Frankie in action...

[Jannard]

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/9_1171090003.jpg

[CVB]

Jim, thats an amazing pic. Love Ted's expression.

[Poi Boy]

Wow !!! Frankie is even cooler than I thought.

-A

[Nook Kim]

Wow... that is hugh.
Thanks for sharing the pic, Jim. Any more coming to entertain us? Anything about current status of Red One?

Nook

[Michael Schrengohst]

I want to see what you are shooting! Drag races??

[Poi Boy]

That is the coolest looking camera ever..just make red one like that !
-A

[Nook Kim]

but, smaller. plz.

Nook

[Jannard]

We are on it. We love what we are doing and want all the reservation holders to know that they are in good hands.

BTW, that is the RED 300mm.

Jim

[Nook Kim]

We are on it. We love what we are doing and want all the reservation holders to know that they are in good hands.

Jim

We love what you are doing, too, Jim. I know we are in good hands, and we want you to know that you are in good hands, too.

Nook

[Poi Boy]

What's the event ?
-A

[Ace]

WHAT a bunch of cool dudes.. Seriously. You cant get slicker than that posse right there.

[Ace]

Judging by the earplugs, it does look like the drags.

[Emanuel A.]

Photogenic JarRed

[Justin Anderson]

What's Ted looking at?

[Jannard]

8000 horsepower times two...

[Ace]

What's Ted looking at?

4 second quarter mile?

[Jannard]

4.72 @ 332mph

[Andrew Benz]

What's Ted looking at?

Sheer Awesomeness!!:D

[Poi Boy]

At 120 Fps ?
-A

[Ace]

4.72 @ 332mph

I was joking about the 4 seconds, but sheesh.... 4.72..

[Finner]

What head is frankie on? I don't recognize it. Oh wait I think it may be a panther?

[Poi Boy]

A red head !
-A

[CVB]

Finner... http://www.abelcine.com/store/product.php?printable=Y&productid=10806&cat=0&page=2

[Emanuel A.]

BTW, RED 300mm weight...any estimated figure?

[Ace]

This photo begs for a caption contest. I'll start.

http://kyoproject.com/whoah.jpg

[Steve Tammi]

What head is frankie on? I don't recognize it. Oh wait I think it may be a panther?

You beat me to it... I have asked around about Panther heads and have yet to receive any feedback. I just figured no one was using them. I put my hands on one way back in November at AbelCineTech and it felt friggin awesome. Considering the price though maybe it would be better to stick to a well known like OConnor.

Jim, Great picture thanks for sharing.

[David Fairbanks]

Awesome picture, I can't wait to see the footage. Mmmm, motion blur.

It seems very appropriate to bring Frankie to a drag race.

[IAN SUN]

4.72 @ 332mph

Is that Sony and co departing the scene?

[Moir]

4.72 @ 332mph

LOL! But when are you going to shoot something locked-down that shows how the codec holds up shooting a still life portrait under controlled lighting? Until I see that I will think you are hiding something.:p

Who else would think of shooting drag racing to pre-empt the "when will we see some motion" crowd?!

[SF Geek]

Is this photo from earlier today?

[reduser1242]

nitro, oakleys, and the red camera....ahh now thats livin.

[CVB]

Is this photo from earlier today?

Think so.. probably in Pomona.

[Don Woods]

I love it Jim. Nice to see the 300mm in use. I rember talking about shooting the drags at 4K and you said that is the whole reason for this. I am so glad to see you actually did it. Just kick ASS Man. I love tedd's face that is grate.

[Daniel Reichenbach]

Good to feed REDbelievers from time to time with a greetingcard of hope.

[Damien Molineaux]

You beat me to it... I have asked around about Panther heads and have yet to receive any feedback. I just figured no one was using them. I put my hands on one way back in November at AbelCineTech and it felt friggin awesome. Considering the price though maybe it would be better to stick to a well known like OConnor.

Jim, Great picture thanks for sharing.

Is an O'Connor 1030HD much cheaper? I'm having a hard time finding a price, but I recall a price of around 5k vs 5.6k for the Panther. Anybody have experience with both of these? Or are you just considered there is so little feedback on Panther heads. Have they just started making heads and tripods?

Red crew, how did you like using a Panther head?

Cheers,
Damien

[Phil Becque]

Thanks Jim - that photo has ratcheted me up to a whole new level of excitment!! Cor what a rush!!

Were you filming our NAB demo perchance??

And look at the cables coming out of the back of that thing! That's serious data flow to the RAID fridge right there. Whooaaa!! Look at them go!!

See you at NAB!!

Best regards, Phil

[Brook Willard]

This gets better every day...

