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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 :)

RED DRAGON X 6K UPDATE

I’m going to drop off my SW on Monday. Hoping the turn around time won’t be too long as I got a shoot coming up 3 weeks later.

Curious how long it took for others that already have received their DragonX 6K?
 
davidreimers said:
I’m going to drop off my SW on Monday. Hoping the turn around time won’t be too long as I got a shoot coming up 3 weeks later.

Curious how long it took for others that already have received their DragonX 6K?
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Sent mine in Dec 17th and got it back Jan 8th!
But that was during all the holidays.
 
Outside of the extra K, iPP2 and the higher frame rates what else are you seeing that puts you in he honeymoon phase? I am trying to decide if I want to spend 12K give or take a few on Dragon X and a Komodo or just rock with the Scarlet and Komodo and wait for whatever DSMC3.
 
Heres a frame from a commercial that I shot with the 6k update, 2x anamorphic.

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Should I be expecting an email confirm or something right after filling out the upgrade request? In my delirium (due to the late hour and sudden excitement of seeing the upgrade path explained on RU) I’m second guessing myself about whether or not I filled it out correctly or left out some pivotal, vitally important piece of information.
 
Don’t expect anything.
They’ll contact you when they are ready for you sending your camera.
But they’re very nice if you contact them if you have any doubt, including the confirmation that you are in the list
 
So I currently have a Gemini, but had a scarlet-w as a b camera. Sold that months ago and got a pocket. Fast forward to now, I bought a dragon-x as a b camera and holy smokes. THIS THING IS STRAIGHT FIRE. I feel like it's way more sensitive in Low Light than the dragon x was.
 
Hey Matt

How much more sensitive would you say Dragon-X is compared to Dragon X ? Also, How does is compare with Gemini ?

We still have 2x DSMC I Dragons and I must admit I love them, but I’ve been looking at Gemini and new Dragons.......

Thanks !
 
Matt stambaugh said:
So I currently have a Gemini, but had a scarlet-w as a b camera. Sold that months ago and got a pocket. Fast forward to now, I bought a dragon-x as a b camera and holy smokes. THIS THING IS STRAIGHT FIRE. I feel like it's way more sensitive in Low Light than the dragon x was.
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Wonder if you could shed some light on why you’re so much more excited about the DX than it sounds like you were about the SW? I’d think the differences would be fairly minimal, no?
 
Fahnon Bennett said:
Wonder if you could shed some light on why you’re so much more excited about the DX than it sounds like you were about the SW? I’d think the differences would be fairly minimal, no?
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When I went from Raven to S-W it felt like a huge upgrade. ISO performance was probably about 30% better plus the wider FOV. This is about the same increase in sensor size, plus much better frame rates.

I think it was a nice move on REDs part to offer something like this and wanted to support. Of course it’s much easier to sign the list than pony up the cash plus 3 weeks of downtime. But there’s nobody else in this class of professional cameras who would offer something like this.

I totally get wanting to wait for Komodo — but it’s still unclear what exactly it will be, how much it will cost, and I bet it will be at least a year before it’s in stock. DSMC3 will be insanely expensive no doubt.

Sounds like my dragon will be back next week so hopefully it’s good!
 
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