Sensor Question??

[Jake Johnson]

Hey everyone,

I recently purchashed a Red Epic-X Dragon from a local shop and noticed when I fire her up the sensor seems to be outputting some odd noise. Once I leave the camera running to warm up, it clears up (3-5 min run time), but im still wondering what this could be from. Is it bad? is my sensor damaged? All information on the subject is welcome and greatly appreciated. I've attached images to show what im seeing.

thanks!

http://oi65.tinypic.com/nmjes2.jpg
http://oi67.tinypic.com/21o92qe.jpg

 

[Mikael Lubtchansky]

That is normal. You have to wait until the little red/orange/yellow T- changes to a green T.
It means the camera has reached operational temperature corresponding to your black shading calibration.

black shading info :
http://www.red.com/learn/red-101/black-shading-calibration

your camera manual is here in pdf or html format. Look for 'sensor calibration' ...
https://www.red.com/downloads?category=Documents&release=final

 

[David Battistella]

Completely normal. The dragon needs to get hot!

Well, warm.

David

 

[Jake Johnson]

Ah what a relief!!

I was definitely nervous for a bit there o_o

Thanks a ton Mikael and David!