6K Dragon-X DSMC2 Petition!

[BrendanLeahy]

HUGE UPDATE #3

Talked to Jarred - DSMC1 to DSMC2 Dragon-X for $9,950! Page updated/live on https://www.red.com/upgrade-eligibility now!

HUGE UPDATE #2

For those of you who have a Scarlet-W or Weapon Mg, check this out:

Ok all... this looks like this will go live December 17th(ish)

But since this started here for you all, you guys can get a head start to jump in and book your reservations now so when its time you are at the front of the line.

You'll need to game the system a bit and use the existing upgrade form on RED.com to kick the process off as it is the easiest and quickest way to get your information in. The details listed will be wrong but ignore all that we are just using the form to get your name serial etc.

https://www.red.com/dsmc2-upgrade-for-scarlet-w-form

SCARLET-W and WEAPON-MG users pricing for the upgrade is $4950.

Existing Dragon-X 5k owners will get the free firmware around the 17th as well, and if you want to send your camera in to get the 5k changed to 6k it will cost $150 for the paint touchup version, if you want a full 6k front enclosure change let your rep know we need to see how many of you are so we can see batch opportunities to keep the pricing down.

This is gong to extend until we finish everyone on the petition list when that closes down the 17th. I think it should last about a month to get through eveyrone? at least everyone scheduled etc. So everyone better get their name on that list.

This isn't a normal program remember..... this is a one off thing for the people by the people and our accountants really would love to see this whole thing go away as soon as possible :)

Get your orders in now to jump in line!



HUGE UPDATE!

We did it! See the below post - this is such an incredible offer - thank you, Jarred!

no no, I don't think we need to adjust the price... the 5k Dragon-X already have 6K sensors in them. We just need about a month of software work to get IPP2 working on 6k Dragons.

This wont work on Raven.. those sensors are hard 4.5k sensors. And some dragon sensors were software masked down to a smaller resolution that had defects down to a smaller resolution but that was mostly the VV dragons.

And this wont work on DSMC1 users on the list because remember the unified internal boards didn't happen until DSMC2.... But I think most of you have an upgrade path to Dragon-X so you can just do that to get you to this.


So.... the cleanest way to do this since our friend looks like he is gonna get his 50 signatures is to just turn the 5K Dragon-X into 6K Dragon-x and then let the Scarlet-W and MG folks do that normal $4995 upgrade to them.

A bit messy on our side.. some cameras will need more changes some less, but I think it will all balance out in the end and the upgrade fee Scarlet-W and MG users pay should cover the expense of doing this.. and Dragon-X owners just wake up with a better camera after hopefully just a new firmware... so I don't think we will need to charge any more for new Dragon-X 6K cameras.. the 5K Dragon-X just goes away, and Dragon-X owners are forever indebted to the MG and Scarlet-W guys and girls that initiated this change in the program.

The biggest problem with this is a cosmetic one. Scarlet-W and MG users that do this will get new bodies that will say Dragon-X 6k on them so they are ok.. but existing Dragon-X owners with 5K branded on their cameras that now shoot 6k will need to either live with that.. or we can figure out some sort of body upgrade fee to swap out that front panel if it bothers them. Kind of the worst panel to change because it requires a full camera rebuild just to change that, but still I don't see that being more than $500 or $600.

How does that sound?

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So, this started on the Ranger Trade In Program Begins thread.

I'm one of many people who have held on to the dearly beloved Weapon MG because it has a gorgeous 6K Dragon sensor.

I asked Jarred if we could upgrade just the boards in the MG to make a DSMC2 6K Dragon, as the current route is only going to Gemini 5K.

Here's what followed:

heh heh heh.... thats the real question, why wouldn't you want to goto Gemini? You just want the new boards in the DSMC2 body with your existing Dragon sensor?

Yeah, I (and others!) love the 6K Dragon sensor for sure!

+1
Pat

Get 50 more of those +1's and lets start a dialogue. Dragon-X could become 6k DSMC2 with some effort which I think would fill all you OG Dragon lovers needs.

This is HUGE, so I wanted to see: who all would like to see a 6K Dragon-X DSMC2 upgrade path?

Please put a +1 and what camera you currently own, just to give RED an idea of who is looking at this, and what camera you'd be coming from. I'm guessing this would still be primarily for MG owners, but we'll see what the Chief says!

