Written on April 15, 2008 – 8:48 am | by Bogdan Alex |
Last summer I managed to get myself an 1080p TV (which I actually use as a monitor). All cool and smooth, video game graphics are crystal clear and HD movies are so musch better now. But still, most of the older movies are only remastered in 1080p and a fair number of new films are still produced using film-based cameras, which make the digital recoding process a pain in the neck. I remember sometime in 2007 a digital video camera named Phantom was released, but that cost too much even for those respectable guys over at Hollywood. Now, RED comes along and launches all sorts of super-HD digital video cams.

RED has recently announced their EPIC flagship video camera which uses a new, full-frame S35mm Mysterium X sensor. The Mysterium X is said to provide the same quality, if not higher, as a 35mm film at 5k resolution (that would be around 12.5 Megapixels in wide format). The EPIC can shoot videos at up to 100 FPS so you can perform cool slow mo’ effects in post-production.

Check out the other cool specs:

* UP TO 100 MB/SEC. REDCODE RAW AND RGB RECORDING TO REDFLASH
* FULL SIZE DUAL LINK HD-SDI, 2-XLR AUDIO INPUTS AND HDMI
* WI-FI CONTROL
* FIREWIRE 800 and USB2
* 6 POUND FULLY MACHINED ALUMINUM BODY WITH HYBRID STAINLESS PL MOUNT
* COMPATIBLE WITH MOST RED ONE ACCESSORIES
* FULLY UPGRADABLE SENSOR, BODY, BOARDS AND MOUNT.

RED Epic is scheduled to be released sometime at the beginning of 2009 and it is supposed to cost more than $17,500.