Es gibt ein ganz längeres Interview der
Film And Digital Times mit Keiji Oishi auf der NAB.
https://www.fdtimes.com/2024/05/01/keij ... n-and-red/
Der interessantere Teil ist natürlich der über die Zukunft. Hier mal ein paar Zitate daraus...
Can you please tell us the background to the acquisition of RED by Nikon?
Keiji Oishi: The first point I want to emphasize is that by combining the competencies of the two companies—Nikon and RED, we aim to develop a distinctive product in the fast-growing professional digital cinema camera market. The second point is that there is a precedent for this—the excellent synergy we at Nikon have with MRMC (Mark Roberts Motion Control), a company we acquired in 2016. The third reason is that we would like to leverage the expertise of all three companies—Nikon, RED and MRMC, to provide new value and experiences to cinematographers and to the market. That is the answer from Nikon’s side.
Keiji: It’s a good solution for us, so yes. From our point of view, as the entire Nikon group, we will continue to support RED’s excellent product lineup, including like V-RAPTOR [X], launched this January, and KOMODO-X. Support includes marketing, sales, product updates and service. This means there is no change in sales, or support or warranties as they are now. Because we know customers may be worried about the health of the future lineup, we want to say that we will keep the RF mount in the product line. So please choose RED cameras with confidence.
We would like to introduce RED cameras with a Z Mount as one of the options in the future. It will be in addition to the RF mount currently offered, but it could take a couple of years. We also will look forward to the synergies with MRMC mainly in the cinema and broadcast fields.
Jarred: Lens mounts are important. We’ve adopted the RF mount because that’s what we knew at that time. But if you remember, the RED One had a Nikon F mount. That was before the Z mount was available, and the data communication was much simpler. Then we had EF mounts.
We’re not going to take away people’s Canon mounts, because that would be unfair to the customer.
Will you co-brand RED plus Nikon, or will the brands stay separate in the future?
Keiji: I think it’s not decided yet officially. But, because the RED brand is very important not only for us but also for the customer, the RED brand stays the same. But we may have the opportunity to do some additional co-branding together with RED.
Will you combine the R&D and engineering teams of both companies, or will you keep them separate?
Keiji: From our side, yes, we will keep them as they are now—separate, but communicating with each other. After the acquisition was finished just a few days ago, our team has already stopped by the RED R&D facility to talk to each other about the future possibilities, and they already shared each other competencies in terms of technical knowledge and future direction.
Will manufacturing be combined as well? Because you both have impressive, big manufacturing facilities.
Keiji: We will not combine and keep it as is for now, of course. We are considering the possibility of injecting Nikon’s production technology into RED’s at some point. There is no big change so far, in terms of integration, but we will inject something new into the RED manufacturing.
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