The Best Camera Ever?

Has film finally met its match?  The Red One is brainchild of Oakley founder James Jannard.  The camera employs a 4K image sensor (over 5 times the amount of information than typical HD cameras record) that is actually more similar to those found in digital SLR’s than in movie cameras. Hollywood is buzzing about Jim’s film destroyer, some of the most renowned directors including Steven Soderbergh, Peter Jackson and Doug Liman have already adopted the Red.  For more information about the Red One and parent company Red Digital Cinema, check out the article on Wired.com. For a preview of footage taken on the Red watch the video below… unfortunately to see it in high quality you have follow the link to view it on Vimeo – but it’s worth it!

skate – shot on red – 120 fps from opus magnum prod. on Vimeo.

test with red camera – paris from opus magnum prod. on Vimeo