I'm shooting a 30 second national commercial for a company we just bought. I got a great quote from a recognized media company that I'm dying to work with.

This is what I have. It's $4000 for full productiom, graphic overlays and all with an HVX-200.

If I rock a RED camera...it's $9000. That's a big difference.

Production people...what do you think?

Well the HVX-200 only gives you HD, which is 1920x1080 and has lossy compression, while Red would give you a lossless compression and about 4000 pixels on the long side. Depends on the need of the commercial. HD should hold up on most people's TV sets, as they're used to SD (720x480). Once resized you wouldn't tell the difference too much unless they're exploiting the large sensor for a more pleasing background or hoping to get a true slow motion with Red's upper limit of 125 fps rather than 30.

That's kinda why I'm leaning towards the plain old HD. I did get a better RED price...but I just ended up talking about Jannard with the woman who sent that to me!

Do you get to keep the Red at the end of the shoot? That might make it worthwhile...

Or at least get one of Jim's cards.
Or one for each of us...


~Yukio

I doubt I get to touch the camera and my Lambo is in the shop....out running the cops in an Altima isn't easy. I think I'll let them keep the camera.

Red One down to $4k, but sold out quickly:

http://nofilmschool.com/2012/11/red-cuts-epic-price-half-scarlet-under-8k-red-one-4000/

http://nofilmschool.com/2012/11/red-one-mx-jim-jannard-may-retire-soon/

I wonder what the new tech will be and if Jim will really retire or is he going on to another project?

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?88888-Retiring

So he won't be retiring very soon. Nonetheless he seems like a guy that likes having projects in the works. I wonder when he retires from RED if he will actually retire.

I like to think that someday he'll retire and be spending more time at his home in the San Juan Islands nearby. Then I like to think that I'll someday casually run into him at the Vault store at our Seattle Premium Outlet (located 30 miles away from Seattle). Then he'll uncomfortably excuse himself so he can continue on next door to the Tulalip Casino and hit the slots like a billionaire.

I also spotted talk of the Epic Red camera going down in price. Looks like $20-40k well spent - if I had any idea what it could all do.