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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 :)

KOMODO....

paulcurtis said:
The fp is like a sensor in a box. It's uncompressed RAW to an external SSD (or 8 bit RAW with a tone curve to SDXC - calling it 8 bit is unfair because it's pre debayer 8 bit and the quality is remarkably good).
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I know... I have one. It does have great image quality, even though it doesn't have log encoding yet. I haven't tried the 8 bit raw yet, because my SD cards aren't fast enough, and I just leave it on 12-bit when I have my T5 connected. Even the All-I footage looks very good though.

If your workflow can handle it it can produce some beautiful images. No compression is really nice. The scale from 6K to UHD could be better but you can also run it in crop mode and get a 1:1 pixel from the centre of the sensor, around S35 size. You may see some aliasing, no OLPF. But it is tiny and lightweight and you can literally tape it to things.
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Beautiful yes, but it doesn't fit well into a film production. Not having timecode is a drag.

But it's not a Komodo - the fp is really around 12 stops (bit more with highlight reconstruction) and it's a rolling shutter, albeit not too bad. It's also UHD which is problematic rather than DCI 4K and if you're in 25p land you cannot get 12 bit uncompressed. Komodo appears to be built better, higher range, R3D and a rolling shutter but it's also 2 to 3 times the price!
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Yep... lots of gotchas for professional work. It also has no 24fps mode, and I don't like that Sigma doesn't think that 24fps is important, or DCI aspect ratios...

I mentioned before but i would love to see Komodo having a stills mode, or a nod to some stills orientated features. And some kind of really small HDMI/SDI based EVF!
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I hope so also. If it does, I'll sell my Sigma as soon as I get my Komodo. :)
 
Han Vogen said:
I can agree with pretty much everything you said... except the part about the Sigma fp not being up to snuff on build quality. Indeed, by all accounts the Sigma fp has excellent build quality. I’m not saying the Komodo won’t also, but I don’t think the Sigma falls short in build quality at all. Honestly, if Komodo can match the Sigma on build quality we are in for quite a treat. For the Sigma, it’s all the details after that where the fp becomes a bit of a letdown. The fp is a camera I wanted to love. But too much is off to win me over.
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It IS extremely well built, almost well built to satisfy even Jarred, I think. It's missing a lot of the things that the Komodo has that are aimed at higher end productions, but it's still solid as a rock.

I hope that Sigma keeps improving it, though I'm a lot more interested in a future higher resolution Sigma for stills than for its video features. :)
 
We had this discussion earlier in this thread, but I don't recall the result of the conversation: Can footage made with a global shutter be stabilized in post smoother/ or without the 'wobbling effect' than rolling shutter? I believe in theory it should...
 
Carlos_Crespo said:
We had this discussion earlier in this thread, but I don't recall the result of the conversation: Can footage made with a global shutter be stabilized in post smoother/ or without the 'wobbling effect' than rolling shutter? I believe in theory it should...
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It's possible I'm not fully understanding your question. But if I have your question right then the answer is that global shutter footage won't have the wobble from rolling shutter and makes stabilization potentially easier/better, depending on the circumstances.
 
Just a little update to all you that are still following along.

Things are still on track, going as well as they could be given the global supply chain issues paralyzing the "making things" world right now. Our Manufacturing team's diligence to get ahead of it looks to be paying off. I really can't thank Aaron and his team enough for all their hard work and sleepless nights powering through this all. As long as Mexico stays strong we just might see snow in May after all.

Also for NAB I have talked to a lot of you privately and as most of you following me on social know, last weekend I stopped our NAB build out, there will be no demo area for RED at NAB, even if NAB still decides to go forward. NAB doesn't do refunds so we still have the space but it purely will be a social event and I have left attendance to NAB in the hands of my employees and attendance is 100% purely at their own discretion. Fear or Facts it doesn't matter to me.. safety of my staff and their families come first.

Anyways... we still be blowing up Komodos every week, still testing testing testing, still turning things on one by one and it's pretty awesome. I think you guys are going to love this little camera.

excuse me as I go find some wood to knock on.
 
Jarred Land said:
Just a little update to all you that are still following along.

Things are still on track, going as well as they could be given the global supply chain issues paralyzing the "making things" world right now. Our Manufacturing team's diligence to get ahead of it looks to be paying off. I really can't thank Aaron and his team enough for all their hard work and sleepless nights powering through this all. As long as Mexico stays strong we just might see snow in May after all.

