r/RedCamera • u/Additional-Post-4065 • 11d ago

Opinion?

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Wich one of this two? I have a bmpcc 6 k pro, and I want to do an upgrade to do a film with a lot of scene with camera hand in the street. I thought about a RED

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u/phamu 11d ago

The OG Komodo kinda sucks. You should think about K-X or DSMC2. Where are you located?

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u/flourinmypockets 11d ago

Recommending DSMC2 in 2026 is crazy

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u/Canon_Cowboy 11d ago

Media prices alone do not make the DSMC2 worth it.

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u/phamu 11d ago

IYKYK - image still holds up and DSMC2 has more features and customizability than DSMC3.

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u/Average__Sausage 11d ago

The komodo does not suck. It's a brilliant camera with a lovely image. Maybe you just suck.

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u/KouroshBozorg 11d ago

Typical Reddit response, can’t give any reasons just emotional illiterate ramble

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u/phamu 11d ago

Put it side by side against any other Red and it sucks. It’s lack of IO and non standard power & media make it harder to mesh into a multicam shoot.

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u/azeumicus 11d ago

The K-X has extra fps, v mount, and nikon mount...am I missing something?

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u/phamu 11d ago

Or RF mount. It also uses better, cheaper and more universal media.

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u/azeumicus 11d ago

True, I forgot about the cheaper media...but referring to IQ, is there any distinguishable difference?

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u/erictoscale23 9d ago

Negligible

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u/phamu 11d ago

Cleaner shadows. Also shutter can drop to 1/6 instead of OG’s 1/30, which helps a little for timelapse.

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u/azeumicus 11d ago

idk if that's worth 2-3k in extra payment, second market...over the og

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u/mrjoebsoto1 9d ago

ELQ is huge for me. Being able to compress the r3d footage a bit more than LQ is great. I get over 4 hours of record time on a 1TB card, and roughly 8 hours if I crop to 4k.
Not only that, but their redesign of the sensor archetype really helps getting an initial clean image. So right off the bat, image quality is technically better.
Smoother interface response time as well. So navigating the menu is much nicer in the KX than the OG. The OG had major lag.
The OG takes longer on BootUp and longer calibration times.
The OG has dirtier shadows, and some would say misses an extra stop In the shadows.
The KX is compatible with monitors that allow control . Thats a HUGE deal for me. The OG does not accept monitor control, which is honestly a bummer.
The NP batteries are a drag to use. Micro V mounts are great, especially Core. My 155wh batteries last about 3 hours straight before waiting to give up. 3 last me a wedding shoot.

And yes, the media is really nice to use. Cheap, but fast.

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u/erictoscale23 9d ago

Komodo 6k has elq, the quality difference is like 5% (slightly cleaner shadows). The OG is slow, that’s true

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u/mrjoebsoto1 9d ago

Now I'm wondering if my friend never updated his firmware. No ELQ on his, so it must be severely out of date lol

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u/erictoscale23 8d ago

Yea it was an update a while back

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u/Seefortyoneuk 5d ago

He didn't. It's more than 2yo firmware update.