Announcing Weapon 6K Carbon Fiber

[Jordan Buck]

Cant seem to add stealth to the cart, only normal, is this a glitch? sorry to keep posting with problems - just trying to get my order in

 

[Gunleik Groven]

So the sensor on this mother has the same size/pixelcount as the current Dragon, right?

Great stuff!

 

[Antony Newman]

I was struggling a bit to work out if Magnesium or CF was lighter?

I've guessed that CF is the new top dog ... hope I've guessed correctly.

Looking forward to details on low light tweaks.

AJ

 

[Filip Orlandic]

Better lowlight is menionted on red.com.

The redesigned BRAIN infrastructure enabled our engineers to make a number of enhancements like automatic black shade calibrations, improved low light sensor performance, and implement a new intelligent OLPF system.

http://www.red.com/products/weapon-...age_slide&utm_campaign=WEAPON_Launch_NAB_2015

 

[Brian Pascale]

The $5000 WEAPON accessory credit is only during NAB for new camera orders. The $5000 Weapon accessory credit extends past NAB for Dragon to Weapon upgrades.

That helps a lot. Don't think I can come up with $5,000 in the next few days but might be able to swing it later.

 

[Peter Majtan]

Records R3D and scaled version of same footage as ProRes. For example 6K master, and 2K ProRes up to 120fps.

From red.com Weapon's overview:

"The 19 megapixel RED DRAGON sensor can capture 6K motion and stills at up to 100 frames per second."

That can't be right...

:sifone: Peter

 

[Stefan Hegenberg]

Sry but i´m a little bit confused about the prices. Can anybody help me?

I have an EPIC DRAGON M. When i want to upgrade to WEAPON CF 8k option+ accessories my DRAGON has a value of 22.500€ incl accessory, right? I have to pay a deposit of 10.000$ now. If i´m right i payed "now" 32.500$. The final price is 67.500$. So when the camera is available i have to pay the residual of 35.000$?

 

[Nathan L Collett]

Weapon Carbon Fiber upgrade includes the Mount, the Weapon Magnesium does not.

Thanks for the clarification. Do you still need to send in your mount if you go for the Mg version? Thanks

 

[Daniel Kelly Brown]

The REVOLUTION is alive!!! Fuck YEAH!!!

Don't you mean REDVOLUTION

Bravo Red, such a truly badass looking camera, such amazing features. Fingers crossed for 300fps at 4k and you have pretty much knocked out my entire wish list.

Looks like from the weapon redvolt xl video that much faster boot times can be added to the list of specks.

 

[Nathan L Collett]

The $5000 WEAPON accessory credit is only during NAB for new camera orders. The $5000 Weapon accessory credit extends past NAB for Dragon to Weapon upgrades.

http://www.reduser.net/forum/member.php?27882-Nathan-L-Collett

Okay great ! how long after NAB will it last? Is there any benefit to placing a deposit now if you are dragon to weapon?​

 

[FrankMcPartland]

Is there an EF lens mount option for CF Weapon?

Would my existing EF mount work?

Will the EF mount still be viable when CF Weapon goes 8K,?


Forgive me if this is been answered already.....

 

[Randall Brown]

On the base Weapon Brain, no modules, is there an audio in of any type?

 

[Zakaree Sandberg]

the Res war continues

 

[Timur Civan]

Cool!

 

[Charles Bergquist]

ISO / Framerates / Compression tables? Anyone know where to find this info on the Weapon?

 

[Nick Morrison]

Curious to know specs too.

Also - would it be safe to assume gate flare has been addressed? Im assuming so if Weapon is designed to shoot at 8k! (and gate flare was typically happening at 6K Dragon, but not 5K).

 

[Patrick Tresch]

Curious to know specs too.

Also - would it be safe to assume gate flare has been addressed? Im assuming so if Weapon is designed to shoot at 8k! (and gate flare was typically happening at 6K Dragon, but not 5K).

The weapon 6k has a smaller window than the VV 8k. So it could still happen... But finger crossed.

Pat

 

[Christopher*Seguine]

Is 80fps still max frame rate for 6k FF?
What is the new lowest compression ratio of 6k FF/ 80fps ?

Does weapon have longer battery run time ? Will power save mode actually do anything now?

Is Boot up time decreased?

How much quieter are the fans?
Do fans still go into turbo mode when booting up? (frightening away any nearby wildlife) ?

What is the weight difference - Epic-M dragon vs Weapon vs Weapon-CF ?
What are the dimension of the Weapon body?
Sounding like Weapon + base expander + XL or Vmount module is not going to be any smaller than epic dragon with a battery plate?

No 4k output? Hdmi output is not HDMI 2.0? HD-SDI output is still old 1.5g?

No Timecode In/Out with the base expander?

New PL mount still has no LDS data support?

how does auto black shade work? Black shade once and it interpolates for different temperatures or does cooling system now better maintain constant temperature?

new intelligent olpf with cam-action lock? are current olpfs upgraded to the new style included with body upgrade purchase?

integrated wireless control - so wifi is built into the body ?

No new SideHandle?
No new cable free EVF?

Can understand pushing people towards redvolts with including the module as part of the upgrade, but have you upgraded the battery chemistry of the redvolts at all? Sorry but they are just not acceptable, redvolts down to 75% runtime in 6 months of normal usage, redvolt-xl 80% runtime in 6 months of normal usage. Compared to cheapo Chinese vmounts 96% runtime in 2 years normal usage. if the idea is to stay small and lightweight, loosing 20-25% capacity is not usable - buying new ones every 6 months is not so great for the environment or the bank account.

Is upgrade and 8k deposit refundable?

 

[Thommes Ulfeng]

Jarred wrote: Records R3D and scaled version of same footage as ProRes. For example 6K master, and 2K ProRes up to 120fps.

What would say 4,5k or 5k be able to do in fps?

 

[Zeb B]

Specs are up

http://www.red.com/products/weapon-dragon#tech-specs

Not seeing Frame Rate v Compression Ratio