The RED Camera Line Up is now much easier to understand with REDs announcement of a unified body with 3 sensors. Here is the idiots guide to understanding the RED line up. You’d be forgiven if you’ve become utterly lost with what RED does what of late. No Producer I know has a clue what an EPIC is from a Dragon is from a Monstro. REDs recent announcement makes a lot of sense in unifying their line up, making it much easier to understand. In a nutshell they have binned off different camera bodies, there is now one camera body, the 3 sensor choices. Also, the cost is now cheaper, working well for new customers whilst some current customers are outraged at the loss of equity (more on that later). Forget everything you know – Dragon, Weapon, Epic are gone. Here is the layman’s terms version of the RED Cinema Camera Lineup. The Body – RED DSMC2 The current RED body you can buy is called the RED DSMC2. The same as ARRI have the Alexa Mini, and Canon have the C300 – REDs camera is called the DSMC2. Nearly all the features of the camera across the board are now the same, all shoot a minimum of 5K, can shoot ProRes simultaneously to R3D raw, all compatible with REDs current DSMC2 accessories. Were keeping things simple here and won’t go in to full specs. For that go here. After selecting your RED DSMC2 camera, you then have a choice...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 22 May, 2018