Aside from the lenses, there were a couple of other interesting things from RED at NAB.

I must admit, being able to see RED RAY in action was pretty amazing.  Especially after seeing it side by side with uncompressed 4k.

  Now it's true that I was a little ways away from the screen, but it was amazing.  The detail, the color... With a bit rate of 10 (vs 25 for miniDV), this has the potential to be revolutionary.  As more details come out it will be interesting to see where the technolgy leads.

 

Red Rocket was also annouced just before NAB, and this sub-$5k box will decode, debayer and play high quality real time 4k at 3fps (5k 25fps).  Works with PR, AE, FCP, and all red products.  Red workflow will now be quick and easy.

Of course we also looked at the new Scarlet and Epic mock-ups, and things are looking pretty good.   At first I was concerned because there were mini-xlr outpus on one of the modules, but I was assured that the "pro" version would be full size.  My advice to potential buyers - get the full sized XLR. It might add a couple of millimeters to the length of the camera, but that's worth it IMO to be in line with a universal standard.

 And of course there are the lenses, which Finner already addressed in an early post.  Got a question? Ask us on www.reduser.net