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RED DSMC OPERATION GUIDE: EPIC/SCARLET

The MYSTERIUM-X sensor includes high-precision analog to digital conversion, capable of delivering up to 13.5

stops of dynamic range with daytime light sources 800 ISO. With HDRx

, dynamic range can be extended up

to approximately 18 stops.

MONOCHROME AND RED DRAGON MONOCHROME SENSORS

The MONOCHROME (5K) and RED DRAGON MONOCHROME (6K) are the black and white (B&W) equivalent

of the MYSTERIUM-X and RED DRAGON sensors, respectively. Both MONOCHROME sensors use their unique

sensor pattern to achieve optimum resolution and extended dynamic range. The MONOCHROME sensors also

take advantage of greater light sensitivity and tonal transfer in gradients, far exceeding the monochrome quality

of a color image converted to black and white.

NOTE: The MONOCHROME and RED DRAGON MONOCHROME sensors are only available with EPIC BRAINs.

R3D FILE FORMAT AND REDCODE

The R3D file format was developed by RED to provide an efficient and manageable RAW video data format that

promotes advanced post-production editing capabilities. In the R3D file format, the digital image received from

the sensor is formatted as a pixel-defect corrected (but in all other aspects unprocessed) 16-bit per pixel RAW

data frame. Each RAW frame, or sequence of RAW frames in a clip, is compressed using a proprietary wavelet

based REDCODE

RAW compression, then stored to a RED MINI-MAG

or REDMAG™ 1.8" SSD.

RAW data is recorded independently of any RGB domain color processing such as ISO, White Balance, or

other RGB color space settings. Instead, color parameters are saved as reference metadata; that is, color is

not burned into the recorded RAW data. This recording technique promotes flexibility in RGB color processing,

which can be deferred to post-production or adjusted in the field, without affecting the recorded RAW data

image quality or dynamic range.

REDCODE is a visually lossless, wavelet-based compression codec that reduces R3D RAW files into a

manageable size, allowing longer recording times on media. The ability to compress RAW data is one of the

significant technologies that RED has brought to the industry.

For more information, see the DSMC Media Operation Guide, available at www.red.com/downloads.

NOTE: REDCINE-X PRO

can create and export .RMD “Look” files which may then be imported as camera

monitor path color processing presets. This information is stored as reference metadata, so that these color

processing choices can be the default values used in post-production. For more information, go to “Looks” on

page 138.

MONOCHROME

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