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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 :)

NAB13- Dragon Sensor Upgrade Program begins

Brice Ansel said:
So Red can move a clean room to NAB for comunication purpose,
but need all that non sense logistic by sending back tousands of cameras to US for an upgrade.
Not really environmentally friendly, when thinking about the carbon print cost of such a global process.
Anyway I'm certain there is good reason for that, it still puzzle me thought.
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Maybe it was just an elaborate piece of theatre?
 
Michael Epple said:
Is there any word on actual images? People are supposedly upgrading, but with no color science, how are they actually shooting anything?
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Well since they're shooting RAW I imagine these are people with projects that can use preliminary calibration for the next few weeks/months for their dailies and then will use the final colorspace for their deliverables. If you're shooting a documentary right now you might not need to grade for over a year.
 
Michael Epple said:
Is there any word on actual images? People are supposedly upgrading, but with no color science, how are they actually shooting anything?
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Gavin Greenwalt said:
Well since they're shooting RAW I imagine these are people with projects that can use preliminary calibration for the next few weeks/months for their dailies and then will use the final colorspace for their deliverables. If you're shooting a documentary right now you might not need to grade for over a year.
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No one actually has Dragon sensors in their cameras. That display at NAB was all for show. They weren't anyone's working cameras and were just from Red's own stock of Epic-X MX bodies that are now Epic-X Dragon bodies that they'll sell when the color science and firmware is ready. People that have pre-ordered have done just that, pre-ordered and are now waiting.
 
Mike Halper said:
No one actually has Dragon sensors in their cameras. That display at NAB was all for show. They weren't anyone's working cameras and were just from Red's own stock of Epic-X MX bodies that are now Epic-X Dragon bodies that they'll sell when the color science and firmware is ready. People that have pre-ordered have done just that, pre-ordered and are now waiting.
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Odd...Jason Wingrove just posted his Dragon being finished...

Guess his in on the joke too?
 
Mark Pugh said:
Posted where?
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Instagram, whether it is his or not, is entirely a different debate but I doubt someone is going to lie about getting a Dragon camera already, so this is as legit as it comes that those cameras were in fact for people. For all anyone knows OffHollywood could have theirs and not be saying anything... (unless I missed it in the thread)

http://instagram.com/p/YdtuH_uiId/
 
John Marchant said:
Wingrove's twitter makes it pretty clear that he ordered and is waiting just like the rest of us. Its just a picture.
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Yeah, my bad. I don't get to see the @ replies - saw the other stuff and just left it at that.

I guess it was the first 10 R3D users probably in there and the cams are still held by R3D till color science is completed, I mean that makes the most sense...

Unless a few of them are under NDA and their shooting, once color science is finished RED will do a reel showing it all off..
 
Sorry if i was misleading Imran. Have only filled out the order.
Epic X22 'VSTOL' is still here in Sydney standing by for the call from HQ

jas


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Just a quick question. When we get our Epic-X upgraded to the Dragon, will we have the cool new Red Dragon SSD Side Module?

-mike
 
Imran Farouk said:
Yeah, my bad. I don't get to see the @ replies - saw the other stuff and just left it at that.

I guess it was the first 10 R3D users probably in there and the cams are still held by R3D till color science is completed, I mean that makes the most sense...

Unless a few of them are under NDA and their shooting, once color science is finished RED will do a reel showing it all off..
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I seriously doubt anyone would turn their camera into Red to have a non-working sensor installed now and wait an unknown amount of time while their camera is unusable. Red has already said the firmware and color science isn't ready. For all we know it could be 6 months or more before Red really gets the firmware and color science and everything else with the sensor how they want it. I know they may have said July (which is still a long time to make your camera unusable), but we all know Red and their dates (no attack against Red intended). That just wouldn't make any sense.

What does make sense, is for Red to upgrade their own stock of cameras and have those ready for testing and eventual sale when they are ready.
 
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