This is gonna change the game! Cant wait to see what this means for future Nikons and the industry! 📽️🎥📷

@AaronSpieler

3 ай бұрын

for sure man! I'm very excited to see where this goes

I'm stoked!!

@AaronSpieler

3 ай бұрын

Me too!!

💀☠💀Once Jim Jennard departed RED I had a feeling and it became true, that RED was slowly losing money, momentum and they were heading slowly to extinction so the new owner and CEO sold it before he lost even more money. I was one of the first RED ONE original camera owners and RED treated me like crap after I paid them their $40K all at once for the Red One with all accessories. I was one of the first 500 buyers that should have received the RED One but RED played favorites and shipped over 5,000 Red Ones before they shipped mine so I lost valuable time to rent it so I can recuperate the $40K I paid them. I'm still trying to get rid of it and will never trust this company or Panasonic ever again. Panasonic's problem is that they introduce a camera and 3 years later they stop any technical support on it, so AVOID Panasonic at all costs.

@AaronSpieler

3 ай бұрын

Very interesting take. Most people just want to talk about specs and brand loyalty, but it sounds like you have a more educated view on things. Most of the comments I have seen have to do with people still pushing this narrative that "Nikon sucks" or "this will save Nikon". I think it is very clear why this happened. Nikon was going to be able to beat RED in court over this compressed RAW patenet. They had an Article 41 dismissal which makes me think that RED knew that was the case. But it probably goes even more into what you are saying about them losing money in general. I'd imagine a company like Nikon was well aware of this and I have a conspiracy theory that they added NRAW to the Z 9 literally to make all of this happen. Nikon clearly has been taking video more seriously with these mirrorless cameras. And instead of putting all this time and money into R&D and marketing for a Nikon cinema line, why not just buy a well known cinema company that is failing. RED gets to "stay in business" and Nikon can become an instant competitor in the cinema market. Especially in the $10k and less space for budget consumers. That's my theory anyways. Suppose we shall see

@onceuponatime800

3 ай бұрын

@@AaronSpieler When Jim Jennard was running the show, the RED lot had 3 Lamborghinis and a loaded special edition Hummer parked there all the time. Jim bought a private island and a mansion in Hollywood Hills. When Jim and Ted left RED, Jarred became the CEO and owner and things started going downhill from there despite they were trying to keep up the hype with new models. Also they offered me for $11K to upgrade for a RED with Helium sensor and give the Red One body back since I was one of the first 500 buyers and a believer in RED and they screwed me AGAIN!!! They did the upgrade in 3 stages and I was placed on stage 3. I kept calling them every 2 weeks and they kept telling me they are on stage 2 and suddenly one week they told me that stage 3 ended 6 months ago. Total lie, since I was calling them twice a month. Screw RED.

That's great. Hope they can do r3d in the z mount. But they still need to get a better nlog, and better auto focus. But Nikon is clearly here to compete.

@AaronSpieler

3 ай бұрын

My guess is an FX3 style body with the Nikon name and Z mount with some of the RED cinema tech packed in. It sounds like the companies will stay separate, but Nikon will have access to RED's cinema tech which will help them immediately be a competitor in that market, while RED will get access to Nikon's money and infrastructure which will help them accelerate their growth and capabilities as well. It definitely seems like a mutual gain, but a lot of people only look at gear and not business. I personally love the current N-LOG, but I think they need more than one type for different shooting environments. I know a lot of people aren't really sure how to use N-LOG and it is quite different from the other brands, but I think this will help them with that front quite a bit. Not to mention the compressed RAW situation which is what I think lead to this happening in the first place. Nikon playing chess when everyone else is playing checkers. Nikon AF is also fantastic when used correctly, but I know it is considered to still be behind the curve. While RED does support AF with certain lenses, they don't recommend it, so I don't know how much they will help them with that, but again that could be a mutually beneficial area for sure. People have dogged on Nikon for a minute now, but they will have been around for 107 years come July. It is quite bold to assume they are a company that is going out of business or that they don't understand how to be relevant. They are just in no rush to impress KZreadr's like some other companies. And when they make products or big moves, it isn't on accident. Super excited where this goes from here and how it will effect the industry as a whole!