From looking and the specs, user response, and the image quality, I think the 4K may be more hype than it is worth. The workflow is a total pain and no one seems to have got it right yet - do you swap 8GB cards after every take?

Nearly everyone on any kind of real budget (other than Peter Jackson) seems to be running 2K raw, skipping RedCode and up-rezzing as needed. Since you can take this right to a SATA hard drive for $350 a TB, that is fuckin' money!

I think the SI camera might be a good compromise – I like the fact that you can get a 1.2 lb. “pancake” with Gigabit Ethernet, and then just slap a lens on the front. Since I'm pretty commited to small and light cameras (and my arms are wimpy), this is much more compelling than figuring how to schlep the 9 pound RedOne. (Their Scarlet mini-cam may be an option here, though - have to see).

Something about the RedOne bugs me - doesn't quite sit right with my technical senses. Maybe it is the marketing hype and the fact that there are legions of uninformed minions at the tradeshows who are already swearing that the RedOne is the best camera in history - even when they weren't being produced yet and no one had really seen it. Maybe it is the constant shipping delays and lack of stock.

Partially, I hate the secrecy of the Mysterium chip. That smacks of bullshit to me - if your camera is really the best, then let's bake the fucker off against anything else out there, and let us in on the true capabilties on the chip. I work with enough VLSI processes to know when something isn't quite right - this really smells of vaporware to me. Philosophically, I'm pretty opposed to secrecy as a market positioning tool.