A closer look at the RED Epic-M camera

By PR admin | Published: March 20, 2011

The first RED Epic-M camera was shipped back in December of 2010 and got stolen a week later.  Here is a closer look of the $58,000 monster (this one has a serial# 98, in case it gets stolen again):

Via Engadget

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  • Camaman

    The guy doesn’t really need it! (who does…)
    He just bought it because its cool! :-P
    Oh, and watch for those SSDs dropping out after 2yrs of usage… :-P

    Hand, made, smart, cool, military built(?) …does it work?

  • http://www.screenspro.com/screensavers Mac Screensavers

    Considering that is rigged up with PL lens, mattebox, follow focus, evf and lcd….. the dimensions still look very good.

    I don’t really like their military style… but it looks pretty good in the setup.

  • broxibear

    Peter Jackson bought 30 for filming of The Hobbit http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/03/14/thirty-58000-red-epic-m-cameras-to-be-used-to-shoot-the-hobbit-3d/
    I wonder if the person who stole the original one even knew what it was ?

  • Artur Kozłowski

    ok, we get it, it’s COOL. I love Red, but please, no pop-up counting and commentaries, this ain’t Sesame (Freakin’?) Street…

  • Anna Seed

    This is …….’like’……’awesome’……

    • camaman

      You can, like… film movies… in really high quality… for the future…

  • http://www.flickr.com/genotypewriter genotypewriter

    It’s a nice camera but 30x15mm sensor for $58000?

    There’s very little scientific innovation in this thing. In fact, I’m trying hard to think of one right now to write here.

    All the bells and whistles are a result of that $58K you hand to them. If Canon or Sony even bothers to try I’m sure theirs will wipe the floor with this thing and give you’ll also have spare change for a decent lens.

  • ZoetMB

    I’ve never “gotten” these Red series cameras. While quality is certainly about more than MP and they claim to have very high levels of color depth, I’ve always been puzzled by the small sensor sizes. They do seem very robust and they’re obviously modular, which is what many DSLR enthusiasts have been screaming for for some time.

    The native resolution is 5120×2700, which is 13.824 MP, which is okay, but certainly not state of the art. But that results in an aspect ratio of 1.9:1, which is not a motion picture standard.

    The specs don’t state the actual pixel use at various aspect ratios, but the most efficient use of the sensor pixels would result in the following:
    At 2.39:1 flat, 5120 x 2142 = 10.97 MP
    At 1.85:1 flat, 4995 x 2700 = 13.49 MP
    At 16:9 (HDTV) flat, 4800 x 2700 = 12.96 MP
    At 2.39:1 anamorphic at 2:1 squeeze, 3227 x 2700 = 8.71 MP (although it would make more sense to shoot 2.39 flat).

    I think next gen Nikon/Canon top-of-line sensors will exceed all this. So aside from the funky construction, what’s the big deal? What am I missing?

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