KOMODO seems to be RED’s new “affordable” camera. From the teasers we already know it will shoot 6K video, use a Canon RF mount, CFast media, and it will have a headphone jack and a microphone input jack. The body will weigh less than 2 pounds and all the dimensions will be under 4″, which is very compact. There will be no HDMI port. The camera is supposed to work closely with HYDROGEN One phones and it will cost over $5,000 (less for HYDROGEN users). RED KOMODO camera. Source: Jarred Land For us filmmakers, it looks like the time of affordable 6K acquisition is violently knocking on the door. Blackmagic yesterday announced the BMPCC 6K, Panasonic will soon release the 6K-capable full-frame S1H, and Sony with their a7S III will… well who knows? Anyway, RED seems to have a “kind-of-affordable” 6K camera in the making now as well. In this article, I have summarized all the available information about the upcoming RED KOMODO camera. Chronological KOMODO Teasers Firstly, Jarred Land teased a mysterious product on his instagram account back in mid-July (which now we know is the KOMODO camera). The photo only showed a headphone jack, microphone input jack connector, and an LED with a small title “CFast”. That indicates the camera will use CFast media. CFast cards are not exactly cheap, but they are significantly more affordable than RED MINI-MAGS. RED KOMODO camera first teased. Source: Jarred Land On July 23rd, Jim Jannard mentioned KOMODO in his post on...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 9 August, 2019