Jarred Land, President and Co-Owner of RED Digital Cinema, recently showcased a monochrome version of the company’s “entry-level” cinema camera. The RED KOMODO 6K Monochrome features the same specs as the standard model, but its sensor comes without a color filter array. Pricing is set at $7,500. While it’s always possible to convert a color image into black and white in post-production, shooting on a monochrome camera sensor to begin with generally provides superior results in terms of overall image quality, although such tools are usually rental-only items. RED had already launched monochrome variants of its flagship cameras in the past, such as the DSMC2 Helium and Monstro 8K Monochrome brains, and so did ARRI with the ALEXA 65, XT and Mini LF Monochrome, which are exclusively available via their ARRI Rental program. Now, the RED KOMODO becomes the first DSMC3 camera to join the B&W party. Let’s take a closer look! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jarred Land (@instajarred) RED KOMODO 6K Monochrome: increased sensitivity With few exceptions, most modern single-chip digital cameras exploit a Bayer filter pattern to produce a color image. Placed on top of the image sensor, this RGB color filter array ensures that only specific wavelengths of light can reach the sensor at each photosite location. Bayer pattern sensor. Source: Wikipedia As a result, each photosite gathers only information about a single color channel (Red, Green or Blue), while the two missing channels are then reconstructed during RAW development using data...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 20 February, 2023