without coming off like a total asshole.

Prolly not. But if it really bothers you, we could swap reservations.:blush:

[Steve Freebairn]

Is there any way to post how geeked up I am to have reservation #19 without coming off like a total asshole.

That's awesome Blair!

My guess is that Red alert tells you if your recording media (cf) is fast enough to use with the Red One. My second guess is that it checks your files and tells you right after you shot them if they are OK, like file verification and integrity with one check.

[Shawn Nelson]

How about the EVF? Will it be ready?

And when you say Red-Rail, do you mean the premium production pack or everything, including the bottom rails with the battery and harddrive holder?

[liquidigital]

Good for you guys! Congrats Jim and team.

This forum is such a distraction for me. My screenplay is really suffering right now. LOL

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Is there any way to post how geeked up I am to have reservation #19 without coming off like a total asshole.

Yes, repeat after me: "Party at Blair's place, in honor of RED #19... Free beer."

[laguun]

Is there any way to post how geeked up I am to have reservation #19 without coming off like a total asshole.

no.
i am jealous, did i mention that?

[laguun]

Yes, repeat after me: "Party at Blair's place, in honor of RED #19... Free beer."


ok jeff found a solution.

[Paul Hazlett]

oooooooh I just wet myself....no wait.

yes I did.

Thanks Jim and the whole friggin Red team!!!!!

[Gabriel Beaudry]

Congratulation to the Red Team and their hard work.

Je suis content en tabarnak.

[Harmonica]

How about the EVF? Will it be ready?

And when you say Red-Rail, do you mean the premium production pack or everything, including the bottom rails with the battery and harddrive holder?

Shawn, it looks like you just got an extra week to bug them about getting your camera engraved.:)

[Dominic Jones]

Great news - congratulations Jim, Graeme, Stuart et al... You guys must be pretty chuffed, a bet there's a hell of a feeling in the air over at the Red office!

Enjoy it guys, you thoroughly deserve it...

[laguun]

i would really be curious to see what red #1 (ok, #2, you don´t sell the #1) would sell for on ebay if the auction would start now :)

[Jochen Schmidt-Hambrock]

Suddenly I realise it might only be 6 weeks to #296 .....

No, I´m not nerveous, its just cold in here.

Jochen

[laguun]

Suddenly I realise it might only be 6 weeks to #296 .....

No, I´m not nerveous, its just cold in here.

Jochen

just rub it in my wounds.... >900 here.

[Dan Blanchett]

Is there any way to post how geeked up I am to have reservation #19 without coming off like a total asshole.

Blair, if I find myself strolling through Little Italy next weekend I may just have to pop in on you. I can wrangle up some snacks or something... :biggrin:

[Adrian Correia]

can we get some details on the CF cards....size, cost? Sorry Jim, had to do it!

[Eirik Tyrihjel]

This is great news!

RED ONE is imminent!

[Daniel Reichenbach]

Suddenly I realise it might only be 6 weeks to #296 .....

No, I´m not nerveous, its just cold in here.

Jochen

Hehe from 222 :), you will ask me how it feels to have a RED body in the arms... just a few cameras in front, but front....

[laguun]

Hehe from 222 :), you will ask me how it feels to have a RED body in the arms... just a few cameras in front, but front....

cruel. you are so cruel.
:)

[John Wee]

A W E S O M E !!!

Cant wait to see some tests of the RED ONE with DSLR Lenses !!

CONGRATULATION TO #2 - #50 ! I bet if you put up an auction on ebay, you will make SOME GOOD MONEY !

[Jeff Kilgroe]

CONGRATULATION TO #2 - #50 ! I bet if you put up an auction on ebay, you will make SOME GOOD MONEY !

Well, Jim owns #'s 1 thru 5... As for the ebay thing, I'm sure we'll see a couple, maybe, I kinda doubt it out of the first batch though. Personally, I think I could make a lot more money using the camera than re-selling it for a quick buck.

[Password Expired]

Red Alert was explained last week, don't you guys remember?. It is the cable attachment you place over people's hearts when they fall to the floor in a mumbling, shaking mass of excitement and disbelief after seeing 4K footage for the first time. Once secured to the person's chest, it sends a jolt of electricity to revive them ER style.

I look forward to collapsing in this very fashion and hope that my DIT has read the manual to ensure he knows how to work Red Alert. Afterall, I cannot wait to swallow my own tongue and urinate in my pants from the sheer overload of HD love and goodness.

(Note to self: Objective for the day is complete. Use the words 'urinate', 'tongue', 'love' and 'goodness' all in the same sentence).

BTW - Does Red take credit cards for purchase? Sorry, bad joke.

[Antoine Fabi]

Great news !

thanks Jim !

