It’s been a while since the last RED camera was in the CineD headquarter, but now it’s that time again and the RED V-RAPTOR 8K VV is in our hands. I was really curious to run it through its paces in our standard lab test. Curious too? Then read on… A lot of our readers have asked if we get a chance to test the RED V-RAPTOR 8K camera in our lab, especially after we tested the new ARRI ALEXA 35 (lab test here). The RED V-RAPTOR specs are astonishing, with a 35.4 MP full frame CMOS Sensor (40,96 x 21,60 mm), 8K at 120 frames per second, and a claimed 17+ stops of dynamic range. That sounds quite amazing, but as we all know there is no established standard to test the dynamic range for moving images (see our article and how we do our test here) – and that is why we have established our standard CineD Lab Test to shed some light on manufacturer’s claims! So let’s have a look – it makes a lot of sense to read the article first and then watch the video, but that’s entirely up to you ;-). Before getting started, we were letting the camera warm up for 20 minutes and then did a blackshading (calibration) of the sensor with the lens cap on (current camera firmware was 1.2.7). As usual, my dear colleague Florian Milz was helping me again with this lab test – thank you! The RED V-RAPTOR...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 3 November, 2022