Red/redcode/ cameras in general

Hi, I want to buy a new high end camera, I was looking at panavision genisis and the sony fw900(i think thats what it's called) but then I came across RED. Although this is still expensive with the accesories It isn't as expensive as the others. I want to shoot a feature film and I have a reasonably large budget to get a camera with. Why is red cheaper, but appears to be masses better? anybody got any camera suggestions?
thanks

Here are some links about the Red One 4K camera:
http://www.red.com
http://gizmodo.com/photogallery/redoone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REDDigital_CameraCompany
http://www.red.com/workflow.shtml
Apple has announced specific integration with the Red camera, for more information please visit this page:
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/action/?movie=red
For evalution, purchasing, camera usage and non post-production related discussions, please visit:
http://www.reduser.net/

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Greetgins,
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RED FCP Whitepaper:
Method 1: Transcoding to ProRes 422
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