WEBVTT 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 00:00:06.670 --> 00:00:11.670 and they finally have a new flagship, the Red V- Raptor. 00:00:12.130 --> 00:00:16.060 And today we get to unbox it because we did actually buy one. 00:00:16.060 --> 00:00:19.750 It cost us a good $29,000 USD. 00:00:19.750 --> 00:00:22.910 Whether we keep it or not, I'm not a hundred percent sure, 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 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. 00:00:32.500 --> 00:00:36.883 We have it. It's here in the Storm trooper limited edition white. 00:00:36.883 --> 00:00:40.120 (gentle music) Register your V-Raptor. 00:00:40.120 --> 00:00:43.490 Download V-Raptor operational guide and Red control app. 00:00:43.490 --> 00:00:47.280 So if you guys have been paying attention to anything that Red has done, 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:50.480 they released the Red Komodo not that long ago 00:00:51.790 --> 00:00:55.270 and it takes kind of after, wow, 00:00:55.270 --> 00:00:59.780 this is thick. Like it feels very dense. 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 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. 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:18.510 To keep the consistency of the cameras, they've actually also removed the fan temperature control. 00:01:18.510 --> 00:01:22.750 So you, this runs at one fan speed and is automatic. 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. 00:01:26.880 --> 00:01:30.450 So on the front you have a lot of 1/4-20 ports. 00:01:30.450 --> 00:01:34.730 I am not a hundred percent sure what you do with these on the front 00:01:34.730 --> 00:01:37.980 so close to the lens mount, but they are there. 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, 00:01:42.330 --> 00:01:46.323 the Helium, which we have. 4.037. Okay. 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 00:01:49.576 --> 00:01:53.300 slightly more because of the side plate, but let's take a look anyway. 00:01:53.300 --> 00:01:58.470 5.57 pounds. Okay. So this side plate's not adding that much weight. 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 00:02:03.080 --> 00:02:08.370 lighter overall and smaller. Like you can take a look at the size difference. 00:02:08.370 --> 00:02:13.370 Not as tall and it's about the same width. 00:02:14.380 --> 00:02:18.080 The V-Raptor, the new flagship, is full frame. 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:22.270 Wow. It's a decent amount smaller. 00:02:22.270 --> 00:02:26.070 This is a Canon RF mount and not an EF Mount. 00:02:26.070 --> 00:02:31.070 And this mount is adaptable to PL or EF 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. 00:02:35.780 --> 00:02:39.990 But updated Canon mount, I mean, it makes sense because Canon just released this RF Mount 00:02:39.990 --> 00:02:43.770 within their newest generation of cameras. So it makes sense that if Red 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. 00:02:49.370 --> 00:02:52.610 And so for all of you with RF lenses who have auto-focus, 00:02:52.610 --> 00:02:55.660 this actually has autofocus built in, and apparently it's decent. 00:02:55.660 --> 00:03:00.150 Obviously not going to beat Sony or anything like that. We have, ooh, A Red sticker. 00:03:00.150 --> 00:03:05.430 Classic tech company move. And AC adapter, which is pretty standard. 00:03:05.430 --> 00:03:10.380 Oh, they include travel adapters and a power cable. 00:03:10.380 --> 00:03:14.660 Now we did buy the starter kit so it does come with a couple more things. 00:03:14.660 --> 00:03:19.130 Unfortunately, the monitor that comes with this camera hasn't shipped yet, 00:03:19.130 --> 00:03:22.360 but the cool thing is on the side of the camera here, 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:28.970 you have controls. So unlike our Helium, which besides the record button, 00:03:28.970 --> 00:03:33.460 and that's basically it, you couldn't control the camera 00:03:33.460 --> 00:03:39.300 unless you had a sight finder, which would be an attachment module that goes here, 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, 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. 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:51.970 Even though obviously you'll need a monitor to use it as a camera. 00:03:51.970 --> 00:03:55.020 It looks pretty standard for a cinema camera monitor. 00:03:55.020 --> 00:03:58.680 You've got eight buttons here for various controls on the camera. 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:04.750 We'll get into those later. Menu, a lock button, select, another record button. 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:07.870 There's the little record, Oh, there's a little tally light 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. 