Interview with Jarred Land, President of RED “reprinted” from FDTimes Apr 2016 • Issue 75
Jarred Land, President of RED
Another sequel in this saga is inevitable. I expect Episode 3 will include further discussions of RED Helium 8K S35 3.65 micron pixel sensors.
Meanwhile, here’s Episode 2 of “Interviews with Jarred” about RED Digital Cinema, the state of the industry, large format, and more. This took place right before NAB in April this year.
JON FAUER: A year ago in our April 2015 NAB edition, you said, “VistaVision still seems to be a perfect format for RED. It has the aesthetic advantages of having a larger frame and retains the ability to still use faster glass without hitting the limited availability of lenses that 65mm has to deal with—especially on the wide end…” Then at NAB, you introduced the RED Weapon 8K camera. You and I both thought the other manufacturers would quickly follow. But they haven’t yet. Why not? Maybe not so easy?
JARRED LAND: To be fair, I believe there might actually have been more larger format cinema lenses released since the last NAB than normal cinema S35mm lenses. Lens design is an art and just takes time.
And still no consensus on lens mounts.
Yes. This one I am a bit surprised at. I’m waiting for someone to introduce a proper new lens mount that can become the standard —and when that happens we will support it with open arms.
Tell us more about the W8K camera and current productions like “Guardians of the Galaxy 2.”
The Weapon 8K VV began shipping in December in limited numbers and have been almost completely consumed by Panavision for “Guardians 2.” Although there is no such thing as a “quick ramp up” in shipping of the 8K VV since it is a near impossible sensor to produce, we see a lot more customer deliveries happening in the near future as we continue to make advancements in the manufacturing process.
What’s next, what’s coming?
We have some great new bits and pieces at NAB this year but we really are focusing on getting through our back-orders. It is romantic to always show new things but it just felt a little insulting to put our machines onto making prototypes for a trade show instead of making as many cameras as we can for our patiently waiting customers.
RED and Avid DNx and simultaneous RAW and ProRes?
Weapon, Scarlet-W and Raven have had ProRes recording since their inception but at NAB we will turn on Avid DNx Recording as well. Over the last year, we have seen a substantial amount of creative professionals moving to the Windows platform so Avid DNx is a great alternative format with much stronger cross-platform support.
Accessories, integration, 3rd parties, Paralinx, OMOD?
3rd party integration is a big part of our DSMC2 program. Some of our customers are even starting companies to build modules for our cameras. What these tools give to our customers in terms of flexibility is outstanding.
We did an article on Mikael Lubtchansky and FoolControl. Would you like to comment about him?
If there is one person that our customers can thank for our accelerated 3rd party support it is Mikael. When we first dabbled with external integration via our RCP protocol development program, he picked it up and knocked it out of the park. He is a customer, a shooter, an engineer and a programmer all in one and I have a ton of respect for what he has created.
To read Episode 1 of “Episodes With Jarred” click Here
To learn more about RED Digital Cinema visit www.red.com
Recent RED DSMC2 Cameras
This will be updated shortly with the addition of the RED Weapon 8K Anamorphic, currently shooting in Europe from RVZ Camera Rentals with Stuart Graham as cinematographer.
RED Raven 4.5K
RED Raven is the lightest, smallest, democratic, affordable RED with a 4.5K Dragon 9.9 Megapixel sensor and EF lens mount. BRAIN (camera body only) starts at $5,950 and packages begin around $9,750.
• 4.5K RED DRAGON sensor 4608 x 2160
• Sensor size: 23.04 x 10.8 mm (25.45 mm diagonal)
• Max frame rate: 4.5K to 120 fps and 2K to 240 fps.
• Simultaneous REDCODE RAW and Apple ProRes
• Max data rate: to 140 MB/s with RED Mini-Mag
• Body: Aluminum alloy, 3.5 lb with media bay and EF lens mount
RED Scarlet-W 5K
Scarlet-W 5K has a Dragon 13.8 Megapixel sensor, interchangeable lens mounts, with BRAIN (camera body) around $9,950.
• 5K RED DRAGON sensor 5120 x 2700
• Sensor size: 25.6 x 13.5 mm (28.9 mm diagonal)
• Max frame rate: 5K to 60 fps; 4.5K to 120 fps, etc.
• Simultaneous REDCODE RAW and Apple ProRes
• Max data rate: to 140 MB/s with RED Mini-Mag
• Body: Aluminum alloy, 3.5 lb with media bay
RED Weapon 8K
WEAPON 8K is RED’s top of the line camera, currently available in limited quantities on several high-end productions. 35.4 Megapixel sensor.
• 8K RED DRAGON sensor 8192 x 4320
• Sensor size: 40.96 x 21.6 mm (diagonal: 46.3 mm)
• Max frame rate: 8K full app to 75 fps, 8K 2.4:1 to 60 fps, etc.
• Simultaneous REDCODE RAW and Apple ProRes
• Max data rate: to 300 MB/s with RED Mini-Mag
• Body: Aluminum alloy, 3.5 lb with media bay
RED Weapon 6K
Weapon 6K has a Dragon 19.4 Megapixel sensor and interchangeable lens mounts. This is the top of the line model after the Weapon 8K.
• 6K RED DRAGON sensor 6144 x 3160
• Sensor size: 30.7 x 15.8 mm (diagonal: 34.5 mm)
• Max frame rate: 6K full app to 75 fps; 5K full app to 96 fps, etc.
• Simultaneous REDCODE RAW and Apple ProRes
• Max data rate: to 300 MB/s with RED Mini-Mag
• In-camera 1D and 3D LUTs with output
• Body: Carbon Fiber, etc. 3.5 lb with media bay
• Upgradable to 8K sensor when available
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