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RED Cuts EPIC Price in Half: EPIC-X Now $19,000, SCARLET Under $8K, RED ONE...
We knew RED was going to respond to the recent announcement from Sony, and respond they have. RED has recouped their initial costs for the EPIC project, and that means they've decided to cut the prices...
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Time Running out to Buy a $4,000 RED ONE MX, and RED Founder Jim Jannard May...
If you somehow missed the price drop announcement a few days ago, RED's workhorse camera, the RED ONE MX, is now selling for $4,000. Forget 3K for $3K, the RED ONE is capable of an astounding 4.5K for...
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RED ONE MX Out of Stock, CEO Jim Jannard Says He's Not Retiring Soon, and...
That didn't take long. Two weeks is as long as the stock lasted on the Battle-Tested RED ONE MX cameras. It's likely going to be the end of the road for new sales of MX cameras, though I guess with...
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RED Ends Lens Production, Dragon Sensor Compares to 65mm According to CEO Jim...
Though RED has certainly not been quiet lately, there hasn't been much news about their 'one sensor to rule them all,' also known as the Dragon (though I wonder if this codename will stick as we are...
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RED Dragon Unleashes Its First Image, and SCARLET Camera Gets an Upgrade Path
It may be 2013 in many places around the world already, but it probably feels like a whole bunch of holidays wrapped into one over at RED. The company has been somewhat quiet about their Dragon sensor...
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RED Dragon Indeed: First 6K 2000 ISO Images from New Sensor Unveiled
[UPDATE]: We now have the first footage from the new sensor, check it out here. Jannard and Co. have been quiet for a while now except for the occasional firmware update. When the guys at RED aren't...
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Will 6K with RED Dragon Mean Unmanageable File Sizes? Plus, New RED Rocket...
While companies like Sony and Canon are just starting to offer their first affordable 4K cameras, RED is forging ahead to even higher resolutions. 5K is so 2012. Thanks to RED we're about to get 6K....
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RED Announces Four New Products: Rocket-X, Motion Mount, Fan Upgrade Kit, and...
Last night, while we were all dreaming of Blackmagic's magical new cameras, Jarred Land from RED was busy posting new upgrades and products to the reduser forum. Some of these new products are quite...
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RED EPIC DRAGON & SCARLET DRAGON Specs, Upgrade Pricing, Warranty...
As we await the first footage from the DRAGON sensor (we've already been given some still images, but nothing was shown at NAB 2013), upgrades are already happening. Some of the first cameras to be...
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Aaton, Maker of the Penelope Delta Camera, is in Financial Trouble, Plus a...
We've mentioned the Aaton Penelope Delta a few times, not only because it is a seriously impressive piece of machinery, but also because it comes from a long line of well-designed cameras from the...
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Where is RED DRAGON? Upgraded Camera Spotted in the Wild
It has been relatively quiet on the RED front regarding their fire-breathing beast known simply as DRAGON. We saw the first actual images from the camera back in February, and there was mention a few...
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RED's Jim Jannard on New Camera Sensor Upgrades: 'The Dragon is Near'
It's been almost 3 months since RED's showing at NAB -- which included new products as well as camera sensor upgrades being performed right on the show floor -- but where are the cameras with the new...
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RED DRAGON is 'Done,' Camera Upgrades Will Begin in September
Information about what's happening with the new DRAGON sensor from RED has been scarce over the last few months, even as the company made a big splash at NAB 2013, upgrading camera sensors right on the...
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Hollywood Cinematographers Now Testing RED DRAGON, Footage Could Be Just Days...
With news of Blackmagic's slight delays, it only makes sense to visit the other company that is notorious for being late to the party. RED unveiled their new DRAGON sensor "officially" back at NAB...
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Here's Your First Real-World Teaser Image of RED DRAGON's Amazing Dynamic Range
We might have gotten our first "real" taste of RED's new DRAGON sensor all the way back in February, but the camera has been in the hands of professionals for a bit of time now, and the images are...
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RED DRAGON Has Been Unleashed. Here is the First Footage from the 6K Camera
The new DRAGON sensor from RED -- with quoted specs like 6K resolution, clean 2000 ISO, and over 15 stops of dynamic range -- was originally set to be released all the way back in late 2012. There were...