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, 00:04:15.940 --> 00:04:20.780 a Wi-Fi antenna, two SDI outs, a five pin Lemo, 00:04:20.780 --> 00:04:26.930 audio connector, 2.5mm headphone jack, a AC Lemo plug for the power adapter, 00:04:26.930 --> 00:04:30.520 and then this is an exterior control Lemo, I believe. 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, 00:04:35.230 --> 00:04:38.430 camera control or like focus control. We'll figure that out in a bit. 00:04:38.430 --> 00:04:42.350 And on the left of the camera, we have a media door. 00:04:42.350 --> 00:04:45.350 Wow. That's actually a lot better 00:04:45.350 --> 00:04:49.490 than just having a bare open mag door button, 00:04:49.490 --> 00:04:53.090 the slot here that we've just kind of abused for the last four years. 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, 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, 00:05:00.930 --> 00:05:07.860 which came with our starter kit. So we have Red branded 660 gigs CFexpress type B. 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? 00:05:13.320 --> 00:05:17.720 And my assumption is, I mean, to fit it in a body that's this size, 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:22.720 but have a full frame camera that can shoot 8k 120 FPS. 00:05:22.730 --> 00:05:26.380 You need faster cards, but you also want them to be quite small. 00:05:26.380 --> 00:05:29.530 And so they've opted for CFexpress type B, 00:05:29.530 --> 00:05:34.240 which is a newer card than their just old M SETA mags that they had. 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:37.790 This one's a 960 gig, and you can see, very well loved. 00:05:37.790 --> 00:05:41.440 Oh, also there's this standard, like, positive lock that we've come to know. 00:05:41.440 --> 00:05:44.740 You have a lot of 1/4-20 points right here and here. 00:05:44.740 --> 00:05:49.530 I mean, that was the same with the Helium. There was a lot here as well. 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, 00:05:55.613 --> 00:05:59.900 which in theory, again, Red has said that this fan and the camera itself 00:05:59.900 --> 00:06:03.750 is quite a bit quieter than our Helium's. On the bottom of the camera, 00:06:03.750 --> 00:06:06.990 we have the standard 1/4-20 and 2 3/8's. 00:06:06.990 --> 00:06:11.210 Very nice to see. There's an intake here. This one's an intake as well. 00:06:11.210 --> 00:06:15.140 And then the exhaust all comes out of the top from this larger fan. 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, 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. 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. 00:06:31.150 --> 00:06:34.260 So that's going to be huge for a lot of people. 00:06:34.260 --> 00:06:37.500 Not out yet, future firmware updates. So who knows how long it'll take. 00:06:37.500 --> 00:06:41.270 But Red has said that that is a feature they are going to add. 00:06:41.270 --> 00:06:44.700 And that is very compelling for those who want to use this 00:06:44.700 --> 00:06:48.200 for more than just film work or commercial work. 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 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. 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, 00:07:02.220 --> 00:07:06.460 so you could actually change the IO on this camera to something else, 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. 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:15.110 So there's going to have a little bit more IO, more Lemo connectors, more SDI. 00:07:15.110 --> 00:07:18.120 I don't think they're adding HDMI but they're adding more out. 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, 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, 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. 00:07:33.020 --> 00:07:35.903 But does this fit with the new V-Mount spacing? 00:07:37.780 --> 00:07:40.900 Guys, it doesn't. 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, 00:07:46.430 --> 00:07:51.150 which might have some issues with your existing accessories, like ours. 00:07:51.150 --> 00:07:54.280 I'm sure their sound core has made a new V-mount 00:07:54.280 --> 00:08:00.440 shark fan that fixes this issue. I wonder, like, does our other battery fit on okay? 00:08:00.440 --> 00:08:05.170 Oh no. Oh, that is a very large problem. 00:08:05.170 --> 00:08:08.320 If you just have standard spaced V-mount batteries, 00:08:08.320 --> 00:08:12.260 they will not work on this camera. - [David] Oh, nooooo. 00:08:12.260 --> 00:08:15.433 - We have a lot of these. - [David] Wild. 00:08:15.433 --> 00:08:20.890 - Oh my God. Here's another, our 158 watt hour Watson pro. 00:08:20.890 --> 00:08:26.300 and it doesn't fit. (frustrated grunt) This is a 147 watt hour bebob micro. 00:08:26.300 --> 00:08:31.510 This is a fairly small compact battery. It looks like Red, with the V Raptor, 00:08:31.510 --> 00:08:36.510 has opted to only go with batteries like this. 00:08:36.670 --> 00:08:39.870 Red says a 98 watt hour battery like this one 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. 