Where does Red fit into the market? Practically everywhere. This is the first in a series of posts which will examine the implications of a 4K camera for $17.5K is likely to have in various market segments.

Reading forums, one gets the impression that there are many users interested in Red who typically wouldn’t be in [...]

Posting might slow down a bit for the next few weeks. Most of the data storage stuff I can talk about, I’ve already talked about, and there probably won’t be much Red news, as Red is saving up announcements for NAB (about a month from now).

I’ll probably do one more post in the storage series, [...]

Perhaps the most interesting thing about Red’s recent price list is the range of solid state recording options — CF, ExpressCard, 1.8″ SATA flash, and Red RAM. The Red RAM is basically a Red Drive, but with two of the new 32 GB flash-based drives, instead of two 160 GB mechanical drives. It’s the three [...]

Red has posted a full price list for their accessories. Reservation holders get a $2500 credit toward accessories.

Here’s what we’ll probably be buying to use with Red #404:

Electronic viewfinder Power Pack Premium Production Pack Red Drive (x2)

Might also have to add more batteries, depending on what the expected runtime turns out to be. As for lenses and other [...]

This post is a continuation of the previous post on cheap, reliable, manageable storage.

How do you create a volume across multiple drives that makes use of distributed parity (see previous post) without shelling out big money for an enterprise storage system? Windows XP Pro have built-in software RAID 5 support, which which will do nicely. [...]