In true uber-hype fashion, the RED Company announced today a series of cameras and imaging sensors that will revolutionize the movie (and still image) industry. Some commenters online jokingly said that this is where all the Roswell UFO reverse-engineering went into. RED announced sensors ranging from 10.1x5.35mm (2/3") size all the way to 186x56mm, and resolutions from 3k/120fps to 28k/25fps (that's 261 megapixels). If you have trouble visualizing that size, here's an image that might help. To add to all this, the RED Epic now supports stereoscopic (3D) capturing.
Member since:2005-07-01
If you watch your sport at the local multiplex then maybe. Most of us would consider ourselves lucky to get sports coverage at 720p, never mind 28K!
Member since:2006-09-22
At the local double IMAX, given the resolution of that thing O_O
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2006-11-18
The first thing I thought after reading the headline was (RED) movement to help Africa with AIDS [1], pretty bad name for a company imho 
[1] http://joinred.com
Member since:2005-07-06
Given that RED the camera company was founded a year before RED the AIDS campaign was founded, I don't really think you can blame the camera company.
Member since:2006-11-18
Didn't checked its found time, I thought it is a younger corp.
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2007-02-22
... is port back some yottabyte harddrives from their crazy future world.
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2005-07-06
whats this doing on osnews?
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It's aggresive marketing. Those guys have already made several overpriced shitty cameras, and sold them by paying Peter Jackson and Soderberg to use them (it's good, Peter Jackson used it!), so it's not strange that they make it to OSNews.
Although this system is in some sense the way to go in digital imaging, well, RED is like Apple*10^128973 in terms of selling coolness instead of a good product.
By the way, this is my first comment here, hello everybody.
Member since:2005-07-06
well mostly i wondered because it seems to have exactly zero to do with operating system news or close to it...
Member since:2005-06-28
This is very exciting hardware news, this is literally pushing the envelope. Not unlike other hardware news osnews is posting over time.
Edited 2008-11-14 08:10 UTC
Member since:2005-07-06
and me (and others) have questioned those hardware news items before.
oh, and thanks for the warning.
Edited 2008-11-14 08:11 UTC
Member since:2005-08-18
Except that they are still to deliver.
At least the other hardware news matters to more than 3 readers.
There's just nothing as imposing as vague threats on a forum, is there?
You mean the rule that says the editors can post whatever lame and irrelevant news they want?
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2005-11-21
I love the marriage of old industrial with modern in this piece of equipment. It wreaks of class and durability. I wish I had a use for it.
I can see this being massive for all types of motion pictures, scientific research and more. These optics have to be put into film use. The still shots will be amazing.
The sports entertainment world will definitely change.
Edited 2008-11-13 23:58 UTC