I've been following their project updates on Youtube for a while now. While I will probably never use this camera, I'm happy that an open source model is being developed. Quality image making tools should always be accessible, and I could see this evolving into the Linux of video cameras or something.

Do you remember when Dragon was announced, and RED set up a neat little shoot with a crew, and then released some footage? That was neat.

Sounds like more work than getting a good shoulder rig, but this is a great way to get "handheld" macros or do screen replacements or special effects in lock offs and match them to handheld in post.

Making movies is about stories. The equipment is secondary or even tertiary. Digital is incredible for learning. You can make your digital work even better by following the same strict on-set rules for capturing with film (check your exposure, focus, know your color temp, don't plan to fix in post).

I've used super8 from these guys for short sequences in bigger projects before. It's a good place to learn about pricing / run times / looks: http://www.pro8mm.com

Man, I love the Dragon sensor.

Oh hey, that short! Saw it at Sundance, it was one of my favorites last year!

Happy to see Vimeo changing things up. I hope they streamline the 1080p experience while they are adding new features (variable bitrate, yes!)