Possibly, the most important recent camera news is the announcement of the Red DSMC system. Red is the most important camera company no one has ever heard of. They made a name for themselves with a modular digital video camera called Red One. Now they’re attacking the high-end digital SLR market with their DSMC (Digital Still and Motion Camera) system. The DSMC system can be configured in seemingly endless ways, supports frame rates unheard of in the DSLR world, and can mount Nikon and Canon SLR lenses. It’s definitely targeted at high-end working pros, and even then I believe it will only appeal to a limited market. But the timing is interesting, as the hybrid still/motion system was announced shortly after Nikon and Canon both introduced digital SLRs with HD video capability. But imagine a pro-level digital camera that can capture 30, 50 or even over 100 frames-per-second…
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Red Announces Digital Still And Motion Camera System

There’s a lot of buzz in the online photography community about the new Red modular camera system, announced today. Red really stirred things up in the digital video industry last year with their Red One ultra high-def modular video camera system. I’m no video expert and I won’t pretend to understand exactly how the Red system differs from the Canon, Sony, and Panasonic cameras. But I do know it’s modular and upgradeable and a lot of videographers believe it offers a serious challenge to the digital video status quo.
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