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RED’s eagerly awaited Compact EVF is now shipping, while the company has also dropped some new beta firmware for V-RAPTOR & KOMODO-X.
Announced back in January, the new RED Compact EVF is now shipping with a lead time of only a couple of business days.
It’s a single cable monitoring solution for all of the company’s DSMC3 camera systems, and features a 1080p micro-OLED display and user-assignable buttons to quickly access tools such as peaking and magnifying. Alternatively, the buttons can be used to control the camera’s settings such as ISO, FPS, and White Balance.
It costs $4950 as a complete pack (above) or $3450 as a standalone unit. It is compatible with KOMODO-X, V-RAPTOR, and V-RAPTOR XL cameras, and the pack includes the RED Compact EVF, a DSMC3 Adapter A, a RED EVF Mount, and an 18” Right-to-Straight EVF cable.
As the company notes, a 15mm mounting bracket is not included. Mounting options for DSMC3 include a $99 RED 15mm Top Handle Bracket or $199 V-RAPTOR XL Top 15 mm LWS Rod Support Brackets.
At the end of February, RED also released new beta firmware for its V-RAPTOR series and the KOMODO-X.
Amongst other things, the 1.72 beta firmware for V-RAPTOR adds support for the Compact EVF, horizon and tilt overlays, image flip, and more. The 1.21 beta for the KOMODO-X pretty much runs through the same list, though there are a few differences.
See the lists below.
RAPTOR 1.72 beta: significant changes since RAPTOR 1.6.2
- Added V-RAPTOR [X] and V-RAPTOR XL [X] Support
- Added RED COMPACT EVF support
- Added Video Overlays
- Added Horizon and Tilt Video Overlay
- Added Calibrate Gyroscope function
- Added advanced Image Flip selection
- Added ASC MHL checksum option
- Added Function Toggle control
- Added Proxy Record Menu
- Added ProRes Proxy Codec
- Added Max Frame Rate Toggle Assignable Button
- Added Dedicated False Color and Peaking Assignable Buttons
- Added Additional Slate Fields
- Added Remount Media Command
- Added Operations Guide QR Code
- Added SmallHD RED Touch OS 5.5.3
- Added ProGrade Gold 1TB/2TB Support
- Fixed SmallHD ND Assignable Buttons (PageOS 5.5.3)
- Fixed Intermittent SDI Timecode with External TC
- Fixed Extended Highlights not achieving maximum fps (V-RAPTOR [X])
- Fixed incorrect 2K Format Heights (V-RAPTOR [X])
- Fixed incorrect Edge Timecode after exiting Playback
- Some devices may experience intermittent connection issue over USB-C tethering.
- Warning message will occur with unapproved Media and Batteries
KOMODO 1.21 beta: significant changes since KOMODO 1.1.1
- Added RED COMPACT EVF support
- Added Video Overlays
- Added Horizon and Tilt Video Overlay
- Added Calibrate Gyroscope function
- Added ASC MHL checksum option
- Added Max Frame Rate Toggle Assignable Button
- Added Dedicated False Color and Peaking Assignable Buttons
- Added Additional Slate Fields
- Added Remount Media Command
- Added SmallHD RED Touch OS 5.5.3
- Added OWC Atlas Ultra 1TB/2TB support
- Added SanDisk PRO-CINEMA 640GB support
- Added ProGrade Gold 1TB/2TB Support
- Fixed SmallHD ND Assignable Buttons (OS 5.5.3)
- Fixed Intermittent SDI Timecode with External TC
- Fixed incorrect Edge Timecode after exiting Playback
- Warning message will occur with unapproved Media
Tags: Production RED
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