Hi All,

 The Red Epic has just started shipping out their first cameras take a look at the new toy. Pricey but it is still fun to look at the site and learn about some of the specs. Here is the link http://epic.red.com/. Happy Holidays, if you are trying to think of what to get me this would be a great start

Cheers,
Jonathan

I really wish I could afford to get that for you, Jonathan.  Not that I would; I just want to be able to afford to.  

PS:  Happy Holidays

LOL, that thing is just an excuse to spend money.  More hard drive space, more compute power, more lens, more tripods.... more more more...

I'm not getting one Zeus, at least not for some time. 

 Who can afford something like this for stock right now. It is overkill. If you want to shoot high end work it is the bomb and just shows where we will all be heading for a super low price some day for all of us. Remember before these cameras it would cost you 300k to be set up to shoot this quality. Now you can get a 5D 2 for pennies on the dollar and produce great content for customers needs. The prices on Reds will drop as well, right now they are not much more than shooting with a Hasselblad and their Large digital back like some stock shooters use.
 If you could see how much range these cameras capture it is almost like working with an HDR file when you are done. The first tests included shooting inside a barn with just the window and barn door open. The final view shows all the detail in the barn and all the detail of the trees and sky outside the barn through the window, amazing coverage that will make producing great footage and stills that much easier on the set. The need for lighting is drastically reduced so crews get smaller lighting gets smaller costs for production start to drop fast. If they offered this camera at the same price as my Ids Mark 3 I would buy two in a minute. Super small, super easy to set up and break down and you get stills or motion from the same shoot.

Best,
Jonathan

Hi Click Click,

I'll buy the power cord and I have a fluid head. Maybe if 50 of us go in on it piece by piece and share it we could afford it

Best,
J

 CC,

 That's the only part that is free, the software

J

I read the info as mainly for the video users, finally offing 35 mm film. I can envision a smaller and lighter model competing with Canon and Nikon for us static folks. Even then it seems like overkill for the foreseeable micro market.
However, the play value seems irresistible.