Friday, November 28, 2008

Solid state drives

So coming from someone who just had their notebook harddrive fail, a world without conventional pinning drives sounds nice.

Samsung is releasing a new SSD thats 256 GB and twice as fast as previous SSD's at 220MB/sec. They will open apps ten times faster than 7200rpm notebook drives as well as stay cool and silent.

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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Today, from Jim

yes here at 8112 we follow Red closely.....<3


from Jim:
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It is imperative that we make the final decisions as late in the game as possible for two reasons:

1. We are learning a ton everyday.
2. Technology is advancing so quickly.

We have also learned that we need to keep our program as flexible as possible so upgrades can be done easily. We really do want Scarlet or EPIC to be your last camera purchase. Then, you can upgrade as we make modules better (expect that) and as you need them (not before).

This interaction with the community has been invaluable. While we have to filter out some of the "we want it all and we want it now" posts, the program is better for your suggestions and us learning to listen. The more we know about what we can (and can't) do, the easier it is to listen. In the beginning, we had to ignore a bunch because we had no way to do it. Lots of great ideas, no roadmap to get them done. Things are different now.

I wouldn't be surprised if things continue to change before release. The should. It is to your advantage... and mine. While we are paying overtime like crazy to execute as fast as we can, we have also learned that there is no rush to get it wrong. The announcement a couple of weeks ago was really important to set the tone for a system that interchanges and upgrades everything. Now we have some fairly significant new info to share.

What a fun ride... eh?

Jim

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Everything has changed.....new Red Announcement


DEC 3RD, a new red announcement is coming out.... per jim jannard:

"New announcement on Dec. 3rd. Everything has changed... just as we promised. :-)"

"The 13th was insignificant..."

"We had several nice breakthroughs today that will translate into Scarlet and EPIC. Details shortly...

As we stated... drastic changes, expect it and you won't be disappointed."

Jim







ofcourse the 13th referring to their latest scarlet/epic announcement on NOV 13th.

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Monday, November 24, 2008

Video interview with Ikonoscope and the A-cam DII

Check it out!

LINK

The uncompressed RAW format is indeed quite titillating to say the least. I like this company's mindset behind why they built this camera the way they did. This is a camera built by and for filmmakers. I JUST WANT TO SEE MORE QUALITY TEST FOOTAGE! the proof is in the pudding.

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Friday, November 21, 2008

detailed Scarlet, Epic Specs

Here're some detailed specs:

Good to see the s35 and ff35 can go up to 60fps when windowing down to 3k or 2k.

I also hope to Red comes out with a mini zoom lense for the scarlet 2/3"


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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Red competitor

say hi to the A-cam DII


Ready to shoot out of the box, uncompressed 1080p 12 bit footage for around $9,000.

Not sure how fun it would be to edit file sizes that large ..hmm.

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

8112 update

Some website updates are up. In "our work" section we have our demo reel now for your viewing pleasure as well as some work we did for the Consumer Electronics Association. Coming soon will be a music video we just wrapped shooting with ex-New York Yankee, turned musician, Bernie Williams, shot at Yankee Stadium.

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Friday, November 14, 2008

Oh yea...and 3D



So its been a day since the much look forwarded to RED scarlet/epic announcement.

Highlights:

The red DSMC system (digital stills and motion camera) lets you shoot both stills and motion with the same camera.

The mysterium X and mysterium Monstro have increased dynamic range and decreased noise.

The RED epic 617 shoots 28k resolution motion and 261 mp stills. WOW

oh yea...and 3D

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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

A tease from RED

Jim Jannard:

"Just something to let you know we are still working on this stuff..."

-Jim


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