RED CAMERA
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Movie_Making_Manual/Cinematography/Cameras_and_Formats/RED

The Red One Digital Cinema Camera was unveiled at the NAB Exhibition 2006 in Las Vegas. An "Ultra-High-Definition" digital camera, it has a custom Bayer Pattern sensor array (the "Mysterium") with a resolution of 4900x2580 (4700x2540 active image area, 4520x2540 maximum recordable image area). It was designed as a replacement for traditional 35mm film cameras and has a number of recording resolutions including 2540p, 4k, 2k, 1080p, 1080i and 720p, though production models are limited to recording in 4k, 4k 16:9, QHD, 3k, and 2k, through sensor windowing. It is targeted specifically at the retail market and has a base price (without lenses or recorder) of $17,500. A number of RED accessories were simultaneously revealed, including two initial lenses, a 300mm prime and a 18-85mm zoom (though the camera will take standard PL and B4 mount lenses). Recording is done through a mirrored RAID-0 array of 160 GB hard drives, totalling 320 GB, through a 128 GB Solid-State Drive, or through a Compact Flash Module, which records to 8 or 16 GB cards produced to RED's specifications.
The RED One records in a compressed RAW Bayer format which the company claims to be visually lossless, though filmmakers have discovered certain reproducible artifacts of the encoding mechanism. While this allows the camera hardware to be produced at a reduced cost, comparable to other digital camcorders, which encode video onboard to an easily usable format, it also significantly complicates and extends post-production. Native support of Redcode in Non-linear Editors is not widespread, or mature, so RED's post-production workflow relies on company provided software for online editing, such as Redcine, and Red Alert, to encode to a digital intermediate format, such as ProRes, or DNxHD.
First 4k footage of the camera was shown at IBC 2006 in Amsterdam [1]
A provisional date of early 2007 was announced for retail to the public.
David Stump ASC has tested a "Red" lab prototype for exposure and on a greenscreen[2] but as of January 2007 development is not complete, and no stand-alone Red cameras exist yet. Many dp's that have invested in this technology have yet to figure out how they are going to edit with camera.







http://www.red.com/cameras/
The RED ONE™ body – designed for flexibility and functionality. Weighing in at 10 lbs, this is a streamlined package specifically designed to maximize your shooting options. Matched with a 35mm PL lens mount, it allows you to take advantage of the world’s The RED ONE™ body – designed for flexibility and functionality. Weighing in at 10 lbs, this is a streamlined package specifically designed to maximize your shooting options. Matched with a 35mm PL lens mount, it allows you to take advantage of the world’s finest optics. Modular and upgradeable, the RED ONE™ camera is a future-proof acquisition system you can build upon. RED ONE™’s modular design means you can upgrade with us as we add new features and accessories, as well as benefitting from performance improvements with each new free firmware upgrade.














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Typical high-end HD camcorders have 2.1M pixel sensors and record with 3:1:1 color sub-sampled video at up to 30fps. RED offers the Mysterium ™ Super 35mm cine sized (24.4×13.7mm) sensor, which provides 4K (up to 30 fps), 3K (up to 60 fps) and 2K (up to 120 fps) capture, and all this with wide dynamic range and color space in 12 bit native RAW. At 4K, that’s more than 5 times the amount of information available every second and a vastly superior recording quality. In addition, you get the same breathtaking Depth of Field and selective focus as found in film cameras using equivalent 35mm P/L mount lenses. Mysterium ™ boasts greater than 66db Dynamic Range thanks to its large 29 sq. micron pixels. And 12,065,000 pixels deliver resolution that can only be called Ultra High Definition.

Shoot lightweight EFP style (body around 10 lbs., in rugged aluminum alloy) or load it up to shoot a feature film. Options include RED-RAIL™ mounting accessories that “grow” the camera body. Configure for tripod, crane or long lens applications. High-resolution RED LCD and EVF monitors come equipped with advanced tools for framing, exposure and focus. The RED ONE™ body and RED-RAIL components provide numerous mounting points to allow hundreds of optional RED and third party accessories… some that haven’t even been dreamed of yet. Choose between the convenience and durability of recording directly to Compact Flash, in-camera, or outputting signal to RED FLASH DRIVE or RED DRIVE (RAID) for even longer recording options.