1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:06,670 - Today is a great day. It's been over four years since we started shooting on Red 2 00:00:06,670 --> 00:00:11,670 and they finally have a new flagship, the Red V- Raptor. 3 00:00:12,130 --> 00:00:16,060 And today we get to unbox it because we did actually buy one. 4 00:00:16,060 --> 00:00:19,750 It cost us a good $29,000 USD. 5 00:00:19,750 --> 00:00:22,910 Whether we keep it or not, I'm not a hundred percent sure, 6 00:00:22,910 --> 00:00:28,390 but if you guys want a full review mention in the comments below, because Linus wants to see how interested 7 00:00:28,390 --> 00:00:32,500 you guys are in this camera. So if you want to see it, 'cause I want to make that video, please comment down below. 8 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:36,883 We have it. It's here in the Storm trooper limited edition white. 9 00:00:36,883 --> 00:00:40,120 (gentle music) Register your V-Raptor. 10 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,490 Download V-Raptor operational guide and Red control app. 11 00:00:43,490 --> 00:00:47,280 So if you guys have been paying attention to anything that Red has done, 12 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,480 they released the Red Komodo not that long ago 13 00:00:51,790 --> 00:00:55,270 and it takes kind of after, wow, 14 00:00:55,270 --> 00:00:59,780 this is thick. Like it feels very dense. 15 00:00:59,780 --> 00:01:05,850 As you can see, Red's gone with a sort of cube like construction on these cameras 16 00:01:05,850 --> 00:01:12,040 and they're actually, they're still somewhat modular, but they've built a lot more things in than they used to. 17 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:18,510 To keep the consistency of the cameras, they've actually also removed the fan temperature control. 18 00:01:18,510 --> 00:01:22,750 So you, this runs at one fan speed and is automatic. 19 00:01:22,750 --> 00:01:26,880 Apparently it's much more consistent. So we'll see how that goes. But let's take a physical tour of it. 20 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,450 So on the front you have a lot of 1/4-20 ports. 21 00:01:30,450 --> 00:01:34,730 I am not a hundred percent sure what you do with these on the front 22 00:01:34,730 --> 00:01:37,980 so close to the lens mount, but they are there. 23 00:01:37,980 --> 00:01:42,330 You have a record button on the front, which is a little bit smaller than the last camera, 24 00:01:42,330 --> 00:01:46,323 the Helium, which we have. 4.037. Okay. 25 00:01:46,323 --> 00:01:49,576 I don't want to take the side plate off 'cause there's a little bit too much work, but the caveat to this is it'll weigh 26 00:01:49,576 --> 00:01:53,300 slightly more because of the side plate, but let's take a look anyway. 27 00:01:53,300 --> 00:01:58,470 5.57 pounds. Okay. So this side plate's not adding that much weight. 28 00:01:58,470 --> 00:02:03,080 So this thing's actually like about a pound heavier. So they've actually managed to make the camera 29 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:08,370 lighter overall and smaller. Like you can take a look at the size difference. 30 00:02:08,370 --> 00:02:13,370 Not as tall and it's about the same width. 31 00:02:14,380 --> 00:02:18,080 The V-Raptor, the new flagship, is full frame. 32 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:22,270 Wow. It's a decent amount smaller. 33 00:02:22,270 --> 00:02:26,070 This is a Canon RF mount and not an EF Mount. 34 00:02:26,070 --> 00:02:31,070 And this mount is adaptable to PL or EF 35 00:02:31,130 --> 00:02:35,780 with adapters, which we actually have. We don't have any RF lenses so we're going to be using Canon lenses today. 36 00:02:35,780 --> 00:02:39,990 But updated Canon mount, I mean, it makes sense because Canon just released this RF Mount 37 00:02:39,990 --> 00:02:43,770 within their newest generation of cameras. So it makes sense that if Red 38 00:02:43,770 --> 00:02:49,370 was going to go with the Canon mount that they would adapt up to the RF instead of staying EF. 39 00:02:49,370 --> 00:02:52,610 And so for all of you with RF lenses who have auto-focus, 40 00:02:52,610 --> 00:02:55,660 this actually has autofocus built in, and apparently it's decent. 41 00:02:55,660 --> 00:03:00,150 Obviously not going to beat Sony or anything like that. We have, ooh, A Red sticker. 42 00:03:00,150 --> 00:03:05,430 Classic tech company move. And AC adapter, which is pretty standard. 43 00:03:05,430 --> 00:03:10,380 Oh, they include travel adapters and a power cable. 44 00:03:10,380 --> 00:03:14,660 Now we did buy the starter kit so it does come with a couple more things. 