Red Komodo Gyroscope Stabilization Confirmation?

[Roberto Franco]

Hey guys, this is very interesting, any word on Komodo implementation? Thanks!

 

[Bill Ravens]

crickets

 

[Han Vogen]

So finally official word from Red on this front. Directly from Jarred Land. In the recent live stream event the CEO of Red spoke directly about gyro data… ”We have those (gyro sensors) and have been slowly working with companies that do that… “

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[Alex Zeder]

I could be wrong but I think this applied to the V-Raptor/XL but not Komodo. You can get the gyro data (if you have the tools to make use of it) from Raptor R3Ds today using REDLine --useMeta --printMeta 7 --i <filename> but with Komodo footage it just tells you that it has no such data: "Clip does not have async IMU data".

 

[Han Vogen]

I could be wrong but I think this applied to the V-Raptor/XL but not Komodo. You can get the gyro data (if you have the tools to make use of it) from Raptor R3Ds today using REDLine --useMeta --printMeta 7 --i <filename> but with Komodo footage it just tells you that it has no such data: "Clip does not have async IMU data".

To include gyro data on the Raptor, but not on the Komodo, that was designed to be essentially a cinema quality GoPro, would appear to be a massive oversight.

 

[Joris v. A.]

They imply that the hardware is in Komodo, but the current firmware doesn't support it.

 

[Han Vogen]

I honestly don’t know what video you guys are watching, but in the video that I watched… the one I posted… one of the guys actually says, “ that gyro is only on Raptor” at which point Jarred corrects him and says, “it’s not there for the same reason it isn’t on Raptor… they (Red) needs a reason and then they will incorporate it into one of the Komodo firmware builds…. The new build is still on track for December “

FYI: Jarred Land CEO of Red stated… not “implied”… not “alluded”… not “hinted” in the above that YES, there are definitely, unequivocally Gyro sensors in Red Komodo 6K. They need a reason to enable them in firmware… that reason is third party support… ie: DaVinci Resolve, Adobe, FCP… etc…

Red Komodo 6K Gyro sensor: CONFIRMED

 

[Joris v. A.]

FYI: Jarred Land CEO of Red stated… not “implied”… not “alluded”… not “hinted” in the above that YES, there are definitely, unequivocally Gyro sensors in Red Komodo 6K. They need a reason to enable them in firmware… that reason is third party support… ie: DaVinci Resolve, Adobe, FCP… etc…

Red Komodo 6K Gyro sensor: CONFIRMED

Take it easy, we're saying the same. "Imply" simply means that something follows as a logical consequence from what is said. While he doesn't literally say "Komodo hardware features an IMU," he "implies" it does exist, because, as you conclude, it can't be enabled with a firmware update if the hardware doesn't exist.

 

[Han Vogen]

Take it easy, we're saying the same. "Imply" simply means that something follows as a logical consequence from what is said. While he doesn't literally say "Komodo hardware features an IMU," he "implies" it does exist, because, as you conclude, it can't be enabled with a firmware update if the hardware doesn't exist.

“Imply” is to suggest, whereas the CEO stated the gyro hardware is in Komodo… they just haven’t enabled it as no one supports it. What he did “imply” is that gyro data support might be added to the big December firmware update for Komodo.

Needless to say, he absolutely confirmed that the sensors are in Komodo. Now we just need Red to turn them on, and for the 3rd party software developers to start supporting it.

I’m really hoping to see Red gyro data enabled in DaVinci Resolve, either natively (ideally) or via plugin.

On Red’s part, it is important that the shooting modes make sense if post stabilization with Gyro data is enabled (data is being collected). I know on Sony cameras you need to increase the shutter speed if using Catalyst browse to avoid motion blur artifacts. I’m not sure how this would work with a global shutter?… But I believe it might be a game changer.

 

[Jon Pais]

So finally official word from Red on this front. Directly from Jarred Land. In the recent live stream event the CEO of Red spoke directly about gyro data… ”We have those (gyro sensors) and have been slowly working with companies that do that… “

Video

Timestamp?

 

[Alex Zeder]

55:20
https://youtu.be/UAv5jwEw5QI?t=3320