[BrendanLeahy]

Master List:


Weapon Mg

1. Brendan Leahy
2. Patrick Tresch
3. Matt Bass
4. Himalaya Kilaru
5. Ty Sugg
6. Daniel Kelly Brown
7. Ryan Williams
8. Ian D
9. Samir Patel
10. Jonathan Powell
    

Scarlet-W Cameras

1. Sergio Herencias
2. Audy Erel
3. Fahnon Bennett
4. Kristin Stewart
5. Juan Francisco Calero
6. Leonardo Schober
7. John Dempsey
8. Devindra S.
9. Josh Birch
10. Bérenger Brillante
11. Sean Lovelace
12. Kurt Mayry #1
13. Kurt Mayry #2
14. Kurt Mayry #3
15. Tobi Rupp
16. Arnaud Dumas
17. Suresh Kara
18. Luke Parmeter
19. Maarten Slooves
20. Manolo Mendieta #1
21. Manolo Mendieta #2
22. Laurent Pasquiet
23. Ross C Turner
24. Max Fannin
25. Peter Lightowler
26. Gabriel Llantino
27. Kevin J Salisbury
28. Ben Fredman
29. Asher Vast
30. Andy Chen
31. David Reimers
32. Joe Karably
33. Juan Camilo Barriga
34. Subrata Sen
35. Matthew Miller
36. Matt De Sousa
37. Dustin Tolman
38. Jacob Barkey
39. Rodrigo Violante
40. Robert Buchanan
41. Tom Jose
42. Declan Sinclair
43. Nick Morrison
44. Matt Beardsley
45. Ian R Carberry
46. Joshua Nitschke
47. Fabio Lanzone
48. Michael Tebinka
49. Daniel Boist
50. David Schonwald
51. Mike Gentilini, Jr.
52. Albert Ling
53. Blaine Westropp
54. Dre Kahmeyer
55. John Conn #1
56. John Conn #2
57. Barry Gregg
58. Søren
59. Paul Houston
60. Jeff Augustin
61. Sergei Selivanov
62. Jan Schuster
63. Henk Otte
64. KShaw
65. Enrico Pavia
66. Julen De La Serna
67. Marcus Thomas
68. Yves Marchon
69. Remsy Atassi
70. Daniel Vergara
71. Georg Rune Andersen
72. Gunther Meisse
73. Johnathan Betz
74. Chris Newhard
75. Roberto Carmona
76. William Long
77. Kyle R Lancaster
78. Rich Bella
79. Thomas Kyle McCarty
80. Brandon Strack
81. John M Taylor
82. Luke Rob
83. Magic Hoskins
84. Riccardo Roan
85. Christophe Deshoux
86. Matthijs Los
87. Miguel A. Gomez
88. Gertjan Aertgeerts
89. Bart de Graaf
90. Nick Dello Russo
91. Trey Plemons
92. Ty Hunt
93. John Barrett
94. Keaton Bowlby
95. Michael Raby
96. Kelii Grace
97. David Peacock
98. Carter McCormick
99. Rick Joaquim, SASC
100. Daniel Agustin
101. Chris Beauchesne
102. Gottfried Repolusk
103. Roberto Leone
104. Martin Whittier
105. Benedikt Schmid
106. Aaron Almquist
107. Matt Weeks
108. Darius Lyles
109. Kenneth Hover
110. Daniel Dïaz
111. David Recher
112. Max Fuerst
113. Iacopo Boccalar
114. Carlos Gracía Ródenas
115. Destyn Patera
116. John R Lewis
117. Matt Simpkins
118. Gabriel Attwood
119. nyem coglitore
120. Tyler Kerpsack
121. Ron Kurokawa
122. Christopher S Johnson
123. Curtis Edlin
124. Shaeden Gallegos
125. Brendan Monteiro
126. Ivan Verlaan
127. Bill Brown
128. John Marchant
129. Tom Barker
130. Ryan Navarro
131. Jan Minol
132. Mitch Ayers
133. Isaiah Jay
134. Brian Cheung
135. Jack Allred #1
136. Jack Allred #2