45 00:03:14,660 --> 00:03:19,130 Unfortunately, the monitor that comes with this camera hasn't shipped yet, 46 00:03:19,130 --> 00:03:22,360 but the cool thing is on the side of the camera here, 47 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:28,970 you have controls. So unlike our Helium, which besides the record button, 48 00:03:28,970 --> 00:03:33,460 and that's basically it, you couldn't control the camera 49 00:03:33,460 --> 00:03:39,300 unless you had a sight finder, which would be an attachment module that goes here, 50 00:03:39,300 --> 00:03:43,190 and then you can control here or you could control it from the monitor. But, in order to control the camera, 51 00:03:43,190 --> 00:03:48,960 you basically needed a monitor. With this camera, you don't need a monitor in order to control it. 52 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,970 Even though obviously you'll need a monitor to use it as a camera. 53 00:03:51,970 --> 00:03:55,020 It looks pretty standard for a cinema camera monitor. 54 00:03:55,020 --> 00:03:58,680 You've got eight buttons here for various controls on the camera. 55 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:04,750 We'll get into those later. Menu, a lock button, select, another record button. 56 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,870 There's the little record, Oh, there's a little tally light 57 00:04:07,870 --> 00:04:11,150 built into the body now. That's nice. So I was wrong, this is not a tally light. 58 00:04:11,150 --> 00:04:15,940 This is an on, off switch. And then on the back, we've got the V-Mount, 59 00:04:15,940 --> 00:04:20,780 a Wi-Fi antenna, two SDI outs, a five pin Lemo, 60 00:04:20,780 --> 00:04:26,930 audio connector, 2.5mm headphone jack, a AC Lemo plug for the power adapter, 61 00:04:26,930 --> 00:04:30,520 and then this is an exterior control Lemo, I believe. 62 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:35,230 And the last port on the bottom here is a Lemo connector, which I think is for, like, 63 00:04:35,230 --> 00:04:38,430 camera control or like focus control. We'll figure that out in a bit. 64 00:04:38,430 --> 00:04:42,350 And on the left of the camera, we have a media door. 65 00:04:42,350 --> 00:04:45,350 Wow. That's actually a lot better 66 00:04:45,350 --> 00:04:49,490 than just having a bare open mag door button, 67 00:04:49,490 --> 00:04:53,090 the slot here that we've just kind of abused for the last four years. 68 00:04:53,090 --> 00:04:57,090 It's just dust and stuff can get there. If you're in a windy, like, sandy condition, 69 00:04:57,090 --> 00:05:00,930 or if it's just a lot of dust or rain. And this camera uses completely different media, 70 00:05:00,930 --> 00:05:07,860 which came with our starter kit. So we have Red branded 660 gigs CFexpress type B. 71 00:05:09,590 --> 00:05:13,320 So John had just actually asked a really good question. Why did they change the media in this camera? 72 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:17,720 And my assumption is, I mean, to fit it in a body that's this size, 73 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:22,720 but have a full frame camera that can shoot 8k 120 FPS. 74 00:05:22,730 --> 00:05:26,380 You need faster cards, but you also want them to be quite small. 75 00:05:26,380 --> 00:05:29,530 And so they've opted for CFexpress type B, 76 00:05:29,530 --> 00:05:34,240 which is a newer card than their just old M SETA mags that they had. 77 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,790 This one's a 960 gig, and you can see, very well loved. 78 00:05:37,790 --> 00:05:41,440 Oh, also there's this standard, like, positive lock that we've come to know. 79 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,740 You have a lot of 1/4-20 points right here and here. 80 00:05:44,740 --> 00:05:49,530 I mean, that was the same with the Helium. There was a lot here as well. 81 00:05:49,530 --> 00:05:55,613 Actually it seems like there's less, but they're kind of repositioned. And then you've seen this much larger top fan, 82 00:05:55,613 --> 00:05:59,900 which in theory, again, Red has said that this fan and the camera itself 83 00:05:59,900 --> 00:06:03,750 is quite a bit quieter than our Helium's. On the bottom of the camera, 84 00:06:03,750 --> 00:06:06,990 we have the standard 1/4-20 and 2 3/8's. 85 00:06:06,990 --> 00:06:11,210 Very nice to see. There's an intake here. This one's an intake as well. 86 00:06:11,210 --> 00:06:15,140 And then the exhaust all comes out of the top from this larger fan. 87 00:06:15,140 --> 00:06:19,910 Oh, and I also forgot. They have type C which the cool thing about the type C connector, 88 00:06:19,910 --> 00:06:26,210 and in a future firmware update, they say, you can use an adapter to have it record over Ethernet. 89 00:06:26,210 --> 00:06:31,150 So you can trigger the record over Ethernet and you could record to network storage over Ethernet. 90 00:06:31,150 --> 00:06:34,260 So that's going to be huge for a lot of people. 