Nikon takes over cinema camera manufacturer Red
The manufacturer of professional video cameras Red comes under the wing of Nikon. This comes after Red sued Nikon in 2022 for alleged patent infringements.
Yellow buys Red: Nikon today announced that the traditional manufacturer with the yellow logo is taking over the company Red (proper spelling "RED"). Red mainly manufactures video cameras for professional use, such as for cinema productions.
Nikon will thus increase its expertise in the professional video sector. It remains to be seen what concrete effect this will have. Red holds patents for compression processes for raw video data. As recently as 2022, Red accused Nikon of infringing these patents with the Nikon Z 9. However, the lawsuit was dismissed and Nikon is allowed to continue using RAW compression. In this respect, it is not clear whether these patents are of any use to Nikon.
The US company Red was founded in 2005 and currently employs around 220 people. Red probably became known to a wider audience through the Red Hydrogen One smartphone, which became a flop after the full-bodied announcement. Red has not manufactured any smartphones since then.
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