@ georgl
Yes, I'm familiar with RED's offerings and have been following their imminent release
announcements. Thanks for replying, the info on Kodak chips is interesting.
I get what you're saying and really have no arguments with any of it. I just don't see RED's potential easily dismissed. Ask a fashion photographer (or any people shooter) how they would feel about a 25-65 mpxl RAW file from a camera able to capture them in or near double digits, which can store them directly to an on-board SSD allowing virtually limitless shooting, has a quality EVF
and live LCD and that can mount a variety of lenses from different manufacturers. Oh, and it can also shoot better-than-cinema quality RAW video footage at 50-350 frames per second. If someone offered me that option and it provided > 90% of the IQ from current MFDB, I'd jump without hesitation. I think many would.
I posted earlier in this thread that I'd like 2 fps from MFD. A totally reasonable request. I know lots of people who want that. We want that a whole lot more than we want 20 more megapixels. And we've been asking for it for 5+ years. RED may answer this request with a totally unreasonable response and I am truly excited about it.
I've also been excited (and still am) about Leica's S2. Mostly for the speed, though 1.5 fps now seems a little timid. I like everything they are doing with that camera and look forward to what they will bring in the future (cheers the Leica for true DNG writing!). I also think Phase made some great lemonade with the Mamiya lemons they got. Good for them! But all of the discussions we are, and have been, having regarding MFD seem so stale.
This is the most exciting time in MFD I can remember since pre-P25 (able to shoot untethered!). Gonna be an interesting year.
c!