91 00:06:34,260 --> 00:06:37,500 Not out yet, future firmware updates. So who knows how long it'll take. 92 00:06:37,500 --> 00:06:41,270 But Red has said that that is a feature they are going to add. 93 00:06:41,270 --> 00:06:44,700 And that is very compelling for those who want to use this 94 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:48,200 for more than just film work or commercial work. 95 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,050 Before I finish off the physical tour, you can actually see there's a clear IO difference 96 00:06:52,050 --> 00:06:56,770 between our Helium and the V Raptor. There's an extra SCI port, which is really nice. 97 00:06:56,770 --> 00:07:02,220 And then they've opted not to include HDMI at all. Now the Helium, this is using a basics matter, 98 00:07:02,220 --> 00:07:06,460 so you could actually change the IO on this camera to something else, 99 00:07:06,460 --> 00:07:11,560 but instead of being able to change the IO on this camera, Red is going to make a XL version of the camera. 100 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,110 So there's going to have a little bit more IO, more Lemo connectors, more SDI. 101 00:07:15,110 --> 00:07:18,120 I don't think they're adding HDMI but they're adding more out. 102 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:24,100 So you do have that option. Another thing we wanted to try is we have this shark fin V-Mount battery adapter, 103 00:07:24,100 --> 00:07:28,540 which allows you to use two V-Mount batteries at the same time. And when one is not quite dead, 104 00:07:28,540 --> 00:07:33,020 you can actually take the other one off that is dead and then hot swap another one on. 105 00:07:33,020 --> 00:07:35,903 But does this fit with the new V-Mount spacing? 106 00:07:37,780 --> 00:07:40,900 Guys, it doesn't. 107 00:07:40,900 --> 00:07:46,430 Red has clearly made compromises for this form factor and they've gone with a skinnier V-mount plate, 108 00:07:46,430 --> 00:07:51,150 which might have some issues with your existing accessories, like ours. 109 00:07:51,150 --> 00:07:54,280 I'm sure their sound core has made a new V-mount 110 00:07:54,280 --> 00:08:00,440 shark fan that fixes this issue. I wonder, like, does our other battery fit on okay? 111 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:05,170 Oh no. Oh, that is a very large problem. 112 00:08:05,170 --> 00:08:08,320 If you just have standard spaced V-mount batteries, 113 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:12,260 they will not work on this camera. - [David] Oh, nooooo. 114 00:08:12,260 --> 00:08:15,433 - We have a lot of these. - [David] Wild. 115 00:08:15,433 --> 00:08:20,890 - Oh my God. Here's another, our 158 watt hour Watson pro. 116 00:08:20,890 --> 00:08:26,300 and it doesn't fit. (frustrated grunt) This is a 147 watt hour bebob micro. 117 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:31,510 This is a fairly small compact battery. It looks like Red, with the V Raptor, 118 00:08:31,510 --> 00:08:36,510 has opted to only go with batteries like this. 119 00:08:36,670 --> 00:08:39,870 Red says a 98 watt hour battery like this one 120 00:08:39,870 --> 00:08:44,710 will last about an hour. And in my experience, that sounds like it'd be very accurate. 121 00:08:44,710 --> 00:08:49,700 I think that about does it for the physical tour. 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Go to grammarly.com/short-circuit to get a free account 130 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,410 and 20% off Grammarly premium in the link in the video description. 131 00:09:24,410 --> 00:09:26,343 3, 2, 1. 132 00:09:31,010 --> 00:09:33,803 This is definitely louder than this. 133 00:09:35,450 --> 00:09:37,963 Both have the logo, 17 seconds. 134 00:09:39,121 --> 00:09:44,120 (upbeat music) Okay, that's done. The Raptors done at 30 seconds. 135 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:50,010 The Raptor took about 30 seconds to boot up. This took about 33, 34 seconds to boot up, roughly. 136 00:09:50,010 --> 00:09:55,730 That is an improvement, but not a large one. Anyways, let's get a monitor on this thing and take a look. 137 00:09:55,730 --> 00:10:00,060 So as far as I can tell right now, the only way, because we don't have Reds monitor 138 00:10:00,060 --> 00:10:03,360 that's supposed to ship with this camera, the only way to control the camera 139 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,630 is by using the side LCD on the camera. 140 00:10:06,630 --> 00:10:11,680 And it's a little matt display. I don't know what resolution it is, but it doesn't seem or need to be very high. 141 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:15,830 It seems like the layout is pretty logical. 142 00:10:15,830 --> 00:10:19,720 You've got image and LUT, you've got all the basic. 143 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:23,767 Settings, LUT's, tone mapping, outspace, color. 