Just a quick post here. Mainly in response to the “Scarlet Dreams” post. (Thanks Ryan!)
On the speculative side of things, I wonder if RED’s dslr replacement, the DSMC, is going to be marketed in place of the the old Scarlet design.
In other words, the DSMC would sell at the $3000 or less price-point. I’m thinking probably less in order to better compete with Nikon, Canon, and Panasonic. (Ooh, here’s another from Panny. Hey why not?!)
The DSMC would first-and-foremost be a still camera, but with uberslayer digital cinema functionality. This would be an easier bout than with the Scarlet_ver.1 against the dslrs’-with-video that are emerging.
And then, the new Scarlet_ver.2 could be positioned between Ye Olde Scarlett/DSMC and the Red One. The full-on still imaging capabilities of the DSMC could easily be integrated into Scarlet, Red One, and Epic, but the primary purpose for these cameras would be for digital film.
Starting from the least expensive, the line-up would be DSMC – Scarlet – Red One (Two?) – Epic.
In this hall of camera valhalla I could see how, even if you owned an Epic, you would still want a DSMC or even Scarlet for that matter.
Another random thought, I wonder if the DSMC and the Scarlet could be flipped in this theoretical product line. Interesting…
Anyway, all of this is merely a fast and dirty spec’ing deluge, but I am curious what others think. I’m not looking to lobby a serious discussion of course, just someone to take long walks in the rain wit- er, I mean, uh…
Whew! Got a little sidetracked there. But as I was saying, I’d like to hear from others. Especially those that actually climb down the bottomless pit of the the internet to read the crap we chunk down here. Especially the ones that never ever leave a comment. Hmm… Maybe we’ll even do a survey.
Ryan?