Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/30

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Forget $6K for an M8, capture stills with a $100K Red Camera
From: leowesson at gmail.com (leo wesson)
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:17:29 -0500
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Adam,

Coming from both sides of the fence (still and video), I can tell you that,
for what it does, the Red is inexpensive.

Leo Wesson
Photographer/Videographer
817.733.9157
www.leowesson.com


On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, the Red camera is a pretty impressive piece of machinery. It can
> mount
> a wide variety of lenses, including Panavision.
> If you want to make your Leica's seem inexpensive just consider Red:
>
> <http://www.red.com/>
>
> I'd love to have the chance to shoot with one for a day although I hardly
> have enough computer power (or disk space) to hold the images and process
> them. Maybe Google does...
>
> Adam
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Chris Williams <
> leicachris at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> > The Red Camera was used for still images in the next Esquire issue. I
> > understand the commercial value of this with magazine/ad work, though
> with
> > current magazines dropping like flies I don't see how they can fit these
> > costs in the budgets.
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/04/megan-fox-gets-the-red-one-treatment-for-esquire-cover.html
> >
> > Megan is in New Orleans shooting a movie right now, I've yet to see her
> but
> > the street scenes are pretty cool with 1930's automobiles.
> >
> > Chris
> > NOLA
> >
> >
> >
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Replies: Reply from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] OT: Forget $6K for an M8, capture stills with a $100K Red Camera)
In reply to: Message from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams) ([Leica] OT: Forget $6K for an M8, capture stills with a $100K Red Camera)
Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] OT: Forget $6K for an M8, capture stills with a $100K Red Camera)