UPGRADING BEFORE DSMC3. BEST COURSE OF ACTION?

[Josh Birch]

Aye. You're probably right there, I'll likely do the same in the near future. Cheers William

Yes Josh, this is what I decided to do. But then that 'extra mile' can be quite a bit further than anticipated. Due to the size of the 34.73mm sensor on Gemini you might need to rethink lenses as well. Suddenly my everyday workhorse (Canon 17-120mm) vignettes, so too does the 50-1000 that I have my eye on, the Tokina 11-20mm is out as is numerous other S-35 lenses. Obviously one needs to check all this carefully.

And maybe that's sufficient argument for Dragon-X ?

[Khaled Soliman]

You won't be seeing DSMC3 until at least the END of next year... so you will be waiting for a while if you want to wait it out.

And as per the phone camera comment.... As I said in that post referenced, I am also making a different "specialty" camera but It's not going to be anything like what was shown over by the Hydrogen team. I'm sure some people will make it their A camera for some things, but for most of you here, that will be more likely be a C camera/D camera/2nd unit camera.

Jarred, is this still the case with the current pandemic? Asking because every year we have a production budget to spend on new equipment before the year ends (for tax reasons) and was'nt sure if we should wait for DSMC3 or just spend our money on something else. It would be really helpful if you can let us know. We prefer to wait for the DSMC3 if its coming this year :)

[Bob Gundu]

Jarred, is this still the case with the current pandemic? Asking because every year we have a production budget to spend on new equipment before the year ends (for tax reasons) and was'nt sure if we should wait for DSMC3 or just spend our money on something else. It would be really helpful if you can let us know. We prefer to wait for the DSMC3 if its coming this year :)

I'm almost certain you will not see a DSMC3 in 2020.

[Jan Schuster]

I'm almost certain you will not see a DSMC3 in 2020.

Specs would be nice in 2020!

[Rakesh Malik]

I'm almost certain you will not see a DSMC3 in 2020.

Frankly given the pandemic-induced delays and the fact that the end of this year was the earliest possible timing according to Jim's post, I'd guess more like 2022 now. Red's engineers are obviously quite good, but Red was already jumping through a bunch of hoops to move manufacturing out of China just to keep progress going while China was locked down when the US got caught with its pants down.

I'm glad that Red is based in one of the states that has competent governance...

[Bobby Farokhzad]

So......... are we going to see DSMC3 in 2021?

[William Long]

I suspect Covid has seriously delayed RED's timetable. But they continue to surprise.

[Bob Gundu]

So......... are we going to see DSMC3 in 2021?

See? Maybe. To buy... No.

[Andrew Dease]

A tease would be fantastique.

[Anthony Berenato Jr]

See? Maybe. To buy... No.

Agreeing here. I believe we’ll see teasers closer to end of spring, beginning of summer. Then potentially upgrade paths released sometime towards the end of the year with cameras rolling out very early 2022.

I’ve noticed RED has usually announced upgrade paths in Spring / cameras released into the wild for Summer... but this has been a crazy year for all things. I’d assume R&D has been spending a lot of time on Komodo / the new software behind it - given this will most likely be the basis for what’s to come in DSMC3. I’m sure that’s changed a bit of the timetable for DSMC3.

Also, if DSMC3 is going to focus on VV sized sensor as it’s main thing, I’m sure there’s a lot of retooling in design that they’re going to pull off. I can only imagine how much they learned from Komodo, especially moving to a new board type. Excited to see what the new camera system brings. Really thinking it’s going to feel like the ultimate tool, through and through.