[Mike Seymour]

As camera #22 - we are picking up friday,.. and filming Sat in LA ;-)

But then it is returning home to OZ

We have events planned with ACS here so everyone locally can get their hands on one - especially other reservation holders

Mike

[Salem Kapic]

jiiiipiiii!!

I understand it might be only five more weeks to #260!!!

:biggrin:

[Gunleik Groven]

Hm... Are the disks ready, or "only" CF?

Gunleik

[bbb]

The D-day !!!!!
I hate you all so much ;-):angry03:
And thank you all very much.
The wind is changing....that is for shure.:cold:
Or maybe its just my betacam farted in my face.:ohmy:

[Kevin Halverson]

I have to admit, this announcement is perfect timing for me. Have been in a number of pre pro meetings this week and have had that nagging doubt in the back of my head the whole time. Really glad to learn that it was an unfounded concern, looks like #234 will be just (and I mean, just) in time for an episodic pilot project that I want to use it on.

[Steven Parker]

We have events planned with ACS here so everyone locally can get their hands on one - especially other reservation holders

Mike

That is amazingly cool! Let us know when/where, please!

And if you need any help on your shoot, don't be shy....:wink:

[Mark Thorpe]

RED Dawn......its almost on us.........get ready for the new age.

[Steve Gibby]

As camera #22 - we are picking up friday,.. and filming Sat in LA ;-)

LOL...be sure to post a JPEG illustrating where you load the film magazine into RED One! :biggrin:

[Brook Willard]

Man... It's finally that time. Big party on the 31st, eh? Congratulations, guys... It's been great to be a small part of it.

So who in the top 25 wants to let me play with their camera next week? :)

[Blair S. Paulsen]

I have special program for Red Ninjas, contact me off list

[Rick Darge]

Oh man! I am so excited about this!!! Hooray!!! can't wait until November!!!

~R

[Tonaci Tran]

The 18-50mm CF zoom and 300mm lenses are ready. The cast rail system tooling is not done yet, so we built several machined sets (need to charge more) for those that need them now. We have CF cards, batteries and charger, cables and all you need to turn the camera on and record.

Jim

This is great news. I wonder though about RED-DRIVE. How far off are those?

[Elizabeth Lowrey]

This is getting ME excited . . . and I haven't even ordered one! Although I feel like I'm getting closer every day.

Congratulations to the RED team and to all those prescient (and rich) enough to order first.:biggrin:

[Bob Torrance]

Great news. I have wait until december. Hmm, what to do. Maybe I'll buy
a puppy or two. Again, fantastic job red team.

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Months ago you say August 30 then you say August 31! More delays and lies! What a scam!

[Blair S. Paulsen]

Gavin - LOL

[Roberto B]

Months ago you say August 30 then you say August 31! More delays and lies! What a scam!agreed.. jannard for US president! :poster_oops: maybe for UN secretary-general?..

[number6]

agreed.. jannard for US president! :poster_oops: maybe for UN secretary-general?..

Screw the world... we need more cameras! Let's leave Mr. Yonnard right where he is.

[JH Fleming]

It's real folks, after a herculean development effort

[OwenR]

Hi All

We hope to shoot a feature early next year - Feb/March 2008...and altho its a very low budget film we have very high aspirations....and wish to shoot red

We are looking to hire a red system for this Uk feature.....

We hope to give all involved in shooting this project of shooting red.

Owen

[Cory Schulthies]

should be no time at all until #1108 is ready right? :-)

[Vladimir Eugene]

big celebration. At midnight next thursday I will open up the red.com home page, look straite into the lense and hum the New Years toon. Then I'll have a six pack by myself.

Great times
Vladimir

[Zach Nelson]

Does anyone know what the approx. highest reservation # is ? I'm a few months from taking the plunge and just sort of wondering if there's like 3,000+ pending orders and the highest ones won't ship until mid-2008+. I'd hate to wait like 6-9 months. I assume once production hits 4th gear it won't be so bad. Has there been a mention of how many units would ship per month at full production speed?

[mezmo]

Hi Red Team,
Well done, looks like your in the camera business.
Best of luck with the roll out.
Mezmo

[Jaime Vallés]

Skippity boppitty bop! They're on top!!!!

Congrats on finally seeing the finish line. You all must feel fantastic right about now. Give yourselves a nice pat on the back, team RED. You've made it!

[Zack Birlew]

I know the camera will be great, can't wait to see all the tests on the lenses though, that's the only missing puzzle piece for me (ie. going RED lenses vs. still Nikon/Zeiss ZF combo)

[Greg Voevodsky]

Congrats 2. I'm hoping the red store will upgraded all it's parts soon... and the RED LANDERS ON EARTH can tell us what they think of all the RED and 3rd party accessories - now that LART is um working for a month unlike the Iraqi government... I think... ;-)... when a few of us 100-200 red holders need to make some big financial choices...