No EVF or LCD visible... no MB or FF... and plenty of big 'ol cables hanging out the back. I'd love to see Frankie's smart side.

That's quite the hood on the 300mm. Trying to fit in with the still guys? ;)

[Damien Molineaux]

I do wonder though, don't you guys have a more recent proto to shoot with? I don't mean to criticize, but I thought there were supposed to be a small number of prototypes in testing right now and I find it surprising you're still shooting with Frankie. What about Spike, and are there others? Were you shooting with other cams?

Cheers,
Damien

[Mardi_Gras]

Jim, this is C_R_A_Z_Y!!!

Tell me, with the game-face look on the faces of the dudes in the pix, is this an inkling as to the magnitude of what you guys are dealing with?... pressure wise?

[Rob Lohman]

earthling: as indicated by Jim before there are multiple proto types doing various things. This is just one of them.

[Ivan G]

I remember reading a post with a request to go out and shoot some race cars type event. Glad to see some some action. Just wondering when this would be released. No rush guys..... PLEASE HURRY! :)

[Jaime Vallés]

Just got around to seeing this now. Wow. Great photography! Can't wait to see the footage Frankie was shooting at the time!

[Jarred Land]

heh heh heh.. you can see by the look on my face that i was all business :)

[Jared VanLeuven]

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/136_1171153153.jpg

[Ken Corben]

Very nice pixelchef...

[Chris Gearhart]

Ha ha ha! Fantastic!

Jarred looks like Swim-Meet Man in pixelchef's frame. Goggles and swim cap (he didn't know how to spell "cape").

Ted's actually adjusting his nose plugs.

[Jarred Land]

thats why your called the pixelchef heheheh

[Corrado Silveri]

Pixelchef,
you rock!

[Jarred Land]

Ha ha ha! Fantastic!

Jarred looks like Swim-Meet Man in pixelchef's frame. Goggles and swim cap

heh heh.. oakley swim caps. good idea.

[Brook Willard]

I can't look at Ted's expression in that picture without thinking "Oh, snap!"

[Petr Dvorak]

Judging by the earplugs, it does look like the drags.

Nope... just slurping milkgirlz :)

[Damien Molineaux]

earthling: as indicated by Jim before there are multiple proto types doing various things. This is just one of them.

Thanks Rob,

Looking forward to finding out about the others.

Keep at it, come May, you all may get a rest, maybe...

Cheers,
Damien

[Damien Molineaux]

I'm completely off beat with this thread.

Ok, getting with it now.
Hawaj, your slurping milkgirlz gave me a good laugh.

Cheers,
Damien

[Jarred Land]

I can't look at Ted's expression in that picture without thinking "Oh, snap!"

I think Ted pee'd a little. :)

[Brook Willard]

So now the question I can't help but ask... when can we see the footage?

[Evin Grant]

http://www.reduser.net/evin/RedDrag.jpg

[Andrew Benz]

I think Ted pee'd a little. :)

When I see Ted's expression, it reveals that..."oh sh*t, everything did come together... and more!"

[Brook Willard]

Did anybody in the media pit come up and ask what the hell kind of camera you were using?

[Andrew Benz]

NHRA Winternationals from Pomona is on ESPN2 right now 9:48p.m. cst. Let's see if we get to see our RED crew during the funny car sessions and catch a glimpse of Frankie...

[CVB]

Watching it right now.. thanks for the heads up Andrew.

[Ken Corben]

Seeing this footage on the forum will be very stimulating - NAB with surround sound?

[Steve Gibby]

Did anybody in the media pit come up and ask what the hell kind of camera you were using?

I know one guy in the media pit who didn't have to come up and ask what kind of camera they were using...me. I was contracted by MATCO to shoot several cars at the same event. I shot everywhere...pits, starting line, runs, etc. I was seriously undergunned compared to Team RED...I used a Z1 supplied by my client.

When you shoot footage right next to that much horsepower lighting off you just can't believe the energy released! (lots of people next to the track get the same expression as Ted when Funny Cars launch!)

Fun stuff...and good to see Jim again...

P.S. - I may be biased, but Jim's Funny Car had the best paint job and graphic package of any car I saw at the event! Why doesn't that surprise me...

[Milan Nikolic]

Gibby, show us a picture of that Jim's car!

