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1st Scarlet Has Been Picked Up!

Justin O'Neill — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:15:34 +0000

Tonaci Tran just picked up the very first Scarlet-X from RED headquarters! More Scarlet-Xs with PL mounts (instead of the aluminum Canon mount) shipped out yesterday so we may see more Scarlet unboxing later in the day.

Scarlet to Ship by Dec. 1st 2011

Justin O'Neill — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:56:01 +0000

Scarlet is finally ready to ship. Some will actually be ready to ship on Nov. 17th if you don’t need the aluminum Canon mount but the regular packages will start shipping on Dec. 1st.

Scarlet is now a 4k S35mm camera that ships with the electronic Canon mount for $9,975. It can also shoot 5k stills at up to 12fps.
You can read a lot of the details about Scarlet here: http://www.scarletuser.com/showpost.php?p=90187&postcount=4

Epic-X Shipping Next Week!

Justin O'Neill — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:06:01 +0000

We have made quite a few posts about when Epic was supposed to ship but now it looks like the actual moment has come. Jim Jannard just posted on reduser that Epic-X will finally start shipping next week with large quantities going out by the 2nd week of Sep.

“Always late but worth the wait”… at some point “late” turns into “now”. “Now” is next week.

Jim

Half a Pound Shaved Of the Epic Camera

Justin O'Neill — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:27:11 +0000

The RED Epic camera brain now weighs under 4 lbs. RED just announced they made some changes to the heat sink and were able to shave half a pound off the weight of the Epic brain.

Army of Scarlets

Justin O'Neill — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:34:34 +0000

We haven’t posted any updates on Scarlet recently because there really wasn’t much to report. The current situation for both Epic and Scarlet is that RED is just waiting for parts to replace the ones made by factories that got swept away in the Japan tsunami.

Some good news is trickling in, however. Jarred Land just posted an image of an army of fixed lens Scarlets that they are testing internally.

James Cameron Buys 50 Epic-M Cameras

Justin O'Neill — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:12:57 +0000

Jim Jannard announced that James Cameron just bought 50 Epic-M cameras. That is a $3 million dollar vote of confidence from a guy who can buy any camera in the world. Cameron joins the trend of high end directors buying hordes of their own cameras: Peter Jackson recently bought 30 Epic cameras for his 3 year Hobbit shoot.

The First Epic-Ms are now Shipping!

Justin O'Neill — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 02:08:05 +0000

The first Epic-M camera just shipped out to Mark L. Pederson of Offhollywood! more…

This means our Epic-Ms will be available any day now. We will have 3 of the first 10 shipping from RED. Contact us to get on the rental reservation list.

RED Atom 3D Rig for Epic

Justin O'Neill — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:02:44 +0000

RED and Element Technica are building a 3D rig specifically for the Epic camera called the Atom. It is designed to work with the minimalistic style of the Epic brain and will have an AJA Hi5 multiplexor and Gen10 units built in negating the need for on rig cables.

RED EPIC ATOM 3D RIG – FIRST LOOK – ELEMENT TECHNICA NEUTRON SCARLET 3D RIG from Tonaci Tran on Vimeo.

Fixed Lens Scarlet Out of the Lab

Justin O'Neill — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:39:09 +0000

Tonaci Tran and I got to play with the 8x fixed lens Scarlet at RED Studios Hollywood today. Jarred confirmed that Tonaci was the first non-RED employee to hold a working Scarlet.

Check out the video below.

The fixed Scarlet had a CF module, side handle and 5″ touch screen LCD attached. Everything was functional, Tonaci was zooming in and out using the rocker on the side handle and focusing with the ring on the lens.

The brain has an HDMI output but no HDSDI unlike the Epic.

The Scarlet definitely felt lighter than the Epic we got to play with (with a Canon 85mm) even with the fixed zoom.

Red Scarlet Fixed Lens Camera – First video of a working Scarlet ! from Tonaci Tran on Vimeo.

S35 Scarlet is now the Epic-S. Joins Epic-X and Epic-M.

Justin O'Neill — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:43:28 +0000

RED has decided to move the S35 Scarlet into the Epic lineup. The features of the S35 Scarlet were too close to the Epic so RED decided the lineup would make more sense if Scarlet referred to the 2/3″ cameras and Epic to S35 and up. The features and price will change and RED will announce exactly how in a couple weeks. Jim has said it will ship in 2011.

The Epic lineup now consists of the Epic-S, Epic-X and Epic-M. Epic-S (for standard, or S35 Scarlet) will be the Epic with basic features. Epic-X is now the high end Epic anyone can buy (it used to be a special package deal for RED One owners). Epic-M has the exact same features as Epic-X but is being hand machined while RED builds up it’s production capabilities. It comes with hand machined modules and will be the first Epic to ship.

This does not effect the 2/3″ fixed Scarlet or interchangeable. Jim has said they are both right on the heels of Epic.