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Here's Some Brand New RED DRAGON Footage to Like/Hate/Discuss
First DRAGON clip down, many more to come. Before the DRAGON sensor updates start rolling out in big numbers this fall, we should be getting a lot more footage. DP Evin Grant got a little...
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Is RED Digital Cinema's Jim Jannard Stepping Down?
Not quite, but in a recent REDuser post, Jannard laid out his plan for the future of the company. Whatever you think of the outspoken leader of the California camera maker (he's not technically the...
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No ROCKET Necessary: 3rd Party GPU Acceleration is Coming to REDCINE-X PRO
While proprietary used to be the name of the game, we are entering an age where camera systems and post solutions are choosing more open source options for maximum compatibility (and a likely wider...
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RED DRAGON Gets Some ASC Love: DP Peter Collister Delivers a Gorgeous Clip...
We've gotten our hands on a few pieces of sample footage from RED's new DRAGON sensor, but we'd been told that more was coming from all sorts of shooters. RED has been making good on that promise,...
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RED DRAGON 6K Upgrades Have Begun, JAY Z Music Video 'Holy Grail' Shot on...
RED has carved out quite a bit of the professional market with their cameras, and they're trying to do far more than that with their new 6K resolution DRAGON sensor, which according to the company is...
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Who Wants a Carbon Fiber Camera? New RED DRAGON Carbon Being Used on 'Game of...
You may have dealt with Carbon Fiber rails at one point or another -- and you might even own some -- but how about a Carbon Fiber camera? That's exactly what the RED team has created. The...
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RED Goes Global Shutter with New Motion Mount for EPIC/SCARLET (Plus New...
When motion cameras moved from CCD to CMOS sensor technology, we got much better low-light performance, but gained an unfortunate side effect we affectionately refer to as jello, also called image...
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RED DRAGON is Not Just About 6K Resolution
At this point RED has beaten the drum very loudly regarding higher resolution, and when you're dealing with single sensor cameras that lose resolution due to interpolation (not every pixel represents...
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RED DRAGON 6K & Anamorphic Lenses Have Mated. Here's the Gorgeous Result
Tired of RED DRAGON footage yet? Well we've got some you've never seen before: Anamorphic. That's right, for the first time you can feast your hungry eyes on some video shot in 6K anamorphic. The...
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First RED DRAGON 6K RAW Footage Now Available to Download: See How Far You...
If you've been having some trouble seeing what all the fuss is about with RED DRAGON footage on Vimeo or YouTube, and you've been itching to get your hands on the camera to see what it can do, we've...
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RED Gives DRAGON Even More Dynamic Range with HDR-X & Releases List for...
We've already got some 6K footage to mess around with, but just as I was mentioning RED's delays along with the positive news from Digital Bolex, RED has given us the order in which they will be...
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RED Teases Smaller & Faster 512GB/1TB Cards in Firmware 5.1.29, New MiniMags...
While they aren't technically new, RED has quietly taken the wraps off of new capacities for their MiniMags, which were originally designed for the Proxy Module to record DNxHD and ProRes. Even though...
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6K RED DRAGON Goes Airborne for These Gorgeous Aerials
While 6K from RED DRAGON is going to make for better-looking 4K footage because of resolution loss due to debayering, there will likely be times when it's overkill for the project you're shooting....
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RED Opening NYC Store, Online Orders Can Be Picked Up in Person Starting...
RED might have started in California, but they have been slowly expanding their presence around the globe. This is especially important as more and more new users are getting into their ecosystem (with...
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New RED MINI-MAGs Are Smaller, Faster, & Cheaper Media for SCARLET, EPIC, &...
RED teased newer mags for their cameras back in November, and now they have finally arrived, starting with a 512GB MINI-MAG. The biggest change from the old cards is that these are much cheaper and...
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RED Squeezes More Dynamic Range Out of DRAGON Camera with HDRx in New...
These days our cameras are like fine wines -- they just keep getting better with time and, well, firmware downloads. Today RED is kicking off the new year by dropping firmware 5.1.34, a significant...
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'EPIC' Los Angeles Aerial Video Shows Why RED DRAGON Could Be the Ideal...
We've already seen some terrific aerials from RED's EPIC DRAGON camera, and a new aerial video of Los Angeles from Axiom Images -- not to be confused with the Apertus Axiom camera -- really shows off...
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Freefly Took the 6K RED DRAGON Airborne on Their CineStar Copter & the...
