RED’s $35,000 V-RAPTOR XL 8K Vista Imaginative and prescient digital camera is now accessible to pre-order: Digital Pictures Overview

RED’s newest flagship digital camera, the V-RAPTOR XL 8K VV, is now accessible to pre-order. As with earlier ‘XL’ variations of its digital camera techniques, the V-RAPTOR XL 8K VV makes use of the identical 8K Vista Imaginative and prescient (VV) sensor (40.96mm x 21.60mm) inside the usual V-RAPTOR, however wraps it inside a unified physique that gives extra ports, connections and interfaces for high-end productions and studio-oriented capturing.

Whereas most of RED’s digital camera designs, barring the RED Ranger, deal with modularity so you may construct out the digital camera to suit your wants, this XL mannequin sacrifices measurement for having all of the bells-and-whistles proper on board.

On the coronary heart of the V-RAPTOR XL 8K VV digital camera is identical 8K full-frame Vista Imaginative and prescient CMOS sensor discovered contained in the commonplace V-RAPTOR, the biggest sensor in RED’s arsenal. It measures 40.96mm x 21.60mm (Diagonal: 46.31 mm) with a decision of 8192 × 4320 pixels. For comparability, your commonplace full-frame sensor measures 36mm x 24mm (Diagonal: 43.27mm), which means this Vista Imaginative and prescient sensor is about 1.4% bigger by floor space and equates to a roughly 0.93x crop issue in comparison with full-frame.

RED claims the sensor presents 17+ stops of dynamic vary. It additionally has a 6K Super35 mode and has an built-in digital ND system (2–7EV compensation), one thing its non-XL counterpart lacks. In entrance of the sensor is an interchangeable lens mount, a change from the native RF mount utilized in the usual V-RAPTOR. It’ll include a PL-mount by default, however an optionally available EF-mount may be hooked up if wanted.

As for the built-in I/O, there isn’t a lot RED missed. Onboard are three 12G-SDI ports (able to outputting DCI 4K/60), USB-C ports, a genlock port, a Management port, a gigabit ethernet port, an array of audio inputs/outputs and three energy ports: a 19.5–34V DC enter, a 12V enter and a 24V enter. It additionally options wi-fi timecode and genlock for distant manufacturing.

Dimension comparability between the usual V-RAPTOR and the V-RAPTOR XL 8K VV mannequin.

Primarily based on the value and construct of this digital camera, it’s clear that is designed for extra commercial-level capturing, the place it makes extra sense to hire this on demand when wanted moderately than maintaining it on-hand. For smaller operations and even one-person capturing, the usual V-RAPTOR with a number of add-ons would make extra sense, each financially and operationally.

The RED V-RAPTOR XL 8K VV is accessible to pre-order for $39,500. It is available in two battery choices: V-mount and Gold Mount, and for a further $10,495, you may snag your self the RED V-RAPTOR XL 8K VV Manufacturing Pack, which features a 7” touchscreen monitor, 4 batteries, a twin charger, two 2TB RED PRO CFexpress playing cards, a card reader and rigging gear.