Stoked to hear that Jake! Nice to know my two cents worth rant is being well recieved/offering a bit of value haha

The C70’s are great - I’ve got friends who own and are super happy with them. They actually match with the Komodo’s pretty well also. Yeah interesting about the RF mounts right!! Seemed like all future Red’s would keep that rf mount but who knows now🤷‍♂️

@@calebgrahamfilms They will keep the RF until... (Nikon needs to make a cinema lens before changing anything I think)

They wont keep the RF mount. Business is business. Japanese don’t operate as charities.

They will just say what needs to be said to keep red cameras with rf mount sales afloat.

@@matthewchee Haha yep. Doesnt seem like it would make sense to ship cameras with their main competitors lens mount.

Really interesting! I was personally recently thinking about the Monstro and Gemini and how good they are and will continue to be as bang for buck options with an amazing image. How do you think the end results from the Mini and Amira compare to the other cams in your kit? I know there's still people in my area buying both of those cams used and being super happy. Being a doco shooter the Amira was always a camera I would of loved but I felt like I left it to late, would love to hear your thoughts on how they stand up at the moment

Definately agree! It's a shame that Red marketing worked so well to convince people they need all of their new products to be honest, the older ones are great. Yeh I'd love a Raptor too, but just doesn't make financial sense for me at the moment!

For sure Dom! So ahead of its time

Nice. I know..never would of predicted that comeback hey haha. Actually really wish I had of kept mine, unfortunately at the time I was a broke student who needed the funds to roll into the next camera purchase🥲

@@calebgrahamfilms I guess I wondered whether the Canon HV30 made it into your camera arsenal at one stage 🤣

100%, will be super interesting to see what they bring to market!

Top 5 Red cameras with built in ND's video coming soon

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Cheers Shamar! Just hit you back on insta. But for other poeple interested: I think the end results/overall image quality on the Helium will be better, and a bit more future proof with the 8k option. On the flipside - Komodo-X will be better for using on Gimbals, and draws less battery power. I think they're the main things to toss up!

Cheers Ruben! Ahhh you know what I've had a similar experience. When I bought my used Dragon it came with the Skin tone and Low light OLPFs - I naturally thought I was going to love the Skin Tone one, but had weird results - I would say in general worse results than just the standard OLPF. I then read something online about a DP swearing by leaving in the Low light OLPF in all the time and loving the results (You might need to fact check me - but Im pretty sure the film Palo Alto (2013) was shot with this exact setup). Personally I've never looked back from rocking this setup - to me it makes the shadow tones so much nicer and just works well all round, I never seen any colour issues and id say it lets you push the iso to 1600 without ugly noise - side by side looking way better than the Komodo at those ISO's north of 1000

@@calebgrahamfilms Hi Caleb, thanks so much for your info! Good to know others have a similar experience with the STH OLPF. In some cases it can look good but then in others it indeed looks weird color wise (and noisy). I’m now hunting for the LLO and Standard, really looking forward shooting with them after seeing your results.

@@RubenStuveling No worries! Yeah its not what you'd expect hey. But yeh - I used the standard for years on the Epic-X and never had any issues, so it seems like the skin tone one is kind of the anomaly amongst the three versions.

Yep, loved that rolloff on the Burano as well! No denying they do have a nice image - just a shame its at such a premium. Interesting to hear you put Blackmagic over FX6! You prefer the warmer colour science?

@calebgrahamfilms I'm a grader, the first thing I would do is rescue the highlights on the braw file, every time the fx6 or fs7 mxf files pop up, I'm stuck with it if it hasn't been slightly underexposed when a sky is in the scene.

@@LoungearoundTV Yeh ok that's interesting! I know I had similar good experiences with live music footage captured in braw. Especially FS7 era Slog-3 was super sensitive to being perfectly exposed I used to find when I owned one, its gotten better but still easy to mess up

Haha good analogies! I was originally actually going to compare Red to Apple with their 'You need to buy every amazing new product we release' style business strategy. And then ARRI is more like a luxury car/high fashion brand - No one is under the illusion they offer 'value for money' as such, but also cant deny they make very well made , very thought-out products. Buranos are great! Definitely the best all round workhorse for work veering towards the higher end space - As soon as a suitable project pops up I'll be renting one again

That’s why almost every major movie is shot on an Alexa because they’re behind in technology. Clueless.

@@2424rocket Are Alexa in the same budget range? Obviously not talking about major films

@@2424rocket I was about to comment that :D The are leading the pack big time. Even there 10 year old sensors are ahead of everything that other brands currently offer (maybe not Venice)... But I "feel" the are like apple, lol

You can get great images from the Burano, Red and Arri but only 2 of these have great resolution. Arri is very cheap second hand too and very expensive to fix if something goes wrong.