I'd love to see the red store list every part separately like the power grip so we can make some decisions... I'm not reserving anything until everything is broken down and more specs are posted... so lets see the battery specs, etc... do I need 2 or 4 for a day in the Bahamas? Keep up the good work RED... please give us the fuil info to make make some choices... thanks!!

[Keith Alan Morris]

Does anyone know what the approx. highest reservation # is ? I'm a few months from taking the plunge and just sort of wondering if there's like 3,000+ pending orders and the highest ones won't ship until mid-2008+. I'd hate to wait like 6-9 months. I assume once production hits 4th gear it won't be so bad. Has there been a mention of how many units would ship per month at full production speed?

i saw no one answered your post yet so i'll start. awhile back it was around 2000. i'd say from 2000 to 2500 but thats just a guesstimate. if you ordered now, i'd say april/may-ish but you should check with a Red team member.

[Jannard]

Does anyone know what the approx. highest reservation # is ? I'm a few months from taking the plunge and just sort of wondering if there's like 3,000+ pending orders and the highest ones won't ship until mid-2008+. I'd hate to wait like 6-9 months. I assume once production hits 4th gear it won't be so bad. Has there been a mention of how many units would ship per month at full production speed?

If you are so inclined, the sooner the better. Deposits are fully refundable if you cahnge your mind. We expect the line to grow at IBC.

Jim

[Mardi_Gras]

Gee, that probably means I have to wait till 2010 for my Oscar nod. Anyway, still a couple o' years to crank the Red.

[Rick Darge]

You guys are going to be trillionaires. I hope you are all on the front cover of some big hotshot magazines 6-months from now. The world really needs to recognize this huge achievement.

[Casey Green]

Congratulations to Jim, the entire RED team, and this community. It has been a fun ride just being witness to this, and being involved in the development discussions.

looking forward to the next chapter! :)

[Mr. Paul White]

Great news!!! October for the first 300?

[Michael Stanmore]

I have so many non-believers to gloat to. I'm going to go get started.

[C.H.Haskell]

Bravo!!! ;)

[Roberto B]

admit one. admit all. :)

[Jochen Schmidt-Hambrock]

Hehe from 222 :), you will ask me how it feels to have a RED body in the arms... just a few cameras in front, but front....

That might be right in time for a movie premiere I have in Zürich on the 5th of October.

I´ll drop by (with at least half the crew)

Yep, I´m a self-inviting kind of person :-).

Jochen

PS: I know everything about having a red body in my arms. Used to be a touring musician for 15 years :-))

[Miodrag Popovic]

I am counting days now when Serbia become better place for living. It will happen soon because one RED camera will come to Belgrade:)
Thank you all RED people!!!!!!!!

[Simon Dean]

Congratulations Red Team, you did it!

I am determined to get my hands on one of these one day, they're a beautiful thing.

[Corrado Silveri]

Congrats!
See you at IBC.

Elcurado.

[Justin Kirchhoff]

The time has come. It's one of those feelings that I can't shake. I'm all excited internally. December will be a good month for me. Graduating from College, having a birthday AND a nice big camera package coming to me :).

[albert rudnicki]

Happy to hear you're letting your babies out in a wild:)
I am sure they'll have new good parents, that will treat them with the same care and love as you did.

PS
If anybody feels that it may be too much of a responsibility I am willing to take one or a couple under my roof:)

with love
Albert

[Jeff Brue]

It's funny I was at the NAB booth at 9 AM when they first released the specs for the planned system. I remember as a post/vfx guy thinking my god what have they done. Now two years later living in Hollywood (I was living in vegas) seeing it come to reality is rather gratifying to the indie side of me. Jim you ever need a screening room in West Hollywood that'll be running scratch we're right across from the old Warner Brothers Lot.

[planet e]

congratulations to the entire RED team. thank you for the cameras. thank you for the transparency of your business model. thank you thank you thank you.

[Jochen Schmidt-Hambrock]

Serial numbers 1-25 will be delivered August 31st (next Friday).



"Honey, guess what. My parents want to come over next weekend!"

Not something Gibby wants to hear this week.....

Jochen

[Daniel Reichenbach]

Yep, I´m a self-inviting kind of person :-).



So let me know for the 5th of Okt. let's have a Drink together...

[jbeale]

Can anyone say whether REDCINE has the ability to export individual still frames in some kind of format that Photoshop can load (for example TIFF) ? And if so, will there be metadata included also, in the file and/or as a separate text file? That would be very useful.

[Gunleik Groven]

A new photoshop RAW plug that includes RedRAW in it's database, would really come in handy...


