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KOMODO....

RED Komodo and DJI Ronin-S Aerial Test



By Philip Grossman


 
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David,

It must be nice to have the money to put their limited edition yellow-colored Pre-production Komodo 6k directly into fire like that.
 
rand thompson said:
David,

It must be nice to have the money to put their limited edition yellow-colored Pre-production Komodo 6k directly into fire like that.
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Rand, it's being marketed as a crash cam. It's very likely they were given an extra or two to beat on for "marketing" purposes.
(:
 
Bill,

I know what you mean and it probably was one of a few provided. However, I was just thinking some productions that won't be given cameras for marketing purposes will buy one or many multiple of these cameras and use them once for a stunt, car chase scene and or an explosion or two. They will just be one-time disposable cameras like toilet paper in a bathroom. At about $5000 for just the body for the production versions before batteries and extra rigging, that seems to me personally to be a lot of money.

I know that amount of money for a multi-million dollar film is like pennies but I'm just saying.....
 
rand thompson said:
Bill,

I know what you mean and it probably was one of a few provided. However, I was just thinking some productions that won't be given cameras for marketing purposes will buy one or many multiple of these cameras and use them once for a stunt, car chase scene and or an explosion or two. They will just be one-time disposable cameras like toilet paper in a bathroom. At about $5000 for just the body for the production versions before batteries and extra rigging, that seems to me personally to be a lot of money.

I know that amount of money for a multi-million dollar film is like pennies but I'm just saying.....
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I hear you Rand.
 
So, I screwed up and forgot to CC Clark in my response email to Jarred for the Stormtroopers. I finally figured that out after waiting so long for a response and posting in the Komodo User Group on FB. I replied rather quickly (14 mins after email went out originally). I emailed and called (left voicemail) yesterday, but haven't heard anything back. I'm not trying to piss anyone off here. I'm in limbo here and have no idea if I'm going to be able to buy one or not now. Short of emailing again and attempting to call more, what's the next best step to get in touch with Clark/Jarred to confirm my eligibility? Any advice? Thanks!
 
Loren Simons said:
Kemalettin,

Erik's side of the interview was shot with a DSMC2 HELIUM, and Naida's was a trusty SCARLET-X.
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That's exactly what I thought they were....! (I have both of those cameras and so I know their looks pretty well.). Keep that stuff coming....great info in there!
 
rand thompson said:
RED Komodo in Savannah, Georgia


By Philip Grossman


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Looking good, other than the smear problems with his ND, nice natural feel. Camera is hitting way above it's price point, and much more.

RJ_Ortiz said:
So, I screwed up and forgot to CC Clark in my response email to Jarred for the Stormtroopers. I finally figured that out after waiting so long for a response and posting in the Komodo User Group on FB. I replied rather quickly (14 mins after email went out originally). I emailed and called (left voicemail) yesterday, but haven't heard anything back. I'm not trying to piss anyone off here. I'm in limbo here and have no idea if I'm going to be able to buy one or not now. Short of emailing again and attempting to call more, what's the next best step to get in touch with Clark/Jarred to confirm my eligibility? Any advice? Thanks!
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As far as anything else you can do, I highly doubt there is much other than just waiting at this point. You might wanna leave a comment on whatever Jarreds next instagram post might be to post your question. Most likely you'll be on a list but just on the tail end of it.
 
Timothy Jones said:
Philip stated on the YouTube page that his lens a canon 24-70 vii fogged in the 98 percent humidity and he did a bad job of clearing it.
It’s generally not a hazy, flaring lens.
Thanks,
Tim
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Ah... Just saw it on here and didn't see any notes or specs. Unfortunately I think we've all fought that battle at some point. I thought maybe it was something like a Tokina Vista One.
 
Christopher A. Bell said:
Ah... Just saw it on here and didn't see any notes or specs. Unfortunately I think we've all fought that battle at some point. I thought maybe it was something like a Tokina Vista One.
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I also wondered and checked the YouTube comments to find out what it was. I think it’s just a really flat
grade too.
 
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Kemalettin Sert said:
Are there any Dynamic Range Test for Komodo out there???
i see many people already got their cameras.
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I haven't seen a formal DR test yet but there are comparisons with Helium already out there :
 
Bastien Tribalat said:
I haven't seen a formal DR test yet but there are comparisons with Helium already out there :
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I've been shooting with it alongside Helium. I can't tell the difference. I asked some people to guess which frames were Komodo and which were Helium, and basically everybody got it wrong. The only ones who got it right guessed lucky, given the Helium shots were static and the Komodo was on gimbal.

Feels like the same DR. Same everything. The only differences I THINK I see are slightly deeper blacks, slightly less green bias...IDK maybe a little better highlight rolloff. Hard to say, but it looks smoother to me.

For all intents and purposes, suffice it to say you're getting a 6K Helium in the size of a matchbox. If you've shot with Helium, you know what to expect. The image quality is absolutely spectacular. Kinda ridiculous how cheap the camera is for what you're getting.

AF is getting good, too.
 
rand thompson said:
David,

It must be nice to have the money to put their limited edition yellow-colored Pre-production Komodo 6k directly into fire like that.
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I wouldn't ever count somebody else's pockets like that. We weren't given multiple cams, and we earn what we get. That's our only Komodo. We don't have a backup. We've had our business decimated by LA's shutdowns like everyone else. We earned our Komodo by taking DSMC2s into fire zones and risking our lives to capture our füti in ways that nobody else is willing to. Our Helium and our Gemini never flinched after spending all year in fire, smoke, ash, water, phos-chek, and ridiculous heat...and those are the "unreliable" cameras. Why would we hesitate to abuse the camera that's meant to be a tank? We know what REDs are capable of, so what you may see as recklessness or arrogance of wealth, we see as just routine shooting. We don't shoot camera charts at home. We shoot in the field. We aren't white collar tentpole bros with bottomless pockets. We put ourselves in debt to get our gear just like everyone else. I've poured my entire life savings into financing my own doc. I have no support. I have no backup. Don't assume that the Komodo people are some elitist club. Far from it.
 
Gabriel Mann said:
I wouldn't ever count somebody else's pockets like that. We weren't given multiple cams, and we earn what we get. That's our only Komodo. We don't have a backup. We've had our business decimated by LA's shutdowns like everyone else. We earned our Komodo by taking DSMC2s into fire zones and risking our lives to capture our füti in ways that nobody else is willing to. Our Helium and our Gemini never flinched after spending all year in fire, smoke, ash, water, phos-chek, and ridiculous heat...and those are the "unreliable" cameras. Why would we hesitate to abuse the camera that's meant to be a tank? We know what REDs are capable of, so what you may see as recklessness or arrogance of wealth, we see as just routine shooting. We don't shoot camera charts at home. We shoot in the field. We aren't white collar tentpole bros with bottomless pockets. We put ourselves in debt to get our gear just like everyone else. I've poured my entire life savings into financing my own doc. I have no support. I have no backup. Don't assume that the Komodo people are some elitist club. Far from it.
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What this guy F'ING said!

No lens charts here.....

 
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