BEST New Sensor at the Show? - RED Weapon Upgrade - NAB Show 2015
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2015-05-07
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even if you are unfamiliar with the camera Market you have likely heard of a
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little company called red lus techtips coverage of NAB 2015 is brought to you
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by Sennheiser Kingston SD cards and
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linda.com over the years red has worked their way up to becoming one of the most
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sought-after cameras to shoot on embracing an upgrade path for all owner
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operators of their products the new red weapon stays true to that upgrade
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mentality building on Red's most recent camera the red dragon the weapon upgrade
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adds some welcome physical changes starting with the I/O instead of being
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on the bottom ressed into the body the weapon has now moved the iio of the
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camera to the right side making it much more accessible for all the different
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inputs which I'm sure will please many owners that purchased the upgrade red
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has also redesigned how the weapon handles cooling moving the exhaust to
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the old position of the I/O and adding a new dual fan intake to the top of the
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camera the new cooling system is also claimed to be significantly quieter than
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the previous dragon body the mic imputs that were previously on the camera have
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been replaced with two scratch audio mics built into the camera allowing
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users the option of not needing an external Audio Mic for running in camera
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audio the weapon also brings a slight processing Improvement that is claimed
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to improve the detail and noise levels of the Shadows by roughly half a stop
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another welcomed addition is the weapon can now run a limo to Cat 5 cable for
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external recording to fast SSD media speaking of fast SSD media the weapon
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will now be using Red's new Mini Mags which come in three capacities 240 512
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and 1 TB recording options have stayed mostly the same with the addition of all
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flavors of prores recording giving a new level of flexibility in terms of post-
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production with this camera along with the red dragon 6K to weapon upgrade red
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announced their new 8K Vista Vision sensor this is to be the slightly larger
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than fullframe sensor that will support a new 8K resolution and likely push the
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image quality of the Dragon 6K even further this sensor isn't coming until
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later in the year but it will be the next step in the upgrade path following
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the current dragon owner's upgrade to the weapon with this new weapon upgrade
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red looks to be really pushing the envelope of image quality in their cameras I'm excited to see what the new
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AK Vista Vision sensor will have in store for future Productions thank you
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guys for watching and let me know in the comments down below or better on the
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Forum what you guys think of Red's new upgrades to the Epic Dragon thank you to
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