RED ONE Digital Video Camera

Oakley founder Jim Jannard released his latest project today, the RED ONE camera.  The RED ONE video camera features an 11.4 Megapixel sensor, more than 5x greater than the average high-end HD camera.  The system is modular, upgradable, and looks like it was designed for space.  The expected MSRP is around $17,500.

From Red.com:
Typical high-end HD camcorders have 2.1M pixel sensors and record with 3:1:1 color subsampled video at up to 30fps. We deliver 11.4M pixels at up to 60fps and record RAW, or 2x over-sampled HD in 4:4:4 or 4:2:2 – your choice. That’s more than 5 times the amount of information available every second and a vastly superior recording quality. Don’t need all that data for your workflow? Dial it back, and keep all the other advantages of the Mysterium™ Super 35mm cine sized (24.4 x 13.7mm) sensor. You get the same breathtaking Depth of Field and selective focus as found in film cameras. Mysterium™ boasts a greater than 66db Signal to Noise Ratio thanks to its large 29 sq. micron pixels. And 11,480,800 pixels deliver resolution that can only be called Ultra High Definition.