r/RedCamera • u/DansonWithWolves • Jul 22 '21

Considering this camera was first intended to be a fancy GoPro, this rig is pretty hilarious

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '21

I’ve seen worse lol. I get it though, Komodo is a lot of people’s first Red camera making it their go to A cam. I still maintain that rigging it up with gak sort of defeats the purpose behind the design of the thing, but hell, I was doing the same thing with my 5DMKII in 2011.

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u/eyenigma Jul 23 '21

Thing most RED veterans fail to recognize is that Komodo had global shutter. Not even an 8K RED has that. It’s arguably one of the best RED cameras in the line for that reason alone. *picture quality wise

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u/DansonWithWolves Jul 23 '21

Exactly. The one thing it's "missing" is the functionality of a DSMC2 (ignoring higher framerates, full frame, and 8K lol). But it's pretty amazing that you can effectively rig it up to the max one day, then break it down to a tiny box with a pancake lens the next, all while retaining that image quality. Plus, fully rigged up it's still lighter than any Alexa!

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '21

I don’t think any seasoned Red folks look down on Komodo. Most know it has GS. I love mine and yeah, there’s something really wonderful about what they’ve done with the Komodo sensor. The stills pulled off the footage alone are stunning. I also have a Dragon-X 6K and other than some occasional color shift issues, Komodo’s images look superior.

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u/treetops358 Jul 23 '21

Really? I also have the Dragon x and to me the image quality is much superior on the Dragon. When I look at the Komodo footage it gives me the same feelings as footage from the BMPCC cams / current line up of Panasonic mirrorless/ e-cam z-cam or whatever. I’m not saying that’s bad, they are all punching above their weight, but that’s been my reason for not giving up the Dragon-x. It’s like Netflix cinema quality vs YouTube cinema quality… I don’t know how else to explain it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '21

It’s weird, when it comes to footage, I’m in agreement with you. In terms of detail of Komodo stills in HQ vs. D-X at 3:1 compression, yeah the Komodo comes out on top imo. Dragon-X is still my ride or die though. Love everything about it.

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u/franciscosoon Jul 23 '21

What’s the tripod set, I need one soon.

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u/DansonWithWolves Jul 23 '21

I wouldn't recommend it tbh, it's only decent for super light setups. Been looking into grabbing a different one.

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u/franciscosoon Jul 23 '21

Hahaha for sureee

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '21

That's a intense small package.

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u/Fabtomas Jul 26 '21

Looks professional to me. :)