LuisT Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Hello, i am about to start a shoot with 2 red komodo X (latest version of the komodo). I have been shooting with Komodo's in the past and the fan's are not loud. This latest model though has litteraly no FAN setting into the menu. I wonder how this new komodo behave in hot summer and long takes. Any experience anyone? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