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Bill Stengel
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I received my upgraded EPIC-DRAGON yesterday and I have some thoughts:
I own an EPIC-DRAGON – wow.
Really, wow.
It took me almost exactly one year to the day to get here. Without having taken the initial leap into the RED ecosystem with the SCARLET-DRAGON, I wouldn't have seen the growth in business that allowed me to plop down the $ to upgrade to EPIC. To think what is possible now is exciting and inspiring. I have a job next week that will benefit hugely from what EPIC can do.
I was quite vocal about the timeframe which was stated for SCARLET to EPIC upgrades, and I was reacting solely on emotion and frustration – which is virtually always a bad idea. Once I saw that it was in fact possible to pull together to funds to make the upgrade, I became laser-focused on making it happen. It was a huge motivator, in fact.
Looking at the invoice for the EPIC, the line item says "SCARLET DRAGON® to EPIC-X RED DRAGON® Upgrade Credit – $14,5000", which is what I paid for the brain a year ago. I am certainly not the first person to praise this model, but my initial investment saw ZERO DEPRECIATION in RED's eyes. I used the pants off that thing and they effectively handed me my money back. You could argue that I was able to "try on" the SCARLET with no penalty for wanting to move up the food chain. They will sell my SCARLET at BT pricing at a loss. Yes, they did get the full $24k out of me for the EPIC brain; it was in two steps, but in the end I wound up where I wanted to be from the beginning but couldn't afford it.
I know the other upgrade paths may have their own complications and people are reacting to them in a multitude of ways. I'm only speaking to my own experience.
Thanks to the entire RED team for opening up this upgrade path for the short time you did. I did grumble about said timeframe, but my camera needs are covered off for the better part of a decade and that's amazing.
Happy shooting!
I own an EPIC-DRAGON – wow.
Really, wow.
It took me almost exactly one year to the day to get here. Without having taken the initial leap into the RED ecosystem with the SCARLET-DRAGON, I wouldn't have seen the growth in business that allowed me to plop down the $ to upgrade to EPIC. To think what is possible now is exciting and inspiring. I have a job next week that will benefit hugely from what EPIC can do.
I was quite vocal about the timeframe which was stated for SCARLET to EPIC upgrades, and I was reacting solely on emotion and frustration – which is virtually always a bad idea. Once I saw that it was in fact possible to pull together to funds to make the upgrade, I became laser-focused on making it happen. It was a huge motivator, in fact.
Looking at the invoice for the EPIC, the line item says "SCARLET DRAGON® to EPIC-X RED DRAGON® Upgrade Credit – $14,5000", which is what I paid for the brain a year ago. I am certainly not the first person to praise this model, but my initial investment saw ZERO DEPRECIATION in RED's eyes. I used the pants off that thing and they effectively handed me my money back. You could argue that I was able to "try on" the SCARLET with no penalty for wanting to move up the food chain. They will sell my SCARLET at BT pricing at a loss. Yes, they did get the full $24k out of me for the EPIC brain; it was in two steps, but in the end I wound up where I wanted to be from the beginning but couldn't afford it.
I know the other upgrade paths may have their own complications and people are reacting to them in a multitude of ways. I'm only speaking to my own experience.
Thanks to the entire RED team for opening up this upgrade path for the short time you did. I did grumble about said timeframe, but my camera needs are covered off for the better part of a decade and that's amazing.
Happy shooting!