00:08:44.710 --> 00:08:49.700 I think that about does it for the physical tour. So why don't we turn this thing on? 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Go to grammarly.com/short-circuit to get a free account 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:24.410 and 20% off Grammarly premium in the link in the video description. 00:09:24.410 --> 00:09:26.343 3, 2, 1. 00:09:31.010 --> 00:09:33.803 This is definitely louder than this. 00:09:35.450 --> 00:09:37.963 Both have the logo, 17 seconds. 00:09:39.121 --> 00:09:44.120 (upbeat music) Okay, that's done. The Raptors done at 30 seconds. 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. 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. 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 00:10:00.060 --> 00:10:03.360 that's supposed to ship with this camera, the only way to control the camera 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:06.630 is by using the side LCD on the camera. 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. 00:10:11.680 --> 00:10:15.830 It seems like the layout is pretty logical. 00:10:15.830 --> 00:10:19.720 You've got image and LUT, you've got all the basic. 00:10:19.720 --> 00:10:23.767 Settings, LUT's, tone mapping, outspace, color. 00:10:23.767 --> 00:10:27.040 8k, 17 x 9 is the full sensor. 00:10:27.040 --> 00:10:30.900 You've got anamorphic mode. And then you can do 6K super 35, 00:10:30.900 --> 00:10:35.640 which we're going to test later. Yeah. So you have every resolution 00:10:35.640 --> 00:10:40.170 from 8K down in almost every aspect ratio. You can also do a custom. 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. 00:10:45.460 --> 00:10:48.630 And it goes all the way to 120. 00:10:48.630 --> 00:10:56.240 So this camera is capable, for the first time in Red's history, 8K 120 FPS. 00:10:57.120 --> 00:11:00.480 And you can actually go down to 2K. 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:05.250 That allows us to get up to 600, 594 FPS 00:11:08.590 --> 00:11:12.290 but essentially 600 FPS. So the last thing I want to talk about 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 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 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:30.020 to 22 to 1. They've actually simplified it to HQ, MQ and LQ. 00:11:30.020 --> 00:11:34.030 That's actually probably a lot simpler than their old system, 00:11:34.030 --> 00:11:37.490 even though their old system wasn't complicated, it's just kind of streamlines everything. 00:11:37.490 --> 00:11:41.580 And then the last new feature that they have in the recording, is their pre-record. 00:11:41.580 --> 00:11:46.040 So at 8K you can do a max prerecord of 1.4 seconds. 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, 00:11:51.940 --> 00:11:55.970 if you're lucky enough to have one, you have those standard, just like the Venice, 00:11:55.970 --> 00:11:59.470 just like, honestly, just like the Black Magic to an extent, 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. 00:12:06.220 --> 00:12:09.990 Very useful, and you've seen it plenty physically now. 00:12:09.990 --> 00:12:15.540 Why don't we go do some test shots? So 600 FPS versus 300 FPS. 00:12:15.540 --> 00:12:20.160 Rolling. Go. (water splashes) 00:12:20.160 --> 00:12:25.080 Here it comes. Wow. That looks pretty cool. 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:29.150 So how does the Helium look? It looks pretty noisy. 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, 00:12:36.170 --> 00:12:40.778 but I just wanted to see what it would look like. And 3, 2, 1 roll. 00:12:40.778 --> 00:12:43.361 (upbeat music) 00:12:49.160 --> 00:12:52.720 Wow. All right. I'm pretty impressed that the fact 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:55.940 that this camera can do 600 FPS at all, 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, 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 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 00:13:11.060 --> 00:13:14.900 to our older Red camera, you might be asking, where does this fit in? 00:13:14.900 --> 00:13:19.190 Is this camera worth it for the price? Honestly, value wise, first impressions, 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. 00:13:24.380 --> 00:13:27.710 Because something like the Arri Alexa LF or the Sony Venice, 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. 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 00:13:38.030 --> 00:13:41.200 and they're better, they're good at certain things over the others, 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:45.700 but honestly, Red has a very compelling camera in this price bracket. 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. 00:13:49.220 --> 00:13:53.107 But that's it for now for the first impressions. Thanks for watching.