RED Dragon sensor has 20 stops, but loses Scarlet Upgradability!
Cinema 5D has the announcement which was made at reduser.net and leaves all Scarlet users out in the cold. 20 Stops in unbelievable, especially considering the market leader, the ALEXA has (only) 14 stops! Now if this is true, it will be phenomenal. 20 Stops and 6K!
What will not be so phenomenal is that the Scarlet X will no longer be able to use the dragon as it will no longer be able to be used in the Scarlet, which was previously announced. So I bet they will have some upgrade path to epic for disgruntled scarlet owners.
RED has significant Price Cuts
Photo Rumors has this news (as well as others). After the Sony announcement of the new Sony F5 and F55 4K CineAlta cameras, RED is not sitting on it’s heals and has announced steep Price drops across their line.
- RED EPIC-M: $24,000 (old price: $39,500)
- RED EPIC-X: $19,000 (old price: $34,500)
- RED SCARLET-X: $7,950 (old price: $9,700)
- RED ONE MX: $4,000 (old price: $25,000)
Jim Jannard has a lot to say about it over at RedUser.net.
Pretty awesome news which forces it’s competitors to stay competitive on pricing! Nice! Wish I could afford a RED, but alas no. Still very exciting news!