RED has just released detailed information about the first camera of the DSMC3 lineup. Please welcome the RED V-RAPTOR. Featuring an 8K Vista Vision sensor capable of capturing motion at up to 120fps, the camera is now available for purchase at $24,500. While we were all waiting for RED’s Live Stream event, the company decided to skip it and just show a picture of the new RED V-RAPTOR instead, redirecting to their website. A live Q&A session with CEO of RED Jarred Land is still scheduled for today at 2PM Pacific Daylight Time. Despite this little joke, the announcement is actually pretty exciting. In fact, the RED V-RAPTOR is the first camera of the long-awaited DSCM3 lineup. Let’s take a closer look. RED V-RAPTOR: a large format camera The RED V-RAPTOR features an 8K Vista Vision sensor that offers the possibility to shoot in 8K large format and 6K Super35 crop mode. Other crop modes, like 4K and 2K, are obviously still available. The company claims that the V-RAPTOR has the highest recorded dynamic range and fastest sensor scan times ever on a RED camera. We are looking forward to pushing this camera through our CineD Lab Test procedure. Talking about frame rates, the camera can shoot at an impressive 120fps in 8K, 240fps in 4K and 480fps in 2K when using the 17:9 mode. An exceptional frame rate of 600fps can be reached in 2K using the 2.4:1 mode. Just like the RED Komodo, the V-RAPTOR has a native...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 1 September, 2021