RED ONE Cameras in Germany

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The internal test series will now begin before the RED Testing Team project starts on January 28, 2008. Thirty-five cinematographers, post-production specialists and producers have registered for this test week to try out the camera’s qualities in an “empirical research project” and, above all, clarify workflow issues. Companies participating include Assimilate with its Scratch system, Iridas with SpeedGrade, DVS with a Clipster and Apple with Final Cut systems. The event is also supported by DVE, ARRI, Dedo Weigert, Cooke, Bebob and Sachtler. In addition to RED, there is other news from Ludwig Camera Rental and its affiliated companies.

Ludwig has expanded its mobile HD control room by two Sony HDC-1500 units, bringing the total to six units, and added two further HDW-1800 machines.

Soundlab Postproduction (www.soundlab.de) has decided to acquire a next-generation Clipster and a SpeedGrade DI. The reasons are straightforward: “We want to offer a complete RED workflow with these systems,” says Ludwig. “That will make us one of the few post-production service providers able to offer a complete workflow for RED data at such an early stage.”