This 9 Year Old RED Sensor Still Produces INCREDIBLE Images!!

💭 Comment - Let us know what you think of the RED DRAGON down below!
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Chapters:
Intro - 00:00
The History - 00:20
The Sensor - 01:31
The Frame Rates - 04:19
The RAW - 05:08
The Modularity - 06:21
Should You Buy One? - 07:46
Conclusion - 08:45

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Let us know what you think of the RED DRAGON down below and if you want us to take a look back at a specific camera from years past, let us know below!

[Bast]

Awesome sensor. I edited and graded the pilot episode of a series shot on it, and I remember the director being livid seeing one shot appearing out of the camera completely overblown and unusable. I showed him how much we could get back with the R3D and the shot was used and director very happy. 🎉

[adamrook]

Dude I still shoot on a Dragon sensor and my clients are crazy-happy with what I produce for them.
That RED sensor is a beast. I'm not exaggerating when I say I have NEVER had a single problem with my RED in the nearly 7 years I've owned it.
I can shoot clean 2, 000 ISO images all day. Well.... interior images.

[phfx]

Dragon truly is/was perhaps the most important sensor RED released. It was the sensor that many film focused DPs looked at very hard to transition further or fully to digital. Including myself. Dragon 8K VV also paved the way for Monstro and now Raptor. Very much a format I enjoy a great deal.

[bigg]

I always felt the Dragon was RED's most cinematic sensor. I got my Scarlet-W in 2016 - still looks fantastic.

[ianyunis]

I absolutely love my dragon, picked one up last year for the price of a komodo when they were out of stock and in high demand. I was super happy with my choice, I had the chance to use the komodo a bit and found I definitely preferred the look of the dragon's sensor better. The komodo and also the raptor I feel have a much more crisp and "digital" feel, while the dragon's images felt much more cinematic imo. I would argue that it is definitely worth it even through 2023. Great video :)

[AliBFilms]

My all time favourite, 10 years old and still blows a lot of new camera sensors out the water.

[TylerEdwards]

Such an amazing sensor! The media was the biggest reason I never invested in DSMC2. Happy with my Komodos though! Great video as always.

[GlenAndFriendsCooking]

I still have two dragons sitting in the equipment room gathering dust... haven't used them in ages.
Maybe I should revisit them.

[Elusive_Pete]

I've had a few reds in my time.
Scarlet and Epic Mx, and recently the Scarlet Dragon. I loved all of these so damn much, but luckily in the next week I'll have myself a good Epic Dragon kit at a great price. Unless it breaks down it will be my only camera for theatrical style work.
So excited! Best sensor aesthetically they've made by far.

[DownWordGames]

The Dragon sensor is my favorite camera sensor on the market. Saving up for one now. Shot a movie on one and it's the cheapest movie we made at $50k but it's the best looking one for sure. The last $300k movie we did was on the Raptor 8K and it's good but definitely doesn't have that pop like the Dragon does.

[Spinflight]

I literally have a brand new Dragon X 6K that I bought right as covid hit so I never got to really use it. After covid I was doing so many Multicam shoots on my 5 Sony FX3s that my red just literally stayed in the case sitting there doing nothing. Fellow filmmakers bought all my accessories to the cam so I never really took it out again. After seeing this video, I might have to open up the case and buy a couple of mini mags and actually take it out for a spin. I bought the Dragon cause I always thought this sensor just looked so amazing compared to other sensors.

[MrMacroJesseSky]

To this day, dragon is one of the only red sensors I like. I shoot komodo as a b cam coupled with scarlet w dragon a cam. I prefer the image to Komodo and monstro

[topicruben]

Great video, man. Stunning b-rolls indeed. I was able to see the Dragon at the BSC and it was definitely impressive. Super cool meeting you as well! Cheers from Italy

[KHDRVideoBySittipong]

I also agree with you that this Dragon sensor is the best Red ever made. I love the picture come out from this sensor more than the new sensor in recent Red camera now.

[garrettgoerlvisuals]

You guys should do one on the Gemini,

[jorgesuarez]

there's just something about the DSMC 2 bodies that I prefer over the newer ones. When you're using it, you feel like you're using a true RED. The newer bodies (although the performance is amazing) just don't have that kind of feeling.

[MrIanWebb]

I love this sensor, 6K is the sweet spot IMO.

[DynamicPhil]

Very curious to see a side-by-side comparison between the Dragon X 6k and the Komodo. I decided to invest in the Komodo due to price and mounting flexibility, but every now and then I wonder what would have been if I went with the Dragon X instead... the frame rate options are certainly more impressive than the Komodo's.

[shadaiperez]

i have one and i still love it! i use it all the time and pair it with my komodos and its great!