Re: ALEXA vs. RED?

WOW:

This thread just says to me i need to think long and hard.

On hearing and seeing the Alexa i was really intrigued. I do mostly work for Television. Ads, Music videos, broadcast design, stuff like that. I've been using a RED ONE for about a year and a half now and i love it to death, it has helped raise the bar with my work in so many ways it has been unimaginable. I can do things my P2 & Letus could never do.




(our first RED shoot)

NOW with the Alexa going directly to prores and the Alexa having a 3.5K sensor (which is plenty res if you ask me)and 13 efin stops or DR, it puts me in a kind of tail spin.
AND because of the RED i've been in negotiations to do 2 full length features. The ArriRAW option can be adopted (on an as needed basis)for the features.

My only thing is the price tag of 50K euro, which i do think is a great price but for us in the Caribbean a bit of a stretch.

No i don't own a RED we rent it but its part of our mainstay these days. But i need to make a decision so that we can keep more money in house rather than spending it on rentals

Tough choice. Need some advice and thoughts

And i know there are 2 other versions of the Alexa due out, what are the features of those, sensor wise etc etc.?

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