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(image from the front page of red.com)
OK, so we all know I'm a big fan of what Red is up to, and while I feel qualified to evaluate an image, I'm no shooter nor DP, so I try to avoid passing judgements on shooting issues - I don't feel qualified to dive very deep in those areas. That is not the case, however, with David Stump (IMDB profile), who is a member of the ASC, and is also the chair of the Digital Camera subcommittee for the ASC.

After a day spent with the Red One camera shooting greenscreen tests:

"The RED Mysterium sensor has finally pushed digital acquisition past the timeless 35mm film barrier in resolution and clean color fidelity."

Now, that's a carefully phrased sentence, specifically talking about "resolution and clean color fidelity." He was doing greenscreen tests, and those are critical attributes to pulling a good key. This particular statement does not address dynamic range nor other vital imaging characteristics.

But it's a helluva pat on the back for the Red team.

There's lengthy threads on DVInfo.net and dvxuser.com, the latter has lots more technical discussion and the Red team chimes in on some issues as well.

I'm sure David will have more to say in the next few days, I'll be watching out and will report it here.

-mike