The path Red took was slightly different. Digital movie cameras were already on the market when the Red team began their work. But the image quality of early digital cameras was nowhere near what was required for a feature movie. Quality was improving but Mr.Jannard (Founder of Red digital cinema camera) wanted his first model to surpass all current digital cameras and exceed the strictest performance specs, even for film.
That required several years of engineering, mostly related to the semiconductor chip that is the heart of any digital camera and converts photons into electrons.
The Red team came up with a chip that was the same physical size as a frame of 35mm film, the Hollywood standard and produced an image that was virtually indistinguishable.
The dream that began on 2005 became a reality in 2007. The first Red model was introduced in 2007 and immediately attracted the attention of filmmakers like Peter Jackson and Steven Soderbergh.
Buying a camera for a film’s production is very rare as the cinema cameras are very expensive. But, Red Camera was prized reasonably. Therefore, it created the habit of buying a Red Camera for a film production.