A mere $17,500 will get you one of these, and a 300mm lens will cost about $4,750. The camera body is said to weigh roughly 8lbs. and offer a 35mm PL lens mount.

Mysterium: Data to Burn

4520 X 2540 pixels... DATA TO BURN. At the heart of RED lives the 12-megapixel Mysterium™ CMOS sensor, Super 35mm sized, with unparalleled fidelity and flexibility. It combines low noise with superior charge capacity for dynamic range and color fidelity that allows you to finally have a no excuse option to 35mm film.

Digital Super 35MM

Record 2540 progressive at up to 60 fps RAW. With 4520 X 2540 pixels, Mysterium™ puts pure digital Ultra-High Def in the palm of your hand.

Mysterium™ with RED ONE™ also supports on chip down-sampling all the way down to 1080p and 720p. Field and selective focus as found in film cameras. Mysterium™ boasts a greater than 66db Signal to Noise Ratio thanks to its large 29 sq. micron pixels. And 12,065,000 pixels deliver resolution that can only be called Ultra High Definition.

General Workflow

•Shoot 4K Recode Raw @ 27MB.sec
•Load footage into REDCINE. Do 1st light coreection.
•Export to any number of output options.
•REDCINE is supported on Intel Mac and Windows XP only.

The Lenses

A compact 18-50mm f2.8 close focus zoom for $6,500 USD. Availability projected for Summer 2007.

A set of prime lenses: 15mm f2.8, 25mm f1.9, 35mm f1.9, 50mm f1.9, 85mm f1.9, with a total price of $20,000 USD for the complete set of five lenses. Availability is projected for Fall 2007. The primes are not available individually, but only as a set.

Previous RED S35mm cine lenses announced are an 18-85mm f2.8 zoom, and a 300mm f2.8 prime. A full list of lenses can be viewed at http://www.red.com.

The Specs:

Sensor: 12 Megapixel Mysterium™
Physical Size: 24.4mm x 13.7mm (Super35mm)
Active Pixel Array: 4520 (h) x 2540 (v)
Full Pixel Array: 4900 (h) x 2580 (v)
Dynamic Range: > 66dB
Depth of Field: Equivalent to 35mm Cine Lenses (S16mm with windowed sensor)

Acquisition Formats: 2540p (4k+), 4K, 2K, 1080p, 1080i, 720p
Frame Rates: Variable
1 – 60 fps 2540p, 4K, 2K,1080p, 720p
1 – 120 fps 2K, 720p (windowed sensor)
50 / 59.94fps 1080i, 720p

RAW output: High speed serial interface
1-60 fps, 2540p, 4K
1-120 fps, 2K (windowed sensor)

Video Outputs: Single and dual link HD-SDI
2K, 4:4:4 RGB
1080p, 4:4:4 RGB
1080p, 4:2:2
1080i, 4:2:2
720p, 4:2:2

Digital Media Magazine: FireWire 800/400, USB-2 and e-SATA interfaces
RED-DRIVE™ hard disk drive (40 – 160GB)
REDFLASH™ flash memory (32 – 128GB)

REDCODE codec: Variable Bit Rate, Wavelet
RAW
10 bit 4:2:2 1080p / 1080i / 720p
10 bit log 4:4:4 2K

Audio: 4 channel uncompressed, 16 / 24 bit, 48KHz
Monitor: Flex mounted High Resolution LCD, High Resolution color EVF (optional)
Weight: Around 8lbs (without lens, battery and external viewfinder)
Construction: Aluminum alloy

NAB Interview with Ted Schilowitz!
Producer: Megan Cunningham
Editor: Daniel Reyes, Jim Rohner

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