Scarlet and Epic Unveiled

Finally after a long wait and much speculation, Scarlet and Epic have been unveiled to the world. And what is really amazing is how impressive it all is. They have really created an ambitious plan for the future, with the new models appearing to be ready around midway into 2009.

The main news was this - that both Scarlet and Epic were both part of the DSMC programme (Digital Stills and Motion Capture), and both are completely modular. In fact, rather jokingly Red admits that there are trillions of different combination, seeing how there are eight different versions of the body and a multitude of attachments you can connect to the "brains" or body.

The first choice is whether to go with a Scarlet or Epic body - both offer similar sensors sizes, except with the Epic you can go much bigger. The primary differences seem to lie in the body size and the data rate the body can capture, with Redcode 42 on the Scarlet's and Redcode 225 on the Epic's. There is even an extremely giant version of the Epic which records to Redcode 500, seeing as the sensor is a ginormous 261MP and 18.6cm x 56cm big, which simply seems unbelievable. All yours for only $55,000.

It looks as though Red founder and head Jim Jannard really listening to peoples requests for the new cameras - one of the main requests was for Scarlet to have an interchangable lens, which it now does. Well, that is one option for it, you can also get the version with the fixed 8x lens if you so wish.

The only way to really get a feel for all the new announcements is to slowly make your way through this massive breakdown page which will give you all the amazing details. It looks as though they have totally blown people's expectations away with these new announcements.