RED is now YELLOW: Nikon buying RED is a very BIG deal!

[NR] admin · Mar 7, 2024

Just a few bullet points on the Nikon acquisition of RED camera:

Nobody outside of Japan had a clue about the acquisition (Nikon USA still doesn’t have a press release out).
RED camera will be a good fit for Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC) – a company Nikon acquired in 2016,
Last year RED sued Nikon for infringing on its video compression patents.
RED camera with Nikon Z-mount? Canon will not be happy about that.
RED cameras have been used in many award-winning movies.
RED has many important patents that can be further adapted by Nikon.
RED Mysterium sensor!
RED will become a subsidiary of Nikon.
Price/evaluation and exact terms of the deal were not disclosed.
RED is based in Foothill Ranch, California and has 220 employees.
RED was founded in 2005 by Jim Jannard.
Some of the products RED announced over the years can be found here.
Some behind-the-scene videos shot on RED (see RED YouTube channel for more):

I guess we will no longer hear again that Nikon is not serious about video… #RED

— Nikon Rumors (@nikonrumors) March 7, 2024