| Author | Message | ||
     Barker |
I am tired of all this doom and gloom crap. I want to hear more stories of american ingenuity, entrepreneurship and plain old hard work. We all know about Erik and the 200 against the hordes of the orient. and congrats to our very own hexangler for being able to move forward with his patents. Here a story from my line of work: You all have heard the stereotype that the japanese are way ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to electronics. Here is something that goes against that assumption. The past few years I have been going to NAB (http://www.nabshow.com/) It is the yearly showcase for all TV/Film/Radio gear. Everybody is there. The big boys (Sony, Panasonic, JVC, Canon, Fuginon, Arri, Angénieux etc) have massive booths. If you don't know these industry titans are japanese and european. At NAB 2006 a small U.S. company calling themselves "RED" said they would be delivering a SUPER DUPER camera. It would blow away everything else and be a great deal cheaper. Only a handful of people halfway believed in them. They started delivering on their promises shortly after that. This year at NAB I was on a mission to buy some more cams for our shop. I met with all the big boys again. They still are struggling to compete with this little american company. This year JVC IMHO has gotten the closest to a RED cam. I saw a prototype cam @ the show. No estimation on delivery of a production model and still more expensive than the red. This year RED announced it is in the lens business in a big way. I was going to buy a set of canon lens for 130k, but now I am proud to say I will be getting a far superior set of RED lens for 19k. It was kinda fun seeing the camera and lens manufactures squirm. Competition is great for everyone, but it is especially sweet we a small group of hard working folks can muster up that gold old american ingenuity and entrepreneurship to blow the doors of the rest of the world. Recently they have made more announcements for every more mind blowing cameras that are being developed. One of which is 261 mega pixel digital cinema camera. 261MP @ 30 frames per second. The top RED execs have titles like "Leader of the Rebellion" and "Madman" http://www.red.com/ I don't know if yall will appreciate this, but the cam in the right hands can make art out of ordinary daily life. Anybody else got any good stories? (Message edited by barker on April 30, 2009) | ||
| Nevrenuf |
it probably feels good to "BUY AMERICAN" | ||
| Imonabuss |
Cool deal. I gotta check them out. | ||
| Cyclonedon |
it probably feels good to "BUY AMERICAN" I have that very feeling every time I throw my leg over my Uly!  | ||
| Thumper74 |
My Dodge was made in Canada, my Focus was made in Mexico and my Honda was made in the US. WTF? | ||
| Cyclonedon |
My Dodge was made in Canada, my Focus was made in Mexico and my Honda was made in the US. WTF? my Ulysses was made in East Troy, Wisconsin! | ||
| Thumper74 |
So was my XBS! | ||
| Slowride |
Barker, I have been eyeing the RED gear for a while now myself. My father freelances in the same biz as you and he has been unyielding in his support for this company. I do agree completely... the right gear in the right hands transforms everyday life into art. Brilliant work with a fantastic design. ~RED it looks good on ya~ My Favorite: (Message edited by slowride on May 01, 2009) | ||
| Barker |
guess who shot your "Favorite" ?? It was shot by my friend, co-worker and RED #99 owner. A fella who goes by G3, he now works with my team on our National Guard contract. (Message edited by barker on May 01, 2009) | ||
| Slowride |
Small world~ Give him my regards. As a US Marine, I know how hard it was or still is to get support for his type of work for both historical and creative values it brings from the DOD. Barker, you have my dream job and your coworker my minds eye. I look forward to seeing many more choice pieces from both of you. | ||
| Hootowl |
Anybody into underwater video? Gates makes a housing for these cameras now. http://www.deepredvideohousing.com http://www.gateshousings.com/DEEPRED.html I can't afford them, but I don't make my living doing this stuff either. | ||
| Kmfw160 |
well put gents! | ||
| Barker |
gates=da shizzle I would get it but we rarely go deeper than a few feet. I just use ziploc bags w/ my HVX200: | ||
| Court |
(Message edited by court on May 01, 2009) | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
"I am tired of all this doom and gloom crap." A whale tale always livens my day.  | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
Someone might want to age check those ladies | ||
| Firstbuell |
not necessary I can see from herer that they're exactly the right vintage..... | ||
| Firstbuell |
not necessary I can see from here that they're exactly the right vintage..... | ||
| Cyclonedon |
Someone might want to age check those ladies I agree! So I'll volunteer, send them to my place!  |
