NEWSFLASH: CANON TO CHALLENGE RED - SEPT. 29TH

Do not buy a 7D yet! I REPEAT, do not buy a Canon 7D yet.

This is just in and it can only mean one thing.

Canon will challenge the Red camera…. most likely the Red Scarlett.

For those of you who don’t speak the native tongue of Sweden, let me translate.

Mark the calendar

During this fall, Canon will make one of its largest and most important launches in the company’s history and we hope you can attend. During a luncheon, you are invited to listen to CEO Jouko Tuouminen, Marketing presiden Monica Forsberg and trend analyst Magnus Lindkvist, talking about tomorrows trends and factors of success in the continually more digitalized everyday life.

Date: september 29
Time: 11 am- 1pm

An invitation including more information will come soon.
- ala Canon Rumors

The box is draped in red. Coincidence? I think not… CORRECTION: Alain P from Canon 5d Tips pointed out that red is also Canon’s color… So the color of the draping is just a brand thing… OR maybe it’s also a sign of blood (because blood is red unless you’re Spock)… the blood to come between Canon and Red

“Canon will make one of its largest and most important launches in the company’s history?”
Umm… unless they’re launching a new lens that can also create Archimedes like death rays, I’m so sure that this must be a new video DSLR camera that will just blow us the hell away. I just have a gut feeling about it… it’s so strong… (but when I was five I also had a gut feeling that Pee Wee Herman would be president… didn’t turn out that way… Or maybe it did?)

Whatevs…This fall RED and Canon will go head to head. Who will win?

More reporting to come. STAY TUNED

CANON 5D MK II VS. THE RED SCARLET

Ok, so we all know how amazing The RED One camera is, and the massive crater is has left in the filmmaking industry. When it was introduced a few years back, it dominated the market and blew the sides off the Hollywood studio system.

Then, in the last year, the filmmaking industry was changed again! An amazing influx of DSLR still cameras with video capability left filmmakers awe struck and astounded at the amazing quality, the leader of which was the one and only Canon 5D Mark II.

Now, as we steadily cruise to the year 2010, we are at the dawn of “high quality, low cost” cameras that will, in my opinion, leave a permanent ripple in the industry from here on out. The most notable of those cameras? Why of course the Canon 7D and the much anticipated RED Scarlet.

We have discovered recently a curious comparison between the Canon 5D and a prototype RED Scarlet that leads us to believe that even the “untouchable” RED company has been shakin’ in their boots about this DSLR revolution.

See the comparison pics here!

HOT ROD CAMERAS’ PL MOUNT FOR THE GH1

I stumbled upon this a few weeks ago, and after seeing it in use, I think we’re going to see a lot more filmmakers using the GH1 as their go to camera. The PL mount allows you attach traditional film lenses to the GH1, such as Zeiss DigiPrimes, Panavision lenses, or those that come with the RED. As a bonus, I found this amazing camera comparison video that pits the Panasonic GH1, Canon 5D Mark II, and The RED against each other.  Check it out below!

Red One, Canon 5D Mk II, and Panasonic Lumix GH1 Footage Comparison from Birns and Sawyer on Vimeo.

To read up more on this video, as well as the PL mount, visit Hot Rod Cameras.