Gunleik

[avocade]

The iPhone and RED in this same year of 2007. This will be quite a year for the history books, indeed. Amazing times.

[Nik Manning]

Red Alert is kind of like Spider senses it tells you the crime rate of whatever city you are in through GPS. :)

[Curran Giddens]

That's awesome Blair!

My guess is that Red alert tells you if your recording media (cf) is fast enough to use with the Red One. My second guess is that it checks your files and tells you right after you shot them if they are OK, like file verification and integrity with one check.

I like your second guess idea. But the verification should be done while you are transferring the files from the recording medium to a backup solution. RED ALERT would be an application on the computer like RED QUICK is.

[Daniel Reichenbach]

And my guess is, the RED alert is a worldwide organisation which delivers help for every REDuser and his REDone in trouble. Example: RED 222 deep in the jungle, broken by silly monkeys, so you press on a REDknob and they beam you down a new camera.

[Mike Smith]

...The cast rail system tooling is not done yet, so we built several machined sets (need to charge more) for those that need them now....
You know, in 20 or 30 years these will be highly prized collectors items!

[Curran Giddens]

Yeah, I wouldn't mind paying a little extra for a set of machined rails. But I'm sure the cast rails will be top quality anyway. I'm just a crazy collector when I get started on something. I always want to have every accessory with all the documentation, etc.. I'll probably end up buying one of every product that RED makes, even if I don't need it. :wacko:

[Don King]

Will the other units follow the schedule already known?

[Darwin]

I'm looking forward to first impressions..I hope to see some feedback here on Reduser.

[Roberto B]

Will the other units follow the schedule already known?

good question actually old chap..

[Häakon]

The 18-50mm CF zoom and 300mm lenses are ready. The cast rail system tooling is not done yet, so we built several machined sets (need to charge more) for those that need them now. We have CF cards, batteries and charger, cables and all you need to turn the camera on and record.

Just to clarify since it is not mentioned here, are the RED-DRIVEs also going to be ready at ship time? I understand that you have fallen in love with CF, and while that should prove to be a great option for many settings (I will definitely be getting the module myself), I also see lots of times where the vastly extended recording times of the RED-DRIVE will prove to be more applicable. Since Peter Jackson was using one way back in April, I would wager that the drives are ready, too, but since you didn't specifically list it I didn't want to assume. Forgive me if this question has been answered elsewhere.

[Emanuel A.]

I don't think so, Häak. I didn't read it. I hope I may have my RED DRIVE next October 10th and yours in September since Jim has only mentioned the freeware upgrade or further updates, nothing else.

[Joe Carney]

Is there any way to post how geeked up I am to have reservation #19 without coming off like a total asshole.

Blair, at times like this, you're allowed, hehehe.

Joe C.

[jbeale]

Since Peter Jackson was using one way back in April...
Was that a "genuine" Red Drive or was it a more generic eSATA raid setup? Either way, as I recall they lost a day of shooting from the helicopter due to vibration making the drive unable to write correctly. Maybe that caused a re-think about the drive design generally.

[Rocco Schult]

As camera #22 - we are picking up friday,.. and filming Sat in LA ;-)

But then it is returning home to OZ

We have events planned with ACS here so everyone locally can get their hands on one - especially other reservation holders

Mike

Flight booked. :w00t:

[Paul Wizikowski]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but we only have to pay the remainder on the items that are shipping right? I will pay for the remainder of the prime set and other accessories later, correct?

Paul

[Paul Wizikowski]

Also, would you mind posting an exact list of what is shipping (for budgeting reasons)? Jim you didn't mention a viewing option shipping but perhaps thats what you meant when you said "everything needed to turn it on and shoot". So is that both the viewfinder and LCD or just one of em.

Thanks so much.
Paul

[Craig Schober]

Also, would you mind posting an exact list of what is shipping (for budgeting reasons)? Jim you didn't mention a viewing option shipping but perhaps thats what you meant when you said "everything needed to turn it on and shoot". So is that both the viewfinder and LCD or just one of em.

Thanks so much.
Paul


Too optimistic... since we have changed how we are recording REDCODE RAW (variable file size) it is not so easy to certify a CF card. A 266x Transcend will work under some conditions, then readily drop frames on a complex scene. Not all 300x work. I think at today's prices, $199 seems about right for a certified RED 8GB CF card. Prices should drop over time. But there is currently a CF card shortage. The SanDisk Ducati looks like it will work, but prices on that card is over $300 for 8GB. Remember that not all CF cards really perform as spec'd. We are discovering the secrets of the flash industry.

We will have a list ready for Friday.

Jim

perhaps we'll see more than just a list of compatible cf cards this friday.