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Now I never really expected RED to have made the physical media inside their mags so it doesn't come as a massive surprise to find that they contain fairly run of the mill standard drives.
Did I think they were taking the piss with the price they were charging for them?
Well I still wince thinking about how much I paid for the 64 gig Redmags that I bought with the EPIC so the answer is definitely yes but when you looked at how much Panasonic were asking for P2 cards then it was par for the course.
This video - which has been produced by a company that make alternative mags - shouldn't come as too much of a surprise then when they strip an official one and show the components.
What I hadn't really appreciated though in terms of significance are the statements that RED have made regarding them developing the drives, the millions spent on custom firmware that writes the data in a unique way and how its a US made product.
All of which this video pretty much debunks and in addition shows there being a somewhat innacurate description of the capacity.
Charging people ten times what they could buy the product for is one thing but the misleading descriptions is another and one that might well cause them a few issues.
I'll be very interested to see what the producers of this video have in store for part 2.
Particularly as it appears RED have been trying to sue them.
 

Looking into this a bit further, it seems RED's suit against Jinnitech for IP infringement was dismissed a few days ago, presumably freeing them up to release this video.
Meanwhile, Jinnitech's suit against RED is still very much alive....
https://casetext.com/case/jinni-tech-ltd-v-redcom-inc

I was hoping to score enough points in the shopping section to offset the lack of them in the actual creative bit!
 

Looking into this a bit further, it seems RED's suit against Jinnitech for IP infringement was dismissed a few days ago, presumably freeing them up to release this video.
Meanwhile, Jinnitech's suit against RED is still very much alive....
https://casetext.com/case/jinni-tech-ltd-v-redcom-inc

Now I never really expected RED to have made the physical media inside their mags so it doesn't come as a massive surprise to find that they contain fairly run of the mill standard drives.
Did I think they were taking the piss with the price they were charging for them?
Well I still wince thinking about how much I paid for the 64 gig Redmags that I bought with the EPIC so the answer is definitely yes but when you looked at how much Panasonic were asking for P2 cards then it was par for the course.
This video - which has been produced by a company that make alternative mags - shouldn't come as too much of a surprise then when they strip an official one and show the components.
What I hadn't really appreciated though in terms of significance are the statements that RED have made regarding them developing the drives, the millions spent on custom firmware that writes the data in a unique way and how its a US made product.
All of which this video pretty much debunks and in addition shows there being a somewhat innacurate description of the capacity.
Charging people ten times what they could buy the product for is one thing but the misleading descriptions is another and one that might well cause them a few issues.
I'll be very interested to see what the producers of this video have in store for part 2.
Particularly as it appears RED have been trying to sue them.
 

Now I never really expected RED to have made the physical media inside their mags so it doesn't come as a massive surprise to find that they contain fairly run of the mill standard drives.
Did I think they were taking the piss with the price they were charging for them?
Well I still wince thinking about how much I paid for the 64 gig Redmags that I bought with the EPIC so the answer is definitely yes but when you looked at how much Panasonic were asking for P2 cards then it was par for the course.
This video - which has been produced by a company that make alternative mags - shouldn't come as too much of a surprise then when they strip an official one and show the components.
What I hadn't really appreciated though in terms of significance are the statements that RED have made regarding them developing the drives, the millions spent on custom firmware that writes the data in a unique way and how its a US made product.
All of which this video pretty much debunks and in addition shows there being a somewhat innacurate description of the capacity.
Charging people ten times what they could buy the product for is one thing but the misleading descriptions is another and one that might well cause them a few issues.
I'll be very interested to see what the producers of this video have in store for part 2.
Particularly as it appears RED have been trying to sue them.
 

