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Ok.. time for an update.
DRAGON
Dragons as you probably have noticed are shipping out at a much higher rate in the last couple weeks. Sensor Yield as of Friday are back up to our normal Epic rates, which is a huge achievement by our engineers since the visible range on the Dragon is so deep , and so many more critters are now exposed that normally would just be hidden by noise in the lows and clipping in the highs with previous sensors. Software calibration on the Firmware side has also gotten alot better as many will attest to, and keeps getting better by the week.
Unfortunately, It is very difficult to give timeframes for upgrades as the process is dependent on so many factors. Not only do we have our own logistics to handle, but also as we notify customers to send their cameras in for upgrade, some drive them over in 12 minutes, and some that are in the middle of productions can take 12 days. We do our best to account for that and plan accordingly but its a moving target. There are now thousands and thousands of upgrades to be done... so realistically whatever the case may be it is going to take us months, not weeks to get through everyone.
The new Dragons camera we can give you a timeline.. This only applies to the Carbon Dragons as the other new Dragons are locked behind their respective upgrades. Right now the bulk of Paid Carbon Dragons will be shipped before Christmas and a few days after. The holiday kinda screws with the program but we still are going to have our production floor open through the holidays to assemble, test and ship Carbon Dragons and Upgrades in process as they come out of the oven. If you place a new Carbon Dragon order today, It will ship in the first weeks or two of January.
ROCKET-X
Rocket-X cards are actually already shipping on demand to Dragon customers as they take delivery their order. So if you have been notified to send your camera in for upgrade or are taking delivery of a New Carbon Dragon your rep should remind you if you have a card on order and ask if you want it. Dragon Footage currently needs the Rocket-X to decode footage hence their given priority. If you are doing post for someone else's Dragon and are in dire need to take delivery of your Rocket-X.. Just email Brent or Myself and we will get you sorted.
These are production cards with beta firmware builds. These cards have 3 "banks" of processing and we develop to each bank. Right now only 1/3 the card is turned on, hence users should expect full quality 6K is running at realtime ( 24-30fps) . We just finished the firmware update that has turned on the second third and it's running at 65fps in the labs. Current owners should see that build become public beta around January 8th.
Side SSD Mini Mag Module / Mini Mags.
If you need to do some planning to figure out what path you are going take and to figure out what to spend where, you have lots of time. They are not even officially released yet remember, so you have another 24-25 hours till you can start ordering them, and another 26-27 hours before they start shipping.
REDVOLT XL Module + Charger
Tomorrow afternoon.....
