Nikon recently filed for a “Z Cinema” trademark:
Could that be the end of the RED brand? Maybe they will use the new trademark for lenses only or the rumored Nikon Z cinema/video camera?
Here is the description of the trademark application:
A moving picture camera and its part And a furnished accessory, cinematographic machines and apparatus, apparatus for editing cinematographic film, digital cinema cameras and their parts and fittings, photographic machines and apparatus, cameras and their parts and fittings, digital-cameras and their parts and fittings, camcorders, and its part And the adapter for attaching a furnished accessory, optical machines and apparatus, a camera lens, the lens for moving picture cameras, digital cinema lenses for cameras, the lens for digital camerases, the lens for camcorderses, the strap for camerases, and cameras to a tripod, tripods for cameras, the case for camerases, [ the strap for moving picture cameras, and a moving picture camera ] The adapter for attaching the adapter for attaching to a tripod, the tripod for moving picture cameras, the case for moving picture cameras, the strap for digital cinema camerases, and digital cinema cameras to a tripod, digital cinema tripods for cameras, the case for digital cinema camerases, The adapter for attaching the adapter for attaching the strap for digital camerases, and digital cameras to a tripod, the tripod for digital camerases, the case for digital camerases, the strap for camcorderses, and camcorders to a tripod, the tripod for camcorderses, the case for camcorderses
The trademark application can be found here:
Officially announced: RED V-RAPTOR [X] and Komodo [X] cinema cameras with Nikon Z-mount
