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Some are shot with RED Monstros (with Komodos as B cam) by directors who have a special relationship with RED.
I can understand the negativity toward this company as they sometimes have an aggressive posture with war-themed stuff and the likes, probably inspired by early Oakley shades mythology.
12 years ago, I bought a Red Scarlet camera because I could afford it. I was pleased with the organic picture quality and the efficient handling of Redcode.
Once, the day before Christmas, RED company Honcho, a giant Canadian guy called Jarred Land, threw a challenge to anyone to replicate a german TV music video in 4K resolution in 12 hours.
The winner will receive a brand new RED Weapon camera valued at around 45K.
My partner at this time and I decided to give it a try for fun, as a challenge like this is not very common nowadays.
They were 12 entries, including ours, mostly by Hollywood crews using cranes and sophisticated machinery.
We immediately thought we were out of the game.
The one-man jury, Mr. David Fincher, a well-known RED aficionado, pretended amiably not to be able to choose a winner, so Jarred Land generously decided to reward every entry.
For some reason, my partner did not want to keep the camera so we sold it to a famous Belgian DP.
Even though I decided to mostly use BMD stuff now, I will be forever grateful to these guys at RED for their unexpected Christmas gift.
Just my two cents.