Ted Schilowitz has just left AJA and joined the RED Digital Cinema team. Mike Curtis has an exclusive interview that covers Ted’s move and what that means for RED. Also some details and an update on what to expect from RED at NAB, namely:

*As expected, RED is further nailing down and revising specific target specs. The assumption is that certain things have been dropped, but Ted says “…4K/2K/1080p/720p are all still in there.” That’s good.

*At NAB they will have a 20′ square booth (SU1401) where they will show prototypes of the RED camera body and workflow, and “…things that really shock the world and shock the competition…”. They will probably reveal pricing as well, and an encouraging comment is Ted’s “…the time is right to prove a digital cinema camera can be created at a viable price point…..and deliver something that is viable for a full spectrum of users.”

*The vaunted RED codec is still in development, but Ted hints at it being wavelet based.

*”Mysterium”, the image sensor “is under development” (and based on the name, perhaps Harry Potter is the chosen manufacturer? ;-) I keed, I keed…)

*Ted dodges Mike’s question about lenses and pricing, saying only “Check with us at NAB.” But if you consider that optics are probably the simplest part of this camera for the Oakley-experienced team to knock out, I think we’ll see RED or Oakley branded lens offerings at the NAB booth.

My favorite quote from the interview was this one (in reference to the camera): “This thing is so f**ing wicked cool - this thing will knock your socks off, this thing is like no other camera that has ever been built.”

And I sincerely hope Ted is right. NAB should be interesting.