Ahh man end of the day you've got a solid, pretty future proof cam capable of producing some super nice images - ready to go straight out of the bag instead of needing building up/rigging all the time like Red's. Market perceptions of different brands can be super annoying but I feel like that's changing a bit and will be less and less of a thing as time goes on. Good motivation to go shoot some work that looks better than what other people have shot on Red;)

100%. The sensors, menu design, codec, etc - a lot to love about RED, but of course a few aread they could do better. Basically never having a camera with good audio is kinda outrageous. Good points about Blackmagic! The Pyxis looks interesting.. but not sure what itll be like to operate having everything on the side like that

Wouldnt mind seeing a video on this hey.. an airing of grievances

Hehe yeah. That would be a good series as well. "Angry DOPs and the cameras they operate" then again as 98% of cams are from rental houses would be a difficult one.

@@anthonyrock5039 the internets just begging for it

Cheers! And yeh.. realised after posting this I should of talked a bit more about audio. So yes.. I've done a lot of testing in this area, and in the end basically have come to the conclusion that products like the Rode Video Mic Pro, Video Mic NTG, and Wireless Pro's are the types of products that will work best with Reds. The preamps in the cameras are super weak.. so you really need to be sending to the camera the strongest signal possible. So to me XLR shotgun mics just always came in too low.. even with things like an 'A-box'. All those mics I mentioned above - you can boost the volume on the mic - and that helps you get useable audio straight from camera

I tried many things to make the audio work but still unsuccessful. I wanted to ask if you can do a video about audio on Red Dragon (setting, cables etc) because there is not much information about it. Thank you and all the best🤝.

@@makemovieordie2154 Ok cool not sure when but will add it to the list of future videos! One other thing worth trying - a 3.5mm stereo to mono adaptor - Its a small plug that makes sure its only a mono signal going in - that can sometimes help too

Thanks for the info I will try definitely. All the best 👍 and waiting for the new videos 📼

Your request has been lodged. It will be my most in depth rant yet.

Facebook Marketplace(and the Red groups on there), Reduser.net, Newlifecine.com - those are main ones I know of. A lot of good deals around, but of course always do some research

I agree! Next one I'll switch it the other side and give that a spin

Framerates and Red Raw also to be fair

Haha I do offer that funnily enough, super easy to batch things out in Resolve. Reality is.. I'd say on 70% of my shoots data is dumped on the day and then out of my hands

@@calebgrahamfilms My heart goes out to you. Producers who know nothing about tech should stop making tech decisions. 4K Prores even plays back slower on any PC younger than 2008

Cheers, that was the goal! I think at the end of the day everyones out there just trying to get the best cam for the budget to help them level up in some way, so trying to come from that angle with these. I hope so, Im stoked to see the success of Blackmagic so far! I think they just need to listen to people out in the field (Not like Red have done with audio on their cameras haha)

Interesting question! So I've been really enjoying the Komodo for Doc work. The Meike variable ND, a sigma 18-35/50-100 set of lenses - and using a Ninja-V monitor with a cheap SSD inside for backup recordings (Angelbird cards I would say are less trustworthy that the older Red-Mags) - thats been a great all rounder setup for me. I haven't used a Komodo-X - but the same would apply to that. The Gemini - many would still rate that as one of the nicest sensors Red has produced, and also really popular for Doc work - so a great option if you can get your hands on one for a good price. Gemini Pros: Nicer image, better lowlight performance. Cons: Heavier, Draws more power. Hope that helps!

@@calebgrahamfilms lovely! Thanks for your perspective and advice!! Subscribed to you!

I own Monstro, Gemini and Komodo - and I would say Gemini would be the best option for you for any doc-type work.

@@InfamousStar1 Agreed! I know a lot of the UFC and Nat Geo films are shot on Gemini, great cams that I hope people don't forget about

Cheers for the comment! Yeah all fair points and I definitely agree Arri has a bit of an unfair.. I guess you would call it 'prestige reputation bias'.. that is a bit more subjective rather than factual. I think they only make sense as a camera choice when you are operating in the budget range where the daily rental of a camera is in the scheme of things a small part of the budget. So I agree on what you're talking about. But I will say.. the other thing to keep in mind is I think sometimes Red have placed too much emphasis on high resolutions. Anecdotally - I think its fair to say the end image out of a 2.8k Alexa Mini, would stand up against a - for example - 6k Camera from other manufacturers like Red or Blackmagic. There is a bit of testing out there to support this kind of theory - eg some of the testing done in reports like this: 24x7.com.au/mtf-camera-comparison/ So I guess thats what I was basing my one liner about testing off - that sometimes it can feel like there is more to 'perceived sharpness and resolution' than just bringing out cameras with more k's like Red do. But thats just one aspect of what makes a great image, and there's a bunch of great films shot on Red that show they are up there with any other cinema camera and can produce super nice images.

Haha yep, we're spoiled for choice and clutching at straws when comparing whats out there TBH

You've got me covered in the tech department haha, solid insight✊ Definitely all makes sense, I need to learn more about some of this - it all definitely helps cut through the 'marketing noise' a bit which is really just how brands people buying their newest cameras. Cheers for taking the time to explain

Lol cheers Allen✌