Unboxing a $50,000 Camera #Helpful Post

Hey guys this is Austin. What’s it like to unbox a $50,000 camera? With a massive

6K sensor the Red Weapon is about as high end as a video camera gets. The unboxing experience

is no joke with a full hard shell carrying case, crack it open and you’ll find the

Weapon itself. This is the woven carbon fiber version which not only looks killer but it’s

also able to be upgraded to 8K next year for some real overkill action. For now it’s

rocking only a 6K Dragon sensor but I guess you’ll just have to try to survive somehow.

Pull the camera itself out of the box and there are a few more accessories hidden below

the foam cutouts for the rest of your gear including a pair of OLPFs for different situations

along with the beefy and wildly overpriced handle for the Weapon. It also comes with

a generic power adapter and most importantly a Red sticker to let everyone know just how

cool you are. Peel off the plastic protector and it’s officially ready to go. For as

powerful as the camera is it’s actually fairly small, it’s when you start adding

modules and accessories does it start to resemble a cinema camera. That carbon fiber isn’t

just for looks either, it shaves a bit of weight off but most importantly you get the

upgraded internals for the future 8K upgrade. Up top you’ll find several mounting points

along with the exhaust fans for keeping all that pixel crushing power cool. The base model

comes with a PL mount for cinema lenses but like most things it’s swappable to take

other lenses like Canon glass. With the included Red Volt and display modules you get a fair

few options for getting power in and video out but with a few screws you can remove both

modules to get to the brain itself. Remove the PL lens mount and you can see that big

Dragon sensor. With 19 megapixels and the ability to record 6K video at up to 100 frames

per second it’s capable of generating an enormous amount of data. Since it’s so customizable

you really can rig it out however you want with all kinds of modules but in this case

we’re keeping it simple with a Canon lens mount which works well with a cine lens…well

once you balance out the camera anyway. Build it out as a handheld rig and it absolutely

looks the part, you still have plenty of mounting points all over to go crazy with along with

the other modules to give you more features. The seven inch 1080p monitor is absolutely

killer, not only is it detailed enough to make focusing easy but since it’s a touchscreen

you can easily change settings right from the monitor. It also has a small display built-into

the camera for when you aren’t using a monitor or have an assistant dialing in settings.

One of the things that makes Red cameras special is the ability to shoot RAW video. This means

you can adjust all kinds of settings after the fact, pair this with a massive 16 stops

of dynamic range and you can pull a ton out of a shot. With that 6K resolution you can crop

in to an almost ridiculous degree, there’s just so much detail coming in. Color is also

a huge selling point for the Weapon, huge projects like Gone Girl have been shot on

Dragon so having a natural, easy to work with color is a huge help. The Red Weapon Dragon

is an insane camera. You might not need it for your new vlog but the next time you’ve

got a movie to shoot this is your camera. If you want to see it in action go check out

my friend Jake from Vsauce3 who was awesome enough to let me unbox his new camera, he’s

already shot some incredible videos on Red already and the Weapon is only going to make

things even crispier.