144 00:10:23,767 --> 00:10:27,040 8k, 17 x 9 is the full sensor. 145 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:30,900 You've got anamorphic mode. And then you can do 6K super 35, 146 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:35,640 which we're going to test later. Yeah. So you have every resolution 147 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:40,170 from 8K down in almost every aspect ratio. You can also do a custom. 148 00:10:40,170 --> 00:10:45,460 So if you've got your project frame rate at 24 FPS, let's look at the recording frame rates. 149 00:10:45,460 --> 00:10:48,630 And it goes all the way to 120. 150 00:10:48,630 --> 00:10:56,240 So this camera is capable, for the first time in Red's history, 8K 120 FPS. 151 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:00,480 And you can actually go down to 2K. 152 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:05,250 That allows us to get up to 600, 594 FPS 153 00:11:08,590 --> 00:11:12,290 but essentially 600 FPS. So the last thing I want to talk about 154 00:11:12,290 --> 00:11:17,170 while going through this menu is the new compression ratios. If you are used to Red, they have a compression ratio 155 00:11:17,170 --> 00:11:24,150 that's still a compressed raw and that goes from up to 5 to 1 at a 8k 156 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:30,020 to 22 to 1. They've actually simplified it to HQ, MQ and LQ. 157 00:11:30,020 --> 00:11:34,030 That's actually probably a lot simpler than their old system, 158 00:11:34,030 --> 00:11:37,490 even though their old system wasn't complicated, it's just kind of streamlines everything. 159 00:11:37,490 --> 00:11:41,580 And then the last new feature that they have in the recording, is their pre-record. 160 00:11:41,580 --> 00:11:46,040 So at 8K you can do a max prerecord of 1.4 seconds. 161 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:51,940 And so when you're looking at the menus, this is very assistant friendly. So if you have a camera assistant, 162 00:11:51,940 --> 00:11:55,970 if you're lucky enough to have one, you have those standard, just like the Venice, 163 00:11:55,970 --> 00:11:59,470 just like, honestly, just like the Black Magic to an extent, 164 00:11:59,470 --> 00:12:06,220 camera view with buttons to control all of the settings at a glance and just toggle them right from here. 165 00:12:06,220 --> 00:12:09,990 Very useful, and you've seen it plenty physically now. 166 00:12:09,990 --> 00:12:15,540 Why don't we go do some test shots? So 600 FPS versus 300 FPS. 167 00:12:15,540 --> 00:12:20,160 Rolling. Go. (water splashes) 168 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:25,080 Here it comes. Wow. That looks pretty cool. 169 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:29,150 So how does the Helium look? It looks pretty noisy. 170 00:12:29,150 --> 00:12:36,170 And then obviously the frame rate is half. So this is our 120 FPS test. Not a perfect test, 171 00:12:36,170 --> 00:12:40,778 but I just wanted to see what it would look like. And 3, 2, 1 roll. 172 00:12:40,778 --> 00:12:43,361 (upbeat music) 173 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:52,720 Wow. All right. I'm pretty impressed that the fact 174 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,940 that this camera can do 600 FPS at all, 175 00:12:55,940 --> 00:13:00,220 it's not going to be the highest quality. There's still quite a bit of noise to the image, 176 00:13:00,220 --> 00:13:06,970 but in a pinch, in certain scenarios, I actually see the 600 FPS being more usable on this camera 177 00:13:06,970 --> 00:13:11,060 than the 300 FPS on the Helium was. So now that you guys have seen some test shots 178 00:13:11,060 --> 00:13:14,900 to our older Red camera, you might be asking, where does this fit in? 179 00:13:14,900 --> 00:13:19,190 Is this camera worth it for the price? Honestly, value wise, first impressions, 180 00:13:19,190 --> 00:13:24,380 I want to look into this deeper in a review, but it's a pretty decent value at 29,500. 181 00:13:24,380 --> 00:13:27,710 Because something like the Arri Alexa LF or the Sony Venice, 182 00:13:27,710 --> 00:13:33,170 both come in quite a bit more. The Arri is $58,000 and the Sony Venice is $42,000. 183 00:13:33,170 --> 00:13:38,030 So this fits in kind of next to those cameras. They all kind of do slightly different things 184 00:13:38,030 --> 00:13:41,200 and they're better, they're good at certain things over the others, 185 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:45,700 but honestly, Red has a very compelling camera in this price bracket. 186 00:13:45,700 --> 00:13:49,220 And so if you guys want to see a full review, reminder, leave me a comment down below. 187 00:13:49,220 --> 00:13:53,107 But that's it for now for the first impressions. Thanks for watching.