Red One's Greatest Asset...

[Ramesh Jai]

Obviously, you've never seen Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) or Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939), two of the greatest films of all time. They were almost all shot in deep focus, and were watershed moments in the art of cinematography.

You are right. I haven't seen any of the two. Everyone has his/her style and opinion. Mine just happens to differ from yours.

[Craig Bowman]

Without Redcode RAW the cost and the pain of dealing with massive files would have simply shown up in post; more than offsetting the price of the camera.

[GlennChan]

Hmm low noise and dynamic range doesn't make it onto this list? / Or very good image quality (which is a combination of a number of things, including some of the signal processing going on in Redcine).

2- Compressed RAW isn't quite unique to Red as the SI-2K is doing the same idea. (Of course, not at 4K.)

[Joe Aurili]

I think Red One's greatest asset is me, because the world revolves around me, right??? :) But I voted for REDCODE RAW, because I would not be able to afford the equipment to edit in 4K if this did not exist, no mater how inexpensive the camera was...

[Ivan G]

Ask yourself, If Sony releases a 4K, Red Code Raw, multiple lens mounts, etc camera? Do you think they would sell it for $17,500? It's definitely the price, at least for me. Let's start a new poll! :sorcerer:

[Eirik Tyrihjel]

It´s definetly the combination that is key...

I voted price, but price would have meant nothing if I couldn´t deal with the material in post, affordably (hence REDCODE RAW), and although I could have lived with normal HD, or better yet 2K, 4K is the ultimate caramel - even though it might therotically only be 3K... (i don´t care as long as I can Downres to 2K!)

[Ramesh Jai]

Ask yourself, If Sony releases a 4K, Red Code Raw, multiple lens mounts, etc camera? Do you think they would sell it for $17,500? It's definitely the price, at least for me. Let's start a new poll! :sorcerer:

Reading your post and quite a few other similar posts I have come to the conclusion that Sony is not a popular company. We do buy their products but feel cheated by them. Am I wrong?

[Emanuel A.]

How about 35mm sized sensor? That rates pretty highly for me also.

I believe this would be my 2nd choice after the price (40% is a relevant poll figure), sure. Or then, both on the same basket included.

[Yash Keough]

I go with REDCODE RAW because this feature makes 4K actually a viable option due to it being relatively simple to work with, thus bringing the digital world of filmmaking, generally more accessible to indie filmmakers than film, up to the quality standards of film, and indeed in many cases surpassing them. Dalsa has 4K, but they offer no reasonable means of recording data and handling it. 2K @96 fps sounds pretty sweet but from reading the boards over the last year or so it seems like most people are interested in RED for their own feature projects, in which case 4K is probably a better option in most scenarios. That said, it really is all those features put together at the price point of RED that make it such an appealing camera. :-)

[roryhinds]

35mm Depth Of Field