RED, wholly owned by Nikon, has completely lower the costs of its Komodo and Komodo-X digital cinema digicam techniques by as much as 30%, making the cameras rather more accessible for filmmakers. The RED Digital Cinema Komodo 6K digicam physique now begins at $4,995, down $1,000 from $5,995. The digicam sports activities a 19.9-megapixel Super35 International Shutter CMOS picture sensor, promising 16 stops of dynamic vary (though mileage could differ). The digicam data 6K/40p, 5K/48p, 4K/60p, and 2K/120p video and gives REDCODE RAW and Apple ProRes file varieties. The RED Komodo-X 6K digicam has acquired a major $3,000 value drop, bringing its new everlasting value all the way down to $6,995. It consists of the identical picture sensor as the usual Komodo, though it gives extra I/O, together with a 12G-SDI port, a greater battery, and improved IP capabilities for streaming. The Komodo-X additionally shoots 6K at 80p, 4K at 120p, and 2K at 240p, double the capabilities of the Komodo throughout the board. RED Komodo “RED’s Komodo lineup has solely grown in reputation over time,” says RED Digital Cinema’s new CEO Keiji Oishi. “Since becoming a member of RED, I’ve heard filmmakers rave about Komodo’s small type issue and the wonderful efficiency of the worldwide shutter sensor. We’re excited to introduce this new pricing which lowers the hurdle for a brand new group of filmmakers to reap the benefits of the distinctive cinema high quality and inventive potentialities of RED cameras.” “RED at all times strives to create an accessible and dependable avenue for artists at any degree to get their fingers on premiere cinema grade imaging expertise,” Oishi provides. “The Komodo stays one of the versatile and highly effective digicam techniques that RED has ever developed, and democratizing picture seize expertise at this degree will at all times stay a part of RED’s DNA.”
RED Komodo-X Whereas the ink has barely dried on Nikon’s acquisition of RED, it stays one thing of a novelty that Nikon not solely gives cinema cameras with a Canon RF mount however now does so at a decrease — and customarily very compelling — value level. As for when Nikon’s proprietary expertise could make its means into RED digital cinema cameras, or vice versa, the corporate says it’s actively pursuing avenues for integrating software program and {hardware} in each instructions, though this stuff take appreciable time. Past value cuts to the digicam our bodies themselves, RED has additionally diminished the value of the Komodo and Komodo-X Starter and Manufacturing Pack configurations, with the Komodo packs getting a $1,000 value discount and the Komodo-X packages receiving a $3,000 value drop, commensurate with the low cost on the digicam our bodies themselves. Picture credit: RED
