‘They are Destroying the Camera Industry’: RED Slammed Over Patents
YouTuber and software engineer Theo from t3.gg has called out RED for preventing other companies from making cameras that can compress video captured in 4K RAW or higher.
Adobe’s Frame.io ‘Camera to Cloud’ Beta is Now Live on RED V-Raptors
Frame.io has made good on the promise to bring its camera-to-cloud functionality to RED cameras with the launch of V-Raptor and V-Raptor XL public beta today.
RED Uses the RF Mount, So Why Won’t Canon License it for Lenses?
RED Cinema is close to releasing its V-Raptor Rhino 8K S35 which has a native, fully active, Canon RF mount. The fact this relationship exists basically proves Canon is dead-set on selling its lenses above all else.
Gorgeous Timelapse of Flowers and Insects Took Six Months to Create
A video artist spent six months photographing flowers blooming and filming insects for an experimental timelapse video on life and war.
RED and Fujifilm Users Can Now Send Video from the Camera to the Cloud
Adobe's Frame.io team has announced new Camera to Cloud (C2C) integrations with Red and Fujifilm, allowing for immediate and real-time uploading to Frame.io, where the footage may be edited, annotated, and approved remotely.
Nikon is Fighting RED’s Lawsuit Over the Z9’s Compressed RAW Video
In May, RED Digital Cinema filed a lawsuit against Nikon, alleging that the data compression technology it uses in the Z9 camera violated its patents. Nikon has responded and argues RED's patent should never have been approved to begin with.
Is CFast Really Dead? Revisiting a Prediction from 2016
Almost six years ago, I spoke with industry experts about the state of memory cards and all of them told me that CFast was about to be a thing of the past. So did that actually happen? Is CFast really dead?
RED Sues Nikon for Infringing on its Video Compression Patents
RED has sued Nikon for illegally copying its data compression technology. The lawsuit asserts that Nikon infringed on its patents through capabilities granted to the Nikon Z9 in the recent firmware 2.0 update.
CineStill Unveils ‘RedRum’ Limited Edition Medium Format Red Scale Film
CineStill has announced a new limited edition medium format red scale film called RedRum. The images made with the film have a monochromatic red and yellowish tint that the company says makes for "spooky" imagery.
RED’s New Raptor Full-Frame Cinema Camera Can Shoot 8K at 120 FPS
RED has announced the V-Raptor, a new 35.4-megapixel full-frame camera that can shoot 8K at up to 120 frames per second and 4K at a blistering 240 frames per second.
Jony Ive-Designed Leica Prototype May Fetch Over $200,000 at Auction
The Leitz Photographica Auction will present a 2013 prototype model of a Leica camera designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson at auction in June. The camera is a one-off prototype produced during the creation of the Leica M for (RED) camera, which sold at a charity auction for $1.8 million in 2013.
These Guys Strapped a RED Camera to a 100mph FPV Racing Drone
Filmmaker and YouTuber Potato Jet recently teamed up with first person view (FPV) racing drone pilot Paul Nurkkala to try something kind of crazy: they strapped Potato Jet's RED cinema camera to a custom-built, high-speed octa-copter and took it for a spin... and a flip... and a few more maneuvers besides.
Court Dismisses Apple’s Attempt to Invalidate RED’s RAW Video Patent
Apple's recent attempt to invalidate one of RED's most important patents has failed. Earlier this week, a US court dismissed Apple's challenge to RED's main RAW video patent, allowing RED to maintain some control over Apple's ProRes RAW codec.
RED Founder Kills Off the Hydrogen Smartphone, Announces Retirement
Last night, in a short post titled "Everything Changes" on the Red Hydrogen Forums, 70-year-old RED founder Jim Jannard shocked the RED community by announcing both his retirement and the end of the Hydrogen smartphone project.
Apple Goes After RED Over Key RAW Patent
Back in May, Apple quietly filed a legal petition to try and invalidate a key patent by cinema camera maker RED, and RED is not taking it lying down. The patent in question describes RED's "REDCODE" codec for visually lossless, compressed 4K video at 23fps and above—one of the patents at the very core of RED's history as a company and camera maker.
RED Teases Tiny New Camera that May Use Canon’s RF Mount: Report
RED CEO Jarred Land took to the reduser.net forum this past weekend to drop a major teaser about the company's next cinema camera—a small form-factor camera called the Komodo that is "not larger than 4 inches in any dimension" and may feature Canon's RF mount.
