Studio Daily has a review of the RED ONE camera written by one of the first owners (serial #30). The reviewer is impressed by the camcorder, as is pretty much everyone else right now. He is careful to point out the “beta” stage the camcorder is still in (e.g. no playback, only one viewing output, and no audio recording), but also praises RED for making fixes available via firmware updates quickly.

With a background in film, the learning curve has been pretty short for me. It’s nice to be able to use the same lenses and depth of field I’m used to using when shooting 35mm. However, my guess is that the many filmmakers intending to move up from DV may have a little more challenging period of adjustment. With its shallow depth of field, and no auto focus or exposure mode, it may not be appropriate for the “run-and-gun” approach they might be used to.

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