Also for NAB I have talked to a lot of you privately and as most of you following me on social know, last weekend I stopped our NAB build out, there will be no demo area for RED at NAB, even if NAB still decides to go forward. NAB doesn't do refunds so we still have the space but it purely will be a social event and I have left attendance to NAB in the hands of my employees and attendance is 100% purely at their own discretion. Fear or Facts it doesn't matter to me.. safety of my staff and their families come first.

Anyways... we still be blowing up Komodos every week, still testing testing testing, still turning things on one by one and it's pretty awesome. I think you guys are going to love this little camera.

excuse me as I go find some wood to knock on.
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That’s great! Thanks for the update!

Will we see some new pics soon? Maybe some footage of a Komodo being blown up? Even if we can’t see the footage out of the camera?
 
Jarred Land said:
Just a little update to all you that are still following along.

Things are still on track, going as well as they could be given the global supply chain issues paralyzing the "making things" world right now. Our Manufacturing team's diligence to get ahead of it looks to be paying off. I really can't thank Aaron and his team enough for all their hard work and sleepless nights powering through this all. As long as Mexico stays strong we just might see snow in May after all.

Also for NAB I have talked to a lot of you privately and as most of you following me on social know, last weekend I stopped our NAB build out, there will be no demo area for RED at NAB, even if NAB still decides to go forward. NAB doesn't do refunds so we still have the space but it purely will be a social event and I have left attendance to NAB in the hands of my employees and attendance is 100% purely at their own discretion. Fear or Facts it doesn't matter to me.. safety of my staff and their families come first.

Anyways... we still be blowing up Komodos every week, still testing testing testing, still turning things on one by one and it's pretty awesome. I think you guys are going to love this little camera.

excuse me as I go find some wood to knock on.
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Thank you for the update Jarred, every creator knows that greatness takes time, keep doing what you do, keep striving for greatness, we will warmly welcome the baby when the day will come..
And we know everything we need about Komodo already, except the sauce Graeme is cooking in his secret kitchen..

Question to all of you guys, does someone know if Graeme was on board already during "Red one" times?

Cheers,
 
Jarred Land said:
Anyways... we still be blowing up Komodos every week, still testing testing testing, still turning things on one by one and it's pretty awesome. I think you guys are going to love this little camera.

excuse me as I go find some wood to knock on.
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JARRED YOU ARE THE F****** MAN. Thanks for updatin. #snowinmay
 
Jarred Land said:
As long as Mexico stays strong we just might see snow in May after all.
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Thank you so much jarred for the exciting news... now I would like to ask how much snow should we expect? and is there gonna be any pre-made snowballs for us to start the fun right away or we have to pre-order the snowballs and wait for it?


Jarred Land said:
I think you guys are going to love this little camera.

excuse me as I go find some wood to knock on.
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*knocking on the wood*
we already love it and we're so grateful for all the efforts you and your whole team are doing for this little big komodo.
the only thing that concerns me is that by the time komodo is out for the hunt, we might not have fingers to use it (bitting the nails and wondering to know more about specs).
 
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Jarred Land said:
Just a little update to all you that are still following along.

Things are still on track, going as well as they could be given the global supply chain issues paralyzing the "making things" world right now. Our Manufacturing team's diligence to get ahead of it looks to be paying off. I really can't thank Aaron and his team enough for all their hard work and sleepless nights powering through this all. As long as Mexico stays strong we just might see snow in May after all.

Also for NAB I have talked to a lot of you privately and as most of you following me on social know, last weekend I stopped our NAB build out, there will be no demo area for RED at NAB, even if NAB still decides to go forward. NAB doesn't do refunds so we still have the space but it purely will be a social event and I have left attendance to NAB in the hands of my employees and attendance is 100% purely at their own discretion. Fear or Facts it doesn't matter to me.. safety of my staff and their families come first.

Anyways... we still be blowing up Komodos every week, still testing testing testing, still turning things on one by one and it's pretty awesome. I think you guys are going to love this little camera.

excuse me as I go find some wood to knock on.
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Yeah,
Over half the people I spoked with are cancelling, and with Italy being going back and forth with Iran as second largest effect area out side of Asia with nearly 5000 cases and 200 dead, things are not looking good there either :(

Safety must always come first.

Looking forward to Cinegear any ways, hoping that by then all is good.

Great to hear that Komodo is been blown up in the name of the shot and I am sure test, test, test :)

Won't be getting a Stormtrooper this time around sadly, but can not wait for standard Komodo to come out.
 
Knock. Knock.

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Just as curious as I am to see the first piece shot on Komodo, I’m interested what glass will be chosen to shoot it on. I remember that Raven piece ended up getting shot on Milvus, which seemed fitting.
 
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