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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Announcing Weapon 6K Carbon Fiber

i love how it doesnt take Epic or Dragon out of the game due to a price point so those will stay on the market for a while
 
Jarred Land said:
Everything will be live on RED.COM shortly.

Sorry for the delay.. one of our hotels had a fire drill here... 30 flights of stairs...
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The competition will do anything these days :)
 
So the big question how do we get this the fastest... just buy one or upgrade?

I´m a bit squeezed as our dragon M got stolen, Piper told me I can get in line for an upgrade with that serial number, but I need to buy a dragon to trade in... Question is if I should just jump on the offer to buy a weapon carbon directly without upgrading and not having to go trough the hassle of buying a camera in between.... Delivery times etc will all play a big part for that decision for sure. I have to roll a dice or something. Lol.
 
I am serious, all of BOMB SQUAD at NAB is in a parking lot after evacuation. Including my wife.
 
Phil Holland said:
:) The smile is big.

I really sincerely hope that it is noted just how compact and powerful this full production camera actually is.

Just because I know people will ask. Will you be able to record "only ProRes"?

Automatic sensor calibration. I love it. So hard.

And something I didn't know yet is the smart detection of OLPFs! That's freaking awesome.
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Auto sensor callibration - does that mean no more blackshading?
 
Brent@RED said:
I am serious, all of BOMB SQUAD at NAB is in a parking lot after evacuation. Including my wife.
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Nothing like a quick 2am jog down the stairs to wake you up in the morning. Damn that sucks.
 
Hats off guys...congrats.
 
The features are incredible. The simultaneous recording of R3D RAW + ProRes is sick. Automatic sensor calibration is wonderful.

Pricing though.. Hm.

I paid $50,000 for a Dragon CF outright. With $22,500 credit towards the Weapon, that makes this upgraded camera total out-of-pocket @ $77,000 invested (Dragon + Weapon upgrade). Granted, most companies wouldn't even offer a trade-in program so just getting credit towards the next thing is a bonus. Firmly understood and appreciated. That being said, if I had stuck with an aluminum Epic-X Dragon (instead of springing for the CF), it would have been $31,000 outright plus $34,000 (difference of Weapon price after trade-in Epic-X Dragon credit). So my investment to get to the Weapon CF would only be $65,000. I'd have saved $12,000 going aluminum Dragon to CF Weapon. Bummer. Wasn't expecting that.
 
Nick Morrison said:
Auto sensor callibration - does that mean no more blackshading?
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Jarred's post:

- Automatic sensor calibration. Select exposure times from 1/8000s to 1/8s without calibrating. Wider operating band for sensor temperature

Which means you'll likely Black Shade and you'll have a usable operating range of 1/8000-1/8s within that calibration range. Which is very powerful for those going between normal speed and high speed shooting.

Which means, if you can store multiple Black Shades you can likely just fire off a slow exposure one you can use for timelapse or long exposures. It also means you can save your Motion Mount Black Shade on there too if all 4 banks are still available.
 
Brent@RED said:
Yes, WEAPON monochrome in dev...
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Thx! Is there a timetable for that? I have two Dragons, one color one mono. If only one can be upgraded then I'm stuck managing two sets of accessories

Weight diff between CF and Mag?
 
Is the Brain Deposit Link not live yet? Has anyone else been able to add it to your cart?
 
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