Announcing WEAPON DRAGON 6k Magnesium

[David Ellison]

Am I the only one who thinks price versus performance is a little off... I mean the Pro Res thing is nice and I definitely like the auto calibration feature
but I was expecting this thing to do a lot more for 19K aside from look really nice. So far I'll not bother I think.

 

[Zeb B]

When trying to place a deposit on the Mag Upgrade for my Epic-M the Store says: "You currently have no serial numbers eligible for this program"

Please let this post serve as a date / time stamp for the order.

Also, the link for "Weapon Product Page" is offline. Would like to get the Frame Rates etc asap.

 

[Daniel Reed]

Yeah, I would be able to sell my recent upgraded Dragon for very close to the new price for it (like $20 000) and then it will only be around $14 500 for Weapon, not $19 000 as this trade in would be.
Or am I missing something? Seems odd

heh, nice $5,000 weapon add-on additional credit!
Tack that on, and all the trade in values are pretty nice!!

 

[Jens Jakob Thorsen]

it is telling me "You currently have no serial numbers eligible for this program. "

Same!

 

[Prince Bagdasarian]

No.

@brent I among many others am confused! I'm trying to pay the $5000 deposit for weapon mag upgrade In the red store but my dragon serial doesn't appear there. And, it looks like we also get a $5000 accessory credit if we pay a deposit before April 16th??
"Place your WEAPON™ pre-order by Thursday, April 16th—and pay the full deposit amount within 10 business days—to receive a $5,000 accessory credit to go along with your new WEAPON system."

And the upgrade deposit listing also includes the top handle, sidekick, base expander etc. Jared didn't mention that here. Soooooo confused!

Please please clarify and and let us know how we can pay a deposit.

 

[Josef Gatti]

I agree with many of the recent posts. WEAPON is extremely expensive as an upgrade, and not worth it for most, especially considering all previous modules won't be compatible with this new body, and mini mags are the only media that work.

That said, I think this only strengthens Epic Dragon as a camera. At the end of the day, the image quality will be more or less the same as what is coming out of WEAPON (excluding Vista, 8k).

 

[Charles Bergquist]

There has to be a bunch of specs that they haven't let out yet.

 

[Adam Johnson]

you would think, i guess we shall see

There has to be a bunch of specs that they haven't let out yet.

 

[Jarred Land]

I agree with many of the recent posts. WEAPON is extremely expensive as an upgrade, and not worth it for most, especially considering all previous modules won't be compatible with this new body, and mini mags are the only media that work.

That said, I think this only strengthens Epic Dragon as a camera. At the end of the day, the image quality will be more or less the same as what is coming out of WEAPON (excluding Vista, 8k).

Weapon is the top of the Dragon family. I understand the "previous module" complaint some people may have which is why we included the $5000 Weapon accessory credit for upgrades (or new purchases during NAB)

 

[Mike Nagel]

if these trade-in prices are correct, then the urge to push peeps to upgrade before NAB seems very odd now...

upgrading to Dragon to go to Weapon was a bad decision... could have sold Epic (easily) for 15, saved 9 on the upgrade, and then upgrade for another 10 to Weapon... now it's 19 if u "trade-in"...

where's the appreciation for peeps that stayed on the upgrade path ?

 

[Geoff Heatley]

I feel sorry for Scarlet owners that just dropped 9,5k on a Dragon upgrade just to get 5k credit. They would have been better up spending that on a new Wagon. Way better deal.

Yes, I'm THAT guy. I was totally planning on getting onboard the Weapon train, even spending a good chunk of cash if need be, but that trade-in value for the Scarlet Dragon is so gutting, that I just can't justify it, it's left me reeling :/ Sigh

 

[Joel Arvidsson]

I think I will keep my Epic and just save up for a 8k Cf given if it performs like I hope. This rout is less fun but also less of a headache for me.

 

[Demetri Zuev]

So when upgrading to Magnesium Weapon from Dragon-X we pay $19.000 and that includes accessories bundle worth $5000, correct?

 

[Kemalettin Sert]

Weapon is the top of the Dragon family. I understand the "previous module" complaint some people may have which is why we included the $5000 Weapon accessory credit for upgrades (or new purchases during NAB)

Whats the end date for 5000$ credit?

 

[Kwan Khan]

WEAPON is extremely expensive as an upgrade

Agreed, I will keep my Dragon and simply Rent Weapon when need....

 

[James Falco]

James, no one has to upgrade, it is an option.

Yes but beating the drum before NAB that upgrading to dragon will be worth it, is not valid for Scarlet owners. If they get only 5k in credit right after they spend 9.5k on a dragon.
If anyone rushed to upgrade for that reason. Not sure how they feel about it.

 

[Brent Carter]

There has to be a bunch of specs that they haven't let out yet.

Yes, tonight is sneak peek stuff. Details will continue to come out....

 

[Joel Arvidsson]

Agreed, I will keep my Dragon and simply Weapon when need....

Sell Humble? yes/no

 

[Russ Campbell]

Also getting the message that I have no serial numbers eligible for the upgrade. I assume that this is still being sorted out.

 

[Kwan Khan]

Sell Humble? yes/no

LOL, just put $60K on humble (to upgrade)