Looking into this a bit further, it seems RED's suit against Jinnitech for IP infringement was dismissed a few days ago, presumably freeing them up to release this video.
Meanwhile, Jinnitech's suit against RED is still very much alive....
https://casetext.com/case/jinni-tech-ltd-v-redcom-inc

Now I never really expected RED to have made the physical media inside their mags so it doesn't come as a massive surprise to find that they contain fairly run of the mill standard drives.
Did I think they were taking the piss with the price they were charging for them?
Well I still wince thinking about how much I paid for the 64 gig Redmags that I bought with the EPIC so the answer is definitely yes but when you looked at how much Panasonic were asking for P2 cards then it was par for the course.
This video - which has been produced by a company that make alternative mags - shouldn't come as too much of a surprise then when they strip an official one and show the components.
What I hadn't really appreciated though in terms of significance are the statements that RED have made regarding them developing the drives, the millions spent on custom firmware that writes the data in a unique way and how its a US made product.
All of which this video pretty much debunks and in addition shows there being a somewhat innacurate description of the capacity.
Charging people ten times what they could buy the product for is one thing but the misleading descriptions is another and one that might well cause them a few issues.
I'll be very interested to see what the producers of this video have in store for part 2.
Particularly as it appears RED have been trying to sue them.
 

Now I never really expected RED to have made the physical media inside their mags so it doesn't come as a massive surprise to find that they contain fairly run of the mill standard drives.
Did I think they were taking the piss with the price they were charging for them?
Well I still wince thinking about how much I paid for the 64 gig Redmags that I bought with the EPIC so the answer is definitely yes but when you looked at how much Panasonic were asking for P2 cards then it was par for the course.
This video - which has been produced by a company that make alternative mags - shouldn't come as too much of a surprise then when they strip an official one and show the components.
What I hadn't really appreciated though in terms of significance are the statements that RED have made regarding them developing the drives, the millions spent on custom firmware that writes the data in a unique way and how its a US made product.
All of which this video pretty much debunks and in addition shows there being a somewhat innacurate description of the capacity.
Charging people ten times what they could buy the product for is one thing but the misleading descriptions is another and one that might well cause them a few issues.
I'll be very interested to see what the producers of this video have in store for part 2.
Particularly as it appears RED have been trying to sue them.
 

I was hoping to score enough points in the shopping section to offset the lack of them in the actual creative bit!
 

I was hoping to score enough points in the shopping section to offset the lack of them in the actual creative bit!
 

You're lucky to have manual controls in video, though.
I can't change a damn thing!

I found a used version of a camera that I already own today for £200.
I really didn't know the score about whether that makes mine eligible but I doubt it so I passed.
You'll be pleased to know I managed to park my inherent devious tendencies out of respect for the spirit of the competition and DIDN'T do a deal with the shop to buy it and return it 10 seconds later with a 10% handling charge so I'd have a receipt for one and then use my own!

I found a used version of a camera that I already own today for £200.
I really didn't know the score about whether that makes mine eligible but I doubt it so I passed.
You'll be pleased to know I managed to park my inherent devious tendencies out of respect for the spirit of the competition and DIDN'T do a deal with the shop to buy it and return it 10 seconds later with a 10% handling charge so I'd have a receipt for one and then use my own!

£12 change not bad, time to spend that on a wide angle adapter

Challenge accepted.
I very much doubt that you'll need to get your knife and fork ready though!

 

Challenge accepted.
I very much doubt that you'll need to get your knife and fork ready though!

 

Good luck getting that St. Bernard into a cardboard box let alone getting it into a bikini.

Jeez, you spent that much?  Both my cameras cost less than that.  
Combined!
Without colour grading I'm screwed.  However, this is part of getting the best image for the price.  If you use a cheap camera and get a great result, who cares if it was the camera or the grading?  We're all trying to get the best image for our budgets, even buying multi-thousand dollar camera bodies.

Although maybe it means I've found a cheap Leica and that £56 is just for a lens cap for it.

£56 plus the cost of epoxy & orange plastic so don’t get too confident as it’ll be closer to the 200 max...

Game on

Game on

Game on

I've contacted them to see what is going on. Hopefully it's just a firmware update away from not being a total disappointment.