RED Weapon Dragon

RED has made a small preview of what it will present at the renowned NAB 2015 show, its new Weapon Dragon camera.

The news has been released through the RED forums, where we have been able to know the first details of this camera that joins the existing RED Epic Dragon and RED Scarlet Dragon. It seems that for the moment there are no plans to discontinue the two little sisters of Weapon, but now ” the Dragon family is a family of 3. Best, Bester and Bestist 😉 “According to the words of Jarred Land, the company’s CEO. In fact, there will be upgrade offers to make the leap to Weapon and from RED insist that users who have not yet upgraded from MX to Dragon, will have until the summer but should do so before NAB if they want to take advantage of special prices and ensure the move to Weapon.

We don’t yet have too much information about the body elements, but it is clear that it will achieve improved Dragon sensor performance and will feature multiple possible configurations, perhaps departing from the modular design of various camera bodies. It has also been revealed that “the Weapon brain is almost half an inch shorter than the Epic brain, and when you add the modules there is no need for any adapters and things become much more compact.”

To the surprise of many, ProRes recording is expected (announced more cryptically than the rest of the data) and the use of 1TB Mini Mag cards is confirmed.

In addition, for those of you who are not happy with the name of the camera, due to its aggressive content or any other reason, it will be possible to purchase the “Stealth” unit without the “Weapon” marking.