If you’re reading this, it probably hasn’t escaped your attention that RED recently announced a new, extremely modular approach to digital cinema cameras.¬† Having had lunch with Garrett Brown (forgive a guy for being proud) which inevitably involved a lot of chat on how the steadicam system has evolved over the years, Jason Wingrove‘s twitter jumped out at me.

If RED can come up with (and I’m sure they will) a sensible range of cabling to attach their various modules together, Jason’s suggestion would produce a really interesting rig.¬† Traditionally if you want ‘feature film quality’ you’re looking at a big and heavy camera, with a Steadicam rig to match.¬† RED can be configured in any number of ways to meet and arguably exceed today’s concept of ‘feature film quality’, but with just the tiny sensor module and a lens at the top and everything else down below as the counterbalance, you have a lightweight system, requiring only a lightweight rig.¬† Hurrah!