KOMODO....

[Bastien Tribalat]

You mean like they did on our Epic Dragon "M8"?

Yep !
Like that. I remember they offered personalized engraving/etching services.

 

[vincent kardasik]

Well, My Stormtrooper Komodo arrives on Friday.

Thank God it's Friday...

 

[Brian Boyer]

To date, all of RED’s camera bodies and sensors have had their own respective names. Does the Komodo sensor itself have a name like the rest of RED’s sensors? Is it also called “Komodo” or “The Komodo Sensor” because it will only be available in the Komodo body? Or, is the sensor Komodo and the body called something else?

 

[Adam Montville]

To date, all of RED’s camera bodies and sensors have had their own respective names. Does the Komodo sensor itself have a name like the rest of RED’s sensors? Is it also called “Komodo” or “The Komodo Sensor” because it will only be available in the Komodo body? Or, is the sensor Komodo and the body called something else?

Just by going by past trends, the sensor name and resolution was always on the front, with body name on the side. The Komodo is labeled as "Komodo 6k" on the front, so perhaps it won't get the name on the side. But sensor is named "Komodo" too off that logic.

 

[Jarred Land]

Yup Komodo is both sensor and body. It's an auxiliary camera remember, not a replacement for the DSMC brain/sensor system.

 

[Christoffer Glans]

It's an auxiliary camera remember, not a replacement for the DSMC brain/sensor system.

I'm still not sure what this really means? What exactly is an auxiliary camera compared to a normal camera? Compared to low-en models of Red like the Raven etc.? Seems to me that a 6K Komodo is really better than the Dragon-X, except for FPS counts? Are we talking about modification options? That the Komodo is more "locked down" as a brain compared to the DSMC's? Seems that a 6K R3D capable camera with a new sensor would really top that of a Dragon 5K sensor in a DSMC2 body? So I'm still unsure what the difference in the term "auxiliary camera" lies?

 

[Mestizo Devon]

Spill the beans:ihih:

 

[Jeremy Torrie]

Soooo Jarred...if you are taking delivery, anything new you might care to share?

Well, My Stormtrooper Komodo arrives on Friday.

Stormtrooper REDs usually signal pre-production. It's impossible to predict how the next stage will go, because literally everything could go wrong, but if you look back historically and use Helium as a reference, We went from Stormtrooper Heliums to shipping to normal Heliums everyone 3-4 months later.

So if you need to make a guess.. that's about as good as you can get. But... as we bang on them more.. that could go completely sideways.

We are Probably ready to start talking specs soon though... since those wont change that much now. Although most of you have figured it out anyways.

 

[Fahnon Bennett]

I'm still not sure what this really means? What exactly is an auxiliary camera compared to a normal camera? Compared to low-en models of Red like the Raven etc.? Seems to me that a 6K Komodo is really better than the Dragon-X, except for FPS counts? Are we talking about modification options? That the Komodo is more "locked down" as a brain compared to the DSMC's? Seems that a 6K R3D capable camera with a new sensor would really top that of a Dragon 5K sensor in a DSMC2 body? So I'm still unsure what the difference in the term "auxiliary camera" lies?

I’m assuming it means utility, but it’s a question worth asking.

I doubt RED would make a camera that costs so much less have the same image quality of the $15k brains that need thousands more in proprietary accessories.

At least I hope not.

 

[Jeremy Torrie]

If one wanted to use this with anamorphic lenses, what would be your slimmest, least bulky of choices?

Or should we think about its function on set as say a body cam in action sequences, get a super wide lens and then do faux-anamorphic in post?

 

[Han Vogen]

I’m assuming it means utility, but it’s a question worth asking.

I doubt RED would make a camera that costs so much less have the same image quality of the $15k brains that need thousands more in proprietary accessories.

At least I hope not.

Well, if the image quality is substandard why not just use a GoPro? I think the whole point is to have a smaller camera that matches perfectly with footage from its larger siblings. Apparently Komodo already lacks high frame rates. It’s likely it will also lack the expansion options of the larger models.

 

[Jarred Land]

I'm still not sure what this really means? What exactly is an auxiliary camera compared to a normal camera? Compared to low-en models of Red like the Raven etc.? Seems to me that a 6K Komodo is really better than the Dragon-X, except for FPS counts? Are we talking about modification options? That the Komodo is more "locked down" as a brain compared to the DSMC's? Seems that a 6K R3D capable camera with a new sensor would really top that of a Dragon 5K sensor in a DSMC2 body? So I'm still unsure what the difference in the term "auxiliary camera" lies?

Speaking of... Remember Raven was originally intended to be a drone camera. Hence the name, and the built in mount to save weight and keep the cost as low as possible. High end productions used Ravens as they were supposed to, as well as crash cameras and D,E,F,G cameras etc, but Raven very quickly also became an awesome A camera for indies, mostly because of the price point and the incredible images from it. I know komodo will likely follow the same path... I'm just telling you from a lineup perspective what the intention is, so people have reasonable expectations.

Komodo has advantages over our other cameras, price, size, weight, things the sensor does, etc. but it's also limited compared to our other cameras in things like frame rates, inputs and outputs, modularity, etc.

 

[Jarred Land]

If one wanted to use this with anamorphic lenses, what would be your slimmest, least bulky of choices?

Or should we think about its function on set as say a body cam in action sequences, get a super wide lens and then do faux-anamorphic in post?

And yes Komodo will support Anamorphic.. But "slimmest" "smallest " "least bulky" are all hard to use in the same sentence when you are talking about proper anamorphic.

But this is a great example of the utility discussion.

Some people will look at the photo below and say

" Yes! that's great I can just fit that into the Heli Gimbal or on the Russian arm to get that one shot "

and then a whole lot of other people will say

" Yes! that's great! I want to shoot my entire movie with that " Both are correct answers.

The first one is why we made it. The 2nd one is likely how it will be used 1000x more than the first.

 

[Andy_Johnson]

Oh my! :hurray:

 

[Phil Holland]

Strangely I can be both types of those people at times, but I'm more in the first category of course in this case.

 

[DJ Meyer]

All glass & no ass, as the kids say.

 

[Jarred Land]

Strangely I can be both types of those people at times, but I'm more in the first category of course in this case.

Ha I was thinking of you and what we were just talking about the other day when i took that

 

[Ketch Rossi]

That looks fantastic Jarred!

I mean that little Dragon beast on the back of that monster lens

PS: Wonder how come you haven't made some Stormtrooper edition out of those GDU plates just yet

 

[Daniel Kelly Brown]

but it's also limited compared to our other cameras in things like frame rates, inputs and outputs, modularity, etc.

Please tell me it still has a control port or some way to hook rt motion latitude and similar!? It will be useless for being a light weight camera for gimbal without this imo. Better yet just make your own red focus knob and record button for gimbal /drone and make it all wireless?!

 

[Bastien Tribalat]

Speaking of... Remember Raven was originally intended to be a drone camera. Hence the name, and the built in mount to save weight and keep the cost as low as possible. High end productions used Ravens as they were supposed to, as well as crash cameras and D,E,F,G cameras etc, but Raven very quickly also became an awesome A camera for indies, mostly because of the price point and the incredible images from it. I know komodo will likely follow the same path... I'm just telling you from a lineup perspective what the intention is, so people have reasonable expectations.

Komodo has advantages over our other cameras, price, size, weight, things the sensor does, etc. but it's also limited compared to our other cameras in things like frame rates, inputs and outputs, modularity, etc.

That's totally what I'm expecting.
And I don't want to offense anyone but if it shoots GREAT 24fps, I'm in !