Craig Schober

if you have the budget, sure, hire 20 people to wrangle your data but you're creating new crew positions just for your piece of mind and nothing else. amateurs always will be processing your film and you have no choice over it. they use interns and low-wage employees because it's an unskilled labor. the same as the guy who moves the compact flash card to an on-set raid, pushes a button and when it "beeps", he brings the card back to the cam or throws it in a box with other used cards. it's not creative and barely technical. anyone can do it but not everyone can afford to pay for a position like this. people that can afford a camera like red won't throw away money on positions like this. they can't afford to.

the only difference between you and red fanboys is that they spend their time waiting for their cameras to arrive while you spend your time waiting for their cameras to arrive.

great example of difference between reduser forum and cinematography forum. people here are jealous that they were never directly nor indirectly consulted on the development of their favorite hd/film cams before they were released. now they mistake reduser members' excitement for fanboyism.

wow great thread guys. i learned a lot about...?

no, you're still telling people how to make their products work but only from behind a pc now.

what don't you understand about r&d? they have been doing r&d for about 18 months now and are continuing to do it today. they will continue to do it after they start shipping cameras too. that was part of the deal that reservation holders signed up for. it not only shows commitment to a product but reaffirms future upgrades without expensive add-ons (at least that's what they promise). you might not care about the camera's development details but you're not a reservation holder, are you? you won't be using one for at least a year unless you rent. and don't try the "i really don't care" angle. if you're posting on the red thread here, you care.

their top level management is the sole source of this news on the same day it happened. would you prefer they hide only the bad news? oh wait, they can't win with you no matter what happens. i forgot.

i think he's just looking at some cam chart tests and assuming red has been running it through its paces all along. what everyone fails to realize is that this is a product in development. i've been part of small design teams similar to this. we develop products in a very quick cycle. then we advertise them and sell them all within a few months. what we would never do is issue day by day, trial and error statements as to the product's current state of development. it's refreshing to see such transparency while a camera is still being designed and tweaked. if red were like other companies, we would still know nothing about pricing, features and upgrades and they would currently be testing this camera in heat/cold chambers right now. instead, they get soderburgh to test it in the field. not a bad idea.