REDdy Steady Go.......

Feeling like a new Dad. Having waited the longest gestation period known to man, almost 18 months, I am now the proud owner of 'Deep C' or better known as RED One Digital Cinema Camera serial #954. Whilst she is still in California, at a secret location, she is bought and paid for and ready for shipping / collection. I'm still wrapped up on this project down here in SA so will be a while before I can get my hands on the wee beastie. Rest assured I will be posting piccies soonest.

Cheers,

Mark.

Nice one my old mate...

Get ready fo some trail blazin....

Dive safe

DeanB

Hey Mark,

can't wait the footage... :-) Congratulations, I am sure you will enjoy the work with it.

Jules

Hi Mark , I green about your red.

Congrats on the new acquisition. Be interested to hear how you have set it up

in terms of viewfinders and memory.

What lenses are you going for ?

Peter

Mark, Seeing that I am only a hop skip and 5 hour jump to Cali, I would be willing to Nurse your little one, here in Hawaiian waters (Film some Humpbacks and Mantas) till Daddy Duddy comes your way... The things we do for friends!! Congrats Bro-

Hey Peter Howzit? Thanks again for the chat and the cappuccino last year, hope to get back to your neck of the woods in 09. Hope all is well.

-Scott

Good luck mate, I'm sure that you will produce some stunning images!

Just think all you have to do now is go back and shoot everything that you shot in Palau, Lembeth etc etc so that you have it in 4K.

That'll be tough!

Exciting times Mark. When do you think you'll have a housing for it?

Peter - I'll be going with the Electronic Viewfinder and RED LCD, memory wise I will be shooting with the RED Bricks, or 320GB HDD's. I don't think underwater use and handling, due to the mere environment, will be as problematic, vibration wise, as terrestrial applications.

Lens wise there was a lot of discussions about going with Canon Glass by way of an adapter to be made by a third party. Personally I will be going with PL Mounted Lenses. I have ordered a Peleng 8mm (Russian) extreme Fisheye ($625 as opposed to the Arri 8R which is $30k). Fitted with a PL mount by a guy in California it wil be used sparingly for establishing shots etc. The weird thing about this lens is that it has two Iris rings !! The PL Mount guy makes a bracket that he will also fit to brace those two rings together. Other lenses on order are the RED 18-50mm Zoom and a Tamron f2.8 90mm Macro with PL Mount. The BBC swear by this little guy as a macro lens.

Scott - Get to the back of the line buddy! Long list of people have offered to 'babysit' the beastie until I can pick it up.......hmmmmmm, wonder why that is?

jonny - You know this job does come with drawbacks, but those ain't any of them!! Looking forward to doing it all again. Maybe not in the kind of time frames I done before but on specific trips I guess.

Nick - Still undecided, there are now actually a few oferings available on the market, However seeing as I am moving into a very different realm of cinematography I might be spending the first six months or so without dunking the camera. It will be a steep learning curve to grasp just the basics of 'Deep C' so best I get that through to the gray matter without the added issue of the blue stuff.

Jules - Keep on with those screenplays.

Cheers guys,

Mark.

woooohoooooo!!! You need her in Africa Mark - hopefully it will look too much like a RAYGUN for anyone to attempt to steal it! Congrats on the new arrival

Cheer, Simon

......... I have ordered a Peleng 8mm (Russian) extreme Fisheye ($625 as opposed to the Arri 8R which is $30k).

I really love yous vid guys ...gotta be impressed by a $625 lens in front of a gizillion-dollar sensor enclosure.

But seriously now folks, how on earth you can handle the fact that it just sitting unopened and deteriorating in CA ... I can't wait to hear your experiences of the new cam and the format.

Here is a report on shooting with RED.

Shooting with RED (CreativeCow)

So all in all

Even more expensive than we first thought...and mega hard to use....Hmmmmmm

I think the excess baggage allowance on this baby will be unreal....Maybe it would be cheaper to hire a private jet..

Speaking to Pamela from Gates last Saturday in London and she estimated the Gates Deep Red housing to be out around December 08 - Jan 09...

Dive safe

DeanB

I really love yous vid guys ...gotta be impressed by a $625 lens in front of a gizillion-dollar sensor enclosure.

Cheers,

Mark.

Yeah, well I won't say how much the other Cine Lenses are I'm looking at This Russian deal will be used once in a Blue Moon.

Cheers,

Mark.

yep, maybe pay tv subscription rates will have to go up in price to cope with the influx of RED

Way to go Mark.

If we win LOTTO then we will get one too.

Although I think it might be a pig to try and shoot a Whale Shark with while Snorkeling.

Awesome Mark, can't wait to hear your experiences with the new baby

Way to go Mark.

 

If we win LOTTO then we will get one too.

Although I think it might be a pig to try and shoot a Whale Shark with while Snorkeling.

Not really, you just connect two scooters with a platform. On the platform you mount the camera. But then you need two extra snorkelers, one for each scooter.