RED One Mysterium X cameras now widely available
updated 09:00 am EDT, Mon September 13, 2010
RED One MX made available to everyone
RED this weekend finally began wider distribution of its first next-generation camera. After the earlier upgrade program, the Red One MX is now available to everyone. The camera still shoots at the same 4K resolution as the original but uses a modern Mysterium-X sensor with much better low-light performance and other image quality improvements.
The camera uses a typical P/L mount for lenses and has full pro connections through mini XLR, HD-SDI, Genlock and timecode ports. It revolves around a modular system that can add a CompactFlash card module, specialized viewfinders and stands, and other extras to customize it to a particular form of moviemaking. Videos are still produced in the native Redcode format used in Apple's Final Cut Studio and other pro editing apps.
A RED One MX costs $25,000 for the body, or still well under the prices of many other greater-than-HD pro video cameras. Payment needs a 10 percent deposit and is backlogged by seven to 10 days due to demand. Old models using the original Mysterium sensor aren't available except for those who already have a deposit down and intend to continue through the process.
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Does Jannard have a share in MacNN? What's with the free advertising? $25,000 gets you nothing, a black box without even a viewfinder and the CF Card recording costs another $500. So, for $25,000 you get a camera that you can't see through and can't record anything with. Will Red ever become more honest and open about their pricing? It's like the old car salesman trick where metallic paint is an extra $1500 but there are no cars that come without metallic paint. Get real guys! In spite of how it may appear, I have nothing against the Red per se. but I have a BIG problem with how it is marketed and sold. It would still be a good value proposition compared with other systems if Jannard and company were more forthcoming with the facts. It doesn't have to appear to be half or a quarter of the price of other systems. It only needs to appear to be better value overall than other systems. It's not a cheap pair of sunglasses and doesn't need to be marketed as such. I hope we never see "buy one get one free!"