Scarlet Upgrade

[Vithya Sharma]

Hi everyone.. I have one Doubt... please clear my doubt

now I saw RED.COM SCARLET Page..

1st SCARLET DRAGON UPGRADE 9500USD
2nd SCARLET-TO-EPIC UPGRADE 9500USD

Why?

because Dragon Upgrade Worth.. bt Epic? but Price same??!!

please explain


Thank you

 

[Brian Merlen]

The Epic is 17.5k new in store. So Scarlet+9,500 for a new Epic with year warranty is an amazing deal. Scarlet Dragon is not on par frame rate wise with Epic MX, and I think that is one of the attractions, better compression and high frame rates... Plus you can then go to Dragon for another 9,500. Realistically I think upgrading, no matter what you choose will be super fun. I think a lot of people going for Epic probably intend to go for the full fledged Dragon I would imagine... Who knows..

 

[Eric J Robbins]

The Scarlet-to-Epic upgrade leaves open the Epic-to-Dragon upgrade path. Epic Dragon and Scarlet Dragon have different specs (6K vs 5K shooting, for instance). Scarlet Dragon cannot be upgraded to Epic Dragon (or Epic), so you're essentially making a choice which path you'd like to follow.

The prices are comparable because the end result is fairly similar; either way you're getting 5K, though the Scarlet Dragon cannot match the high FPS of the Epic MX (60FPS vs 96 / 120 FPS). Hence the prices being identical; one has a newer sensor (Scarlet Dragon), one has higher frame rate options and future upgrade options (Epic).

 

[Brian Merlen]

So basically do you wanna have better color rendition or frame rates...But no ones really seen footage yet so I think a lot of people probably want to see just how well the Dragon chip beats Alexa, C500, F5 and F55, and all the other models...

 

[Vithya Sharma]

Thank you for your Reply Brian Merlen and Eric J Robbins

So.finaly.. Scarlet to epic not equal to Original EPIC
and Scarlet to Dragon not Equal to Original Dragon Right?
just change Sensor Only?

Thank you

 

[Eric J Robbins]

No, Scarlet-to-Epic is just Epic-X. Nothing new or different about it. Same old Epic-X that's been out for the last two years.

The current Scarlet and Epic both use the same sensor (Mysterium X); same deal will happen with Dragon. The Dragon sensor in the Epic Dragon is the same sensor in the Scarlet Dragon, they just have different shooting specs available due to the additional hardware in the cameras.