Pre-production EPIC-Ms...

[Elsie N]

A while back Jim, you mentioned that some kind of stage 2.5 option was "under consideration" (post #37 in Q & A thread) for those stage 3 people who purchased the MX recently so they could maybe keep their red one MX or at least recoup some of the MX upgrade cost. I know this will probably flare the stage 2 fire... but I'm going to ask...

Jim is this still being considered?

Feel free to move this if I've put it in the wrong thread.

In a way, the Epic Light could substitute for a Stage 2.5 option. That is, instead of taking Stage 3, you exercise your option for a 12% discount on the camera-formerly-known-as Scarlet (assuming this deal is still on for the newly named Epic Light) and you still get to keep your R-1. It just boils down to whether you are satisfied with the un-announced specs of the camera and whether or not the discount will be allowed for it.

[Michael Epple]

So does this push back the stage 3 people? Not going to pay for a whole new system. My MX is fine for now but I will be trading it in for the new one. I don't have a need to own 2 Red cameras.

[KETCH ROSSi]

So does this push back the stage 3 people? Not going to pay for a whole new system. My MX is fine for now but I will be trading it in for the new one. I don't have a need to own 2 Red cameras.

Since it does not push back stage II, my take is that it will not delay stage III either ;)

[Emery Wells]

How many can we get? Count me in!

[Tom Lowe]

I just placed an order with Kelly for one Epic M.

[Ivan Kovax]

I just placed an order with Kelly for one Epic M.

Good luck ;)

[P.George]

A while back Jim, you mentioned that some kind of stage 2.5 option was "under consideration" (post #37 in Q & A thread) for those stage 3 people who purchased the MX recently so they could maybe keep their red one MX or at least recoup some of the MX upgrade cost. I know this will probably flare the stage 2 fire... but I'm going to ask...

Jim is this still being considered?

Feel free to move this if I've put it in the wrong thread.

In a way, the Epic Light could substitute for a Stage 2.5 option. That is, instead of taking Stage 3, you exercise your option for a 12% discount on the camera-formerly-known-as Scarlet (assuming this deal is still on for the newly named Epic Light) and you still get to keep your R-1. It just boils down to whether you are satisfied with the un-announced specs of the camera and whether or not the discount will be allowed for it.

I would have to, with great respect, disagree.

It is specifically an amended option for the EPIC that has been discussed previously, and it is this that I am asking about:

An option that takes into account the fact that some stage 3 owners may have just recently upgraded to MX to maintain viable marketability on themselves and their red one's in their respective markets... a sizable investment without knowing the timetable we know now. I think many forget that upgrading the MX in some places may have been market driven in order to keep the camera renting while waiting for Epic... its not always a personal choice by the owner.

For those in Stage 3 that have followed Epics development and successes with bated breadth and loyalty, the Epic Light regardless of the name will probably not fill the niche we've carved out.

I ask because I think it would help some of us in the affore-mentioned "stage 3 MX boat" make some near term financial decisions. Knowing that there was a way to maintain or recoup the investment we made in the the MX upgrade either buy being able to keep our upgraded RED ones and pay a larger trade-up... or recoup some of the MX cost could make purchasing decisions a bit easier.

[Petr Dvorak]

I just placed an order with Kelly for one Epic M.

[Tim Duran]

A. If the production Epic is not "machined," then how and of what is it made?

B. Before anyone can make a studied decision on the titanium version @$78M, how much weight do you save v. the production model?

Aside from the ego factor, eliminating 30-40% of the weight might be a big deal. I know it would be for me. Saving a pound probably not worth it. Having a brushed titanium body and traveling in the right circles=priceless.

[Jeff Kilgroe]

I just placed an order with Kelly for one Epic M.

Good luck, Tom! :)

I'm thinking about throwing my hat back in the ring on this one. So on the fence it's not funny.

$60K impulse buy.... WTF is wrong with me. haha.