RED and Facebook Unveil Manifold, a 3D and 360° VR Camera
RED and Facebook have unveiled Manifold, a new VR camera for shooting 3D and 360° imagery. It's a "first studio-ready camera system for immersive 6DoF [6 degree of freedom] storytelling."
Shooting a Classic $750K Boat with a RED Camera and 1000mm Canon Lens
It started with a classic Woody. Lake Tahoe has a world-renowned “woody” boat culture that promotes gleaming timber-hulled works of nautical art to skim across its deep blue water. One of the latest additions to the North Lake Tahoe waters is Tom Turner’s recently restored Riva Super Aquarama #64, valued at an astounding $750,000.
RED and Lucid Unveil 8K 3D Camera for 4V Holographic Photos
The camera companies RED and Lucid have unveiled a new 8K 3D/4V camera that's designed to work with the RED Hydrogen One modular holographic phone.
This Eye-Popping Flyover of NYC Was Shot in 12K
Over the past several years, director Phil Holland has been specializing in high-res, large-format aerial cinematography. This gorgeous video titled "Above NYC" is a flyover of The Big Apple shot in 12K using a special rig comprising 3 RED Weapon Monstro 8K VV cameras.
Using a 140-Year-Old Lens on a $15,000 RED Camera
How does a 140-year-old lens perform on a modern $15,000 cinema camera? Photographer and filmmaker Mathieu Stern wanted to find out, so he paired his ancient (by photography standards) lens with a 5K RED camera to see what would result.
RED and Foxconn Team Up to Make 8K Cameras at 1/3 the Price
Cinema camera maker RED and Foxconn (best known for manufacturing the iPhone) have announced that they're teaming up to create affordable professional-grade cinema cameras for the general public.
A $48 Yongnuo Lens on a $12,500 RED Camera: Here’s What You Get
What do you get when you pair an extremely high-end cinema camera with an extremely low-end still photography lens? LA-based filmmaker Gene Nagata of Potato Jet wanted to find out, so he mounted a $48 Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 lens onto a $12,500 Scarlet-W RED Dragon 5K camera.
This is How RED Cameras Are Made
Want to see how RED makes its popular digital cameras that carry price tags of tens of thousands of dollars? The company released this 3-minute video that offers a behind-the-scenes look at its manufacturing and production facilities.
Hands-On with the RED Hydrogen One $1,200 Holographic Smartphone
At the beginning of last month, cinematic camera manufacturer RED announced that its very first smartphone, the RED Hydrogen One, was in production. In this 6-minute video, tech reviewer Marques Brownlee takes a look at a couple of prototypes of the new RED smartphone which the company sent him exclusively to check out.
A $50 Camera vs. a $50,000 Camera
Ever wondered why the expensive cinema cameras cost what they do? In this featherweight vs. heavyweight comparison, Sam and Niko put a $50 Sony HDR-CX405 camcorder to the test against a RED Epic Dragon 6K cinema camera worth about $50,000.
RED Unveils a $1,200 Phone That’s a ‘Holographic Media Machine’
The cinema camera company RED just made a huge announcement: its first smartphone. The new RED Hydrogen One is an Android OS smartphone that's being referred to as a "holographic media machine" for viewing and capturing "multi-dimensional" imagery.
8K and 36MP: The Convergence of Motion and Still Photography
It’s not exactly a camera that can slip in to a coat pocket, but the RED Weapon 8K can capture both 8K motion footage as well as 36MP still photos. Photographer and director Vincent Laforet believes the camera is a harbinger for the future of photography.
RED Helium 8K Earns Insane DxOMark Score of 108, The Highest Ever
Did you think DxOMark's sensor scores topped out at 100? It turns out, no. RED's Helium 8K S35 sensor just scored a jaw-dropping 108, ten full points higher than the highest scoring full-frame sensor ever tested, the Sony A7r II.
iPhone 7 Plus Camera Holds Its Own Against $50,000 RED Weapon
The iPhone 7 Plus—and many other high end smartphone cameras these days—can capture some really impressive photos and video. If you were doubting that, just watch this comparison by Parker Walbeck of Fulltime Filmmaker. He compared the iPhone 7 Plus against his $50K RED Weapon, and was "blown away" by the results.