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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 :)

Getting closer... Komodo Update

Jarred Land

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Hey all just thought I would give a quick update.

Its been a catchup week for Komodo, the incredible work from many of you that have received your Komodos in the customer beta team who have been banging on their cameras have been overwhelming ( in a good way ) so last week we slowed down building cameras for the engineers to catch up so they could get as many hardware updates and bug fixes into the new software build that now is going out to the testers over the next few hours today. Mikael is pumping out new RED CONTROL ( fool control ) builds almost daily and the progress he is making is pretty incredible.

I can however share with you the planned next color now… although as we rapidly get closer and closer to pulling the trigger on Stormtroopers I am not sure if we will actually get to this color. That’s why I am naming this color “ Bye Bye Blue “ as at the end of next week after we finish a massive internal test pilot run and our engineers will make the call if we keep going down the custom color path , or if we stop and roll over into preparing for the white cameras production.

Right now with the guidance of the government we have the first week of July for the next Covid phase for a larger reopening of our factory , which means if we make that “start the presses” call next week we will take the last few days of June and the first week of July to prep and ramp up, the following 2 weeks to build an army of stormtroopers and once engineering and manufacturing gives the “ ship em “ approval, ALL of you will be part of it.

Either way I will update you all again next Friday(ish) . It’s kind of good news either way… but given how long the colored camera list as grown you probably will want to hear white cameras coming instead of blue as your odds quickly go from less than 1% to almost 100%.

All of you that have emailed me at jarred@red.com and have been put on the list for a color camera will immediately be put at the front of the line for stormtroopers. I will close that list down next week if we do go forward with stormtroopers and I will make sure we make enough for everyone on the list that wants to buy one. If you think you are on the list and didn’t get an email from me in the last hour, please email me again because once that list is closed its closed and the I just blasted out so man emails I am pretty sure that I have been flagged by every major spam filter now. Of course, you can always wait to order from either RED or a selected dealer when this all becomes more “official”

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Jarred
 
This is great. I responded to the email, hopeful for blue but if it’s Stormtrooper than that’ll have to do.

It’s really more about getting one ASAP rather than color.

Thanks to you and your team, Jarred.
 
@Jarredland I’m excited that the storm troopers are coming as that must mean the production version of this camera is not too far off. That said, does the production version have to be limited to black only? I’m not sure the world is crying out for yet another black camera body? Red for Red might work? Or a combination of black with color accents? In any case, I’m liking what I’m seeing after playing with some footage.
 
Same vibes on that Ford. Grab a little tape and boom stripe it up. Orange and blue do work so well together :)
 
Wasn't the Orange on whole of the front bumper on the GT 40 and not just a stripe.

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I would of course love a stormtrooper but the blue is ohhhh so pretty I hope they do a run of those and I made the cut. And if they go straight stormtrooper maybe we can convince the big man to do a limited run still of the sweet bye bye blue
 
Unless I’m totally not understanding something... Jarred’s update was not an invite to request a blue one. ;)

We’ll find out next week if they’re even going to make a batch of these blue ones or not.
 
I like the name more than the color lol personally I want the black one not because less money I just like the black on red, The only bad thing about that black one will be last one to come out.
 
Looking great Jarred!

I was in the middle of my first post-Covid production and when I saw that email I skimmed through it and responded to Jarred positively in fear of missing my chance!
Then, a few minutes later when we took a break, I re-read it :D
I sure jumped the gun on that one Jeff!

What’s more important is that California is on track for reopening!
Fingers crossed on that “start the presses” Jarred!

And I am so glad to hear of all the positive developments!!!
So much so that even if this Bye Bye Blue doesn’t get made (love it by the way! And will definitely decorate it with an orange Gaffer tape stripe) I’d be more than happy to have that first Stormtrooper!

The feeling of camaraderie and respect among REDusers and the greater RED community is stronger than ever and in no small part thanks to this little beast and all that the RED Team and the Grossman Gold and Siqfüti Yellow Teams have been doing!

Mikael’s work makes this even more of a lust-worthy RED camera and a game changer!
You sure set the bar high for DSMC3!
 
I'm on the list so I'm hoping I end up with that blue. I was really hoping they would do it, and it's literally my favorite blue (gulf racing)
 
Of course, you can always wait to order from either RED or a selected dealer when this all becomes more “official”

Jarred

Any updates for us waiting for the Hydrogen discount ones? Will there any list or something coming for that close to the end of the stormtroopers phase since my understanding of it is that the hydrogen discount ones get priority over the normal ones at release?
 
Jarred for 13 years you are making cameras called Red and not one model was Red so far. its disappointing in the way. Make Red red!
 
Jarred for 13 years you are making cameras called Red and not one model was Red so far. its disappointing in the way. Make Red red!

Agreed would love a red and black production version.
 
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