RED does have a nice image pipeline, and some neat stuff like the Komodo. Wish I still had the spare change to get one.
I've seen a handful on my local FB marketplace lately (nowhere near Hollywood or anywhere that you'd expect to see them) but ~$5k for a Epic-X Dragon with a lens.
Re:Nikon to acquire RED
by johncalvinyoung on Thursday March 07, 2024 @04:25PM
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5k for an EPIC-X? Wild. Good thing that that's not local to me, or my bank account would be complaining.
The killer would be a Komodo. Global shutter and autofocus is amazing in something that price.
Lol - one posted within range of my search - listed at $6,500 but I bet you could talk them down:
Red Komodo 6k
SmallHD indie 7 with Red control
Red outrigger Handle
2 512GB cards
2 Canon BP-995
4 Jupio BP-975
2 NEO Mini 98wh
SmallRig Handle
BP battery charger
CFast 2.0 card reader
Core SWX Battery Plate
That sounds amazing. Please stop before my wife finds out I'm even thinking about this.
I don't even make movies but the Red reputation + general deviant behavior in terms of buying unnecessary tech makes this a dangerous search on my part too. Wish the FB algorithm would stop recommending them (though not enough to manually tell it not to....)
Thing is ARRI pivoted and covered the new tech pretty well, and had the existing business links into the rental market allowed them to continue unflustered. Red got the layman hype because they seemed to make high quality available to more people at an achievable (but still high) price point. The industry didn't really care though. They rent cameras, not buy them and they were already affording the old stuff.