Red Dragon Dynamic Range ++

[Tom Lowe]

Dragon has the highest dynamic range of any camera I have used. When Jim and Jarred sent me the camera, my main goal was to push Dragon to the absolute edge of what it can do right now. This frame was shot here in Sri Lanka at 6K, 85fps on a Leica Summilux prime, and yes, that is the sun directly behind the elephant, between those two clouds. There were no bounces or lights used... this is 100% natural sunlight from behind the elephant.

Thank you to Ian at Light Iron for helping me with a quick grade. :cheers2:

 

[Sean Dooley]

Outstanding. Time to save my pennies.

 

[Peter Johnson]

My day is just starting and this has already made my day. Pretty.

 

[Andy White]

Great looking image.

Look forward to seeing this in motion.

 

[david cheung]

Amazing!

 

[Dustin Veneman]

Nice!

 

[Dave Summers]

Like this shot and others we've seen from the lucky few who got their Dragons, it BLOWS MY MIND that all these shots were done with natural light ONLY!
What's sure is that setting up lights and eliminating hotspots will be MUCH EASIER and FASTER with the Dragon

 

[Loic Parent]

Thanks Tom for sharing this, can't wait to give the new sensor a try.

 

[Stephen Williams]

That looks great Tom, any chance of posting a TIFF
Thanks Stephen

Dragon has the highest dynamic range of any camera I have used. When Jim and Jarred sent me the camera, my main goal was to push Dragon to the absolute edge of what it can do right now. This frame was shot here in Sri Lanka at 6K, 85fps on a Leica Summilux prime, and yes, that is the sun directly behind the elephant, between those two clouds. There were no bounces or lights used... this is 100% natural sunlight from behind the elephant.

Thank you to Ian at Light Iron for helping me with a quick grade. :cheers2:

 

[Andrew Usher]

Wow, super nice

 

[Eric Z]

The guy holding the bounce just got fired. "Damn dragon with extra DR..." :biggrinjester:

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Tom,

you as an expert, btw, could you check if Dragon can do push and pull shadows and highlights something similar like on these two examples below???

Arsenale, La Biennale di Venezia 2013, shot on Sigma DP1 Merrill, the image as it was shot original.

6K image download here>>>

Arsenale, La Biennale di Venezia 2013, shot on Sigma DP1 Merrill, RAW image processed to push the shadows and pull the highlights.

6K image download here>>>

 

[Brice Ansel]

Just curious, can the Sigma DP1 Merrill do 85fps?
:sifone:

 

[Brice Ansel]

Thanks Tom for the frame in natural sunlight condition.
;-)
B.

 

[Phil Holland]

Dynamic range is indeed impressive, but that is also one beautiful shot there Tom.

 

[Tom Van]

Beautiful image Tom. Can't wait to see the full test now. Thanks.

 

[Justin Batchelor]

Wonderful image coupled with an solid test.

 

[SUNILPREM]

Great image
thank you Tom



Sunil Prem

 

[Danai Chutinaton]

That is a nice shot! Looks like you're having too much fun over there. More Dragon footage please

 

[Brett Harrison]

Nice painting Tom, but you're not fooling me.

edit: meant to compliment