Dragon-X Cameras

1. Kurt Mayry
2. Scott Balkum
3. Kevin Keiser
4. Everrett Glovier
5. Andrew Gwynn
6. Andrew Storer
7. Joseph Montalto
8. Dylan Hyman
9. Rami Mikhail (updated branding)
10. Sandeep Abraham
11. Eric DeHaven
12. Adrian Musto (updated branding)
13. Maximilian Lewin
14. Kwan Sheung Chi
15. Edwin Haighton
16. Marc Pilato
17. Matja Petrovic
18. Codakchris
19. Patrick Acum
20. Aaron Green
21. Henry Schofield
22. Kevin Bryan
23. Curt Pair
24. Eloi Sirois
25. Jeremy Spring
26. Ronnie Romero
27. Andrew Adams
28. Rob M Neilson
29. Brandon J.F.
30. Paul Barshon
31. Chris Jablonski
32. Przemysław Niewęgłowski
    

DSMC2 Cameras

1. Manfred Baulig - Monstro
2. Manfred Baulig - Helium
3. Manfred Baulig - Raven
4. Christopher Murray - Raven
5. David Moreno Belmonte - Epic-W
6. Kurtis Imel - Epic-W
7. 
   

DSMC1 Cameras

1. Richard Yau - Epic Dragon
2. Jamil Stubbs - Scarlet Dragon
3. Manfred Baulig - All versions of Epic?
4. Joshua Hoareau - Epic Dragon
5. Julien Deka - Epic Dragon
6. Nikhil Kamkolkar - Epic Dragon
7. James K - Scarlet Dragon
8. Arnaud Dumas - Scarlet Dragon
9. Stephen Pruitt - Scarlet Dragon
10. Jason Diamond - Epic Dragon #1
11. Jason Diamond - Epic Dragon #2
12. Robino_J - Epic Dragon
13. Toby Heslop - Epic Dragon
14. Tom S - Epic Dragon
15. Josef Gatti - Epic Dragon
16. Joshua Hoareau - Epic Dragon
17. Alexandros Tsoupras - Epic Dragon
18. Carlos Castillo - Epic Dragon
19. Elliott Lucas - Scarlet Dragon
20. Alexandre Chailan - Epic Dragon
21. Julien Jarry - Carbon Epic Dragon
22. Rami Mikhail - Epic Dragon
23. Anthony Brown - Epic Dragon
24. Alistair Cooper - Epic Dragon
25. Eric DeHaven - Epic (?) #1
26. Eric DeHaven - Epic (?) #2
27. Eric DeHaven - Epic (?) #3
28. Paul Raila - Epic Dragon
29. Adam Carboni - Epic Dragon
30. Mark Chang - Epic Dragon
31. Mestizo Devon - Forged Dragon?
32. Guerrier JF - Epic Dragon
33. Christer Harris - Epic Dragon
34. Ian D - Epic Dragon
35. Willem Berents - Epic Dragon
36. Aaron Foley - Epic Dragon
37. Jordi Fonollà - Epic Dragon
38. Bob Dodd - Epic Dragon
39. Nick Morrison - DSMC1 Cam 1
40. Nick Morrison - DSMC1 Cam 2
41. Percy Fung - Epic Dragon
42. Percy Fung - RED One
43. Percy Fung - RED Epic
44. Kenji Hibi - Epic Dragon
45. Tom Barrett - Scarlet Dragon
    

[Sergio Herencias]

+1 S-W

[Richard Yau]

+1 Epic Dragon

[Patrick Tresch]

+1 Patrick Tresch - Weapon MG

[Jamil Stubbs]

+1 Scarlet Dragon

[Audy Erel]

+1 Scarlet-W

[Timothy Jones]

Would it have better low light abilities than DSMC 1?

[Björn Benckert]

Would it have better low light abilities than DSMC 1?

Yes, I had a 6k dsmc2 and there is somthing there for sure. Dont know if its only the higher bitrate or that and optical path but I noticed it being less noisy than my dsmc1

[Bob Gundu]

Yes, I had a 6k dsmc2 and there is somthing there for sure. Dont know if its only the higher bitrate or that and optical path but I noticed it being less noisy than my dsmc1

Graeme stated the new boards in DSMC2 resulted in cleaner images from the same sensor. I have the MG Dragon 6K and there was certainly an improvement over DSMC1 Dragon.