Today I made a purchase. If you’re a filmmaker, you might have heard of it:

In brief, the Red One camera, the brain child of Oakley’s founder Jim Jannard is destined to change the face of filmmaking (and indeed, is well on its way). It’s the first digital camera that can deliver a picture quality as good as 35mm film, as well as 16mm quality, various HD resolutions, and Standard Definition video. This camera promises to deliver feature film quality picture (and is already doing so) for a fraction of the cost, putting true professional capabilities in the hands of many more people.

I could go on, but it would be little more than a love letter to the Red One, so instead I’ll just implore you to do a little reading and watching.

Of course, given the company’s engineering delays and the already sizeable waiting list, it’ll be quite awhile before I actually get my hands on it. Which is just as well since I have no absolutely no idea how I’m going to pay for it (a down payment of 10% is required at time of order, with the rest due at shipment), but I’ve got plenty of time to figure it out.

1. doggans Says:
   December 15th, 2007 at 5:20 pm

   I had the privilege of working as First Assistant Camera on a student film crew that used a Red One a few weeks ago.

   The camera is positively glorious. Enjoy it when it arrives.