Maybe this is a post hijack but I thought it was interesting (although not warranting its own thead)...
I just spoke with a buddy who received his RED recently, and he was telling me of a couple of instances of current-or-future RED users who were
brand new to
any kind of high-end shooting. I'm talking young part-time wannabe filmmakers (god bless 'em) who don't know a light kit from a mic stand and have never shot anything other than YouTubish movies with a DV handycam (I almost didn't believe him, but I looked 'em up, and yep... there they are).
Firstly, I applaud their ambition but it just has me wondering what they are thinking.
But secondly, it makes me wonder how soon there will be a
used RED market? Or if the long waiting list will drain that as soon as it appears?
There is a huge used market of course for 35mm film gear (I can safely say I was not the
first owner of
any of my film cameras) but I'm pretty sure those are rarely if
ever sold new to people who have never shot a frame of film before.
If you have ever shopped for a used motorcycle (something I have done a few times), you know it's pretty darn easy to find a showroom-new bike that is several years old with almost
no miles on the clock. People get excited and buy 'em, play with them a little, realize it's not for them, and don't ride 'em. Will be interesting to see if the same thing happens in the RED world.
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
