There hasn’t been much news out of Red lately, but there are a few tidbits tonight:
First off, as people who read this blog probably know, Red has run into some last minute delays. Jim Jannard posted a bit on that tonight:
I wish I had good news. The reality is that we are close to knowing where we are, but not quite. I still expect to announce the new schedule on June 15th, but I have to say that the last 5% of the project is the most difficult. We have had obsticles that we did not expect. Keep your fingers crossed.
Other new bits of info:
- The 18-50mm zoom will be marked with T-stops (starting at T3), settling a long and tedious debate.
- Red will ship a 50-150mm lens (also T3) later this year.
- It looks like there’s some new grip hardware. Or maybe that’s just stuff we’ve seen, configured differently.
- Jim has posted the text of a Peter Jackson interview about Red from the New Zealand magazine ONFILM.
Choice quote from Jackson:
If you shoot at 4K, but want a “film lookâ€?, then you finish at 2K and add some grain. It’s easy. It looks like film. However, if you finish and screen at 4K. the result is like shooting in 65mm, like the old epics used to do. It’s pretty exciting, and will have a major impact on indie filming — but we could see no reason why you couldn’t use these cameras for any type of movie. I’m seriously considering using RED for The Lovely Bones.
