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EPIC-M Monochrome

Jarred Land

Jarred Land

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I am pleased to announce the Epic-M Monochrome.

Newly Developed Mysterium-X Monochrome Sensor.

Native ASA 2000.

Increased net resolution ( Removal of the debayer process, so every single individual pixel is used for luminance / image data )

New Low Pass Filter to assume a reduced pixel pitch ( 1x1 vs 2x2 Bayer )

$42,000 ( brain only ) includes upgrade to Dragon Monochrome Sensor spring 2013.

David Fincher is shooting his current project solely on Epic-M Monochrome cameras as we speak.

Pre-orders open on RED.COM Monday.. Ships October 1st.
 
Unbelievable. No debayer--brilliant.

Ships the day before my birthday. Not that I could afford one--but thank you for making it.
 
Finally, a camera for those of us who are colorblind! :smilewinkgrin:

Neat vision.
 
Hmmm... trying to grasp the significance of this. Does this somehow mean that all color will be added in post? Even as I say that it sounds weird but otherwise... what? Just B&W images?
 
Always more surprise at Red!

Must be super sharp. Can you show us a frame shot at full res B&W?
 
Terry VerHaar said:
Hmmm... trying to grasp the significance of this. Does this somehow mean that all color will be added in post? Even as I say that it sounds weird but otherwise... what? Just B&W images?
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It is significant to people that live in the B&W world. It is a request that we have had many times over the years just never had the resources to make it a reality.. until now.

Having a dedicated BW camera if you are shooting BW is leaps and bounds better than shooting in color then transferring to BW later. It is why they continue to make BW film. There is no color filters on each of the pixels so you get increased light to each pixel, and there is no debayer process, so you get a much "sharper" image... a better tonal transfer in gradients as there is no interpolation.
 
Terry VerHaar said:
Hmmm... trying to grasp the significance of this. Does this somehow mean that all color will be added in post? Even as I say that it sounds weird but otherwise... what? Just B&W images?
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"Just" black and white images.....

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Now that's a colorful post.
 
Interesting - I got the "sharper image" part right away. I just didn't realize there was a large demand for B&W only images; at least not to the tune of $42K. lol

But, I am right that one could colorize the images in post and have one hell of a sharp image in full color. Yes?
 
This is truly a pre-emptive strike against The Whiners. Can't wait to see what this does in 3D.
 
Sweet! If the monochrome Leica is amazing, the monochrome EPIC is going to be like shooting with a unicorn...
 
I think the first monochrome Epic M should be named Ansel.
 
This sounds awesome Jarred!

Question, will the possible frame rates see a significant change from what I guess is a pretty big difference in data rate? Am I right in guessing that files of the same resolution and frame rate will be around half the size?
 
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