Freefly, who makes all sorts of stabilized aerial copters for cameras (and who is now better known as the creator of the MōVI), just got their hands on a 6K RED EPIC DRAGON, and the first thing they...
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New Optical Low Pass Filter Makes the RED DRAGON Sensor Even More of a Beast
There is little doubt that RED's DRAGON sensor is a major step forward for digital cinema, at least in the resolution and dynamic range departments. However, like all new digital sensors, there are...
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RED DRAGON Camera is Getting A.D.D. & General Upgrades May Start in the Next...
No, it's not the A.D.D. you're thinking of. RED has developed something new for RED CINE-X called Advanced DRAGON Debayer to squeeze even more quality out of the image in post, which is in addition to...
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RED DRAGON is the Best Camera Sensor Ever Tested by DxOMark
DxOMark, a "comprehensive RAW-based image quality measurement database and a set of scores to evaluate and compare digital cameras and lenses," recently evaluated RED's new 6K DRAGON sensor since it...
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Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve 10.1.3 Adds Native GPU Support with RED RAW Footage
RED has held back for quite some time letting other manufacturers use 3rd-party hardware acceleration in their software with RED's proprietary .R3D codec, but that time has now passed. In the new...
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RED Introduces 6K SCARLET DRAGON & New Modules to Increase Usability
Since RED is still trying to deliver a few of the products they've had in development for some time -- including the new 6K RED DRAGON sensor upgrades -- there weren't any earth-shattering...
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As Digital Cinema Shooting Reaches 4K, 6K, & Beyond, How Will Post Production...
Michael Cioni, CEO of post firm Light Iron, has been quite proactive in sharing the ins and outs of his company's workflows, techniques, and philosophies. Previously, Cioni has highlighted the hurdles...
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Has RED's 6K DRAGON Camera Surpassed Film? Comparing Kodak 35MM, DRAGON, &...
Camera technology has come a long way in the last 5 years. Dale McCready, the DP on the TV show Atlantis, normally shoots on 35mm for the show, but wanted to see how newer solutions stack up and could...
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Dueling with DRAGON: RED's 6K Sensor Takes on Older MX in This EPIC Camera...
With DRAGON now available for purchase or upgrade in RED's EPIC and SCARLET cameras, it's about time to see how well the new sensor outperforms its predecessor, the Mysterium-X. Cinematographer Ryan...
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Case Study: Lighting for Commercials
About 2 months ago, I had the opportunity to work on four very different commercials, within about a 1-month span. Two fashion spots, one spot for Sesame Street and finally a sneaker commercial with a...
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New RED Firmware Brings In-Camera LUTs & Zone System Exposure Tool
"Why does this look so washed out?" "Don't worry, it won't look like that later." No longer will you need to have this conversation when working with RED and viewing in RAW mode. Being able to view a...
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6K RED DRAGON Cameras are Going to Space with NASA
Could the next great space film, actually be shot in space? We're probably a little ways away from that actually happening, but NASA is getting one step closer with their new partnership with RED and...
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The Magical Science of 'Cymatics': Filming Sound & 16K Volts on the RED...
I've shot many music videos during the course of my career, but never one quite like this. Almost exactly a year ago I was approached by Shahir Daud and Nigel Stanford, Director and Musician...
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This Free Camera Simulator App Will Help You Learn the RED EPIC & SCARLET Menus
Learning a camera's menu system is an important part of operating or being a camera assistant. While some are pretty easy to use, others can take a little time. We've shared a few before, from the ARRI...
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RED Has Dropped the DRAGON Upgrade Price Back to $9,500
We got our first glimpse of the new WEAPON camera, and now DRAGON upgrade pricing is back to what it was before December 2014. While it was actually decided over the weekend and is unlikely a response...
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'House of Cards' Season 3 Was Shot on RED EPIC DRAGON & Actually Finished in 6K
Netflix's House of Cards, which just aired its third season, has been shooting on RED since the beginning. While the show is just starting to experiment with streaming in Ultra HD (3840 x 2160), since...
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RED's New WEAPON Camera Will Likely Get ProRes As a Recording Option
While RED has been committed to RAW, it looks like their new WEAPON camera, which is an upgrade from DRAGON, will get the ProRes codec. Jarred Land recently posted the photo above, with just the word...
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