Jarred Land, CEO of RED, has just announced a new version of its flagship cinema camera: the RED S35 V-RAPTOR. As its name suggests, this new version of the V-RAPTOR features a Super35 image sensor capable of shooting in 8K at up to 120 frames per second. All of this while keeping its original compact and lightweight camera body. So let’s take a closer look at it! The RED V-RAPTOR was first announced back in September 2021. This camera features an 8K Vista Vision sensor capable of shooting 120fps in 8K, 240fps in 4K, and 480fps in 2K when using the 17:9 mode. We recently did a complete Lab Test of the RED V-Raptor, the first DSMC3 camera, and found a solid nine stops of exposure latitude. This is far from the company’s 16.5 stops of dynamic range, but still very solid considering it is half the cost of an ARRI ALEXA 35 or Sony VENICE 2. RED is well-known for making product announcements on the REDUser forum or directly on Jarred Land’s Instagram and Facebook accounts. The new S35 V-RAPTOR launch is no different, and here is everything we know so far about the new “RHINO” camera. The newly announced RED V-Raptor S35. Image credit: RED RED S35 V-RAPTOR image sensor Let’s focus on the main point of this new RED camera: the Super35 image sensor. This sensor is 26.21 mm x 13.82mm, a bit larger than the standard S35 format. To give you an idea, the ALEXA 35...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 8 November, 2022