[Sanjin Jukic]

Absolut unglaublich!!! The RED MEDIA team in blue sleeveless shirts!!!
A very good camouflage color for the public event.
All three team members were watching something like on this photo below

http://www.draglist.com/artman/uploads/daily_pictures/pure_hell_roadster_pushed_through_pits_by_rich_gua sco_700pxl_bb.jpg

[reduser1242]

This is the car:

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/952_1171198810.jpg

[Sanjin Jukic]

Hmm, better like this, we (reservation holders) and they (the RED Team) are in "Zeitnot" with the RED ONE or "Time pressure, time trouble or zeitnot is the situation of having very little time on a player's clock to complete his remaining moves."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitnot

http://www.jannard.com/media/J.studioX.jpg

But Jim has "Time Bomb" for all of Us and rest of the skeptic digital acquisition world.

http://www.jannard.com/studio.html

to learn more about "high-speed" photo shooting from Jim at

http://www.jannard.com/tech.html

Such an interesting and adventure life at the RED ONE Lab B A C K S T A G E.

[Steve Gibby]

Gibby, show us a picture of that Jim's car!

I can't and I wouldn't...all the footage I shot was left with my client. There were several still photographers there. I see Reduser1242 dug up one of their photos. Great looking car and some real good runs on the track...

[Jeremy Hughes]

http://www.draglist.com/artman/uploads/daily_pictures/pure_hell_roadster_pushed_through_pits_by_rich_gua sco_700pxl_bb.jpg

And there's Frankie sitting on top of the engine!

[Joe Carney]

This is the car:

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/952_1171198810.jpg

Cool, Daddy Mopar!!!!

[Sanjin Jukic]

http://www.draglist.com/artman/uploads/daily_pictures/pure_hell_roadster_pushed_through_pits_by_rich_gua sco_700pxl_bb.jpg

And there's Frankie sitting on top of the engine!


Virtually exactly like that.

[P Andersson]

ace, is that you and your dad in the picture, or is that another "ace head shop"

[Andrew Benz]

Congrats to Gary Scelzi and Jim Jannard on the 1st place funny car finish. Also, I spied more than one RED Digital Cinema sticker on funny cars.

[Jarred Land]

yes.. it was a good day for the O team.

Those stickers were a hot item.

[Andrew Benz]

yes.. it was a good day for the O team.

Those stickers were a hot item.
Jarred, this is going to be a great year. I just don't know how great yet... :D

[Chris Gearhart]

And there's Frankie sitting on top of the engine!


:D :D :D

[Gavin Greenwalt]

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n134/im_thatoneguy/redcaption.jpg

I think that's Jarred's best impersonation of Zoolander's "Blue Steel".

[Finner]

Gavin I think that is one of the funnist things I have seen anyone post on here.

[Mardi_Gras]

lol... this is hillaaaaaaarious!!!

[Don Woods]

That is too good. I wonder if he has the blak lung..

[Sanjin Jukic]

One more "Frankie in action" photo analysis

http://www.sanjinjukic.com/extras/Frankie-in-action1.jpg


http://www.jannard.com/media/J.studioX.jpg

[Brook Willard]

The lack of a follow focus still baffles me.

[Evin Grant]

Next generation focus assist?

[jbeale]

What baffles me is how you even could follow focus on something heading your way and accelerating at 6 g's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funny_Car Is that something that is normally done?

[Jarred Land]

What baffles me is how you even could follow focus on something heading your way and accelerating at 6 g's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funny_Car Is that something that is normally done?

we couldn't... so there was no point of even trying.

funny nobody commented on the red lens yet :)

[Brook Willard]

Pff, we've seen the 300mm before. ;) The snoot hood thing is fun... I also like the lack of any lens support.

There, commented. Happy? ;)

[Emmanuel Cambier]

we couldn't... so there was no point of even trying.

funny nobody commented on the red lens yet :)

Hey Jarred, you were pretty close to the beast, so why don't you start the commenting ?:)

What us poor jerks could say other than "wish it would start shipping my way":(

Emmanuel

[Gavin Greenwalt]

That's a pretty lensy lens you've got there Jarred.

[Bing Bailey]

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/136_1171153153.jpg


Pixelchef what software did you do this in ?

[jbeale]

we couldn't... so there was no point of even trying.

http://www.bealecorner.com/D30/misc/camera-angle-trig.png

If you wanted to spend enough time & money on it, I think you could maintain focus (at least in theory- not sure how practical this is.) Assuming the camera is a fixed distance "d" from the track, AND you can pan the camera to keep the car in the frame, AND the car stays on the track, you can calculate the required focus distance "l" just by knowing distance "d" and the camera pointing angle "theta". So you use an encoder measuring the camera pan angle, a microcontroller to do the math, and a servo system to pull focus.

If it is difficult to pan with the car by hand, maybe that part could be automated as well, but you'd have to make some assumptions about car performance, or have other real-time measurements. Just a thought.

[Gunleik Groven]

I, for one - think that lense looks impressing! I'm still more impressed with the shot we've seen from it, and I wonder if I did the right thing opting for the zoom...

Gunleik
(quickly going back to pure ugly digibeta device controll & TC hell)

[Corrado Silveri]

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/83_1171400479.jpg

Cheers,
Corrado.

[Brook Willard]

Looks like you've got a little flare there...

[Jarred Land]

http://www.bealecorner.com/D30/misc/camera-angle-trig.png

If you wanted to spend enough time & money on it, I think you could maintain focus (at least in theory- not sure how practical this is.) .

there is a little thing your not taking into consideration jbeale.. and thats the fact that we were monitoring 4k uncompressed footage full resolution downscaled at 3 frames per second..

[Phil Becque]

I knew all those wires were doing something spectacular !!! Ooooohhhh Yessss

Look at that baby go ------------------------------->

[jbeale]

we were monitoring 4k uncompressed footage full resolution downscaled at 3 frames per second..

Ok, I was not aware of that! If you've got a fixed focal length lens, maybe you could mount a separate spotting scope on top? (true optical viewfinder :-) If you're at a safe distance, the parallax should not be an issue. In the future when you do have a real-time live viewscreen, I assume you could keep a pan on track, for at least some distance.

[Jared VanLeuven]

Pixelchef what software did you do this in ?

Comic Life: http://plasq.com/

Mac only, but worth getting a Mac just for this app, it's such a blast!

Elcurado - I love your style, man. You have such a mastery of nuance.

[Corrado Silveri]

Thanks for your words, chef...
And for the link!

Elcurado.

[Joe Carney]

is it me? or does Frankie look at lot like an Eldebrock intake manifold? Not that that's a bad thing.

Joe C.

[Casey Green]

Can't wait to see the footage from the 300mm lens.

What distance were you from the subject?

Rock on!

[Don Woods]

I agree I just want to see the car launch at 120fps.

[Emanuel A.]

we couldn't... so there was no point of even trying.

funny nobody commented on the red lens yet :)No, I had already commented even if without any answer on that, but no big deal at all. :)

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?p=10749#post10749


BTW, RED 300mm weight...any estimated figure?

[Jarred Land]

ha ha ha good to see. .thanks.

[Emanuel A.]

:) :)

[Rodrigo Lizana]

I have a Sachtler Horizon plus head waiting for the Red body. It´s a great head, too smal for a 35mm film camera but I think it´s gonna be OK for the Red One.

[betty schaefer]

ouch! it hurts to see such a long and heavy lens to be mounted without support rods..sorry i should keep my mouth shut

[Brook Willard]

ouch! it hurts to see such a long and heavy lens to be mounted without support rods..sorry i should keep my mouth shut

Something tells me it's light enough to be mounted sans-rods. :)

[Charles Papert]

At least you guys are "down" enough to call them rods--haven't quite figured out where the majority of folks on video boards got the idea to call them "rails" but it wouldn't be the first time I've seen a herd mentality to randomly rename tried-and-true terminology.

[chuck colburn]

BTW, RED 300mm weight...any estimated figure?

How about a weight guessing contest ?!!
You know like for one of those BIG RED stickers.
I say 5.8 lbs.

[tj williams]

He CP.. TJ Here

Didn't you notice every thing here is red. oops I mean RED....

I think the RED camera is a very big digital SLR with a hard drive on back thus when mounting a large lens... as in still photography the lens is mounted on the head and the camera hangs off the back...

Their design idea seems to be that everything including the camera body will hang on the rods....thus rails???

This is the first camera that I have felt is styled right to put on the Alien...

[Charles Papert]

Hi TJ--

It's not so much a RED or RED-hopeful-user thing--I see "rails" used a lot referring to 15mm rods for DV cameras and matteboxes, as well as those equipped with various 35mm adaptors etc. I just haven't figured out where it started, is all.

by the way, aren't we supposed to "forget" the name "Alien" in lieu of "AR"...?

[Jarred Land]

most likely because the camera rides between upper and lower rods.. hence, riding in rails. Rods or Rails or Rails or Rods... everyone knows what everyone is talking about.

[REDHKSC]

most likely because the camera rides between upper and lower rods.. hence, riding in rails. Rods or Rails or Rails or Rods... everyone knows what everyone is talking about.


Are we talking about Frankie ?

I am a great believer that " Frankie prefer going to HOLLYWOOD " sooner or later....or Bollywood or CHINAWOOD...

STEWART CHONG
* RED One x68 in 2007 / ( RED 300mm in late 2007 & RED Zoom in early 2008 )


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