Details are sketchy, but it is INCORRECT to assume that it'll ship this year. Prototype to be shown at NAB is all they've said. They said prototypes, not even functional prototypes. Look at the release schedule of Red as announced vs. how long it actually took to ship...and then to be fully functional (no audio recording onboard until very recently, for instance). They've shipped something like 250 cameras to date, and are (ever) at the precipice of going into bulk production.
So, my guess: non-functional prototypes shown at NAB.
Images from sensor over the summer.
Working cameras at IBC.
Shipping by NAB 2009.
Many possible release dates along the way, but hopefully they'll have learned from their virtually never accurate guesstimates for Red One ship dates to just ship it when it is ready.
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Details are sketchy, but it is INCORRECT to assume that it'll ship this year. Prototype to be shown at NAB is all they've said. They said prototypes, not even functional prototypes. Look at the release schedule of Red as announced vs. how long it actually took to ship...and then to be fully functional (no audio recording onboard until very recently, for instance). They've shipped something like 250 cameras to date, and are (ever) at the precipice of going into bulk production.
So, my guess: non-functional prototypes shown at NAB.
Images from sensor over the summer.
Working cameras at IBC.
Shipping by NAB 2009.
Many possible release dates along the way, but hopefully they'll have learned from their virtually never accurate guesstimates for Red One ship dates to just ship it when it is ready.
-mike