Video, or actual digital cinematography?

So I finally had a shoot with the much vaunted RED camera. This thing seems to finally be what "digital cinematography" is supposed to be. I was never a huge fan of "video" and while even the latest HD manifestations of "video" were compelling, they're still kind of a pain in the butt. Being the slave to the DIT station is one thing that I really don't like about HD, and try to find a monitor you can trust that isn't in the DIT tent! But the RED seems to be to film cameras what the DSLR is to the SLR'sin the still-photography world. And the monitor on the camera is pretty trustworthy, making it far easier to light. Also, it shoots RAW, so it's more like film, in that you can go back to trusting your eye more than the DIT monitor. I'm pretty sold on this thing.



Here's the thing, dangling in space (as a bungy-cam) read for hand-held mode. Seems like a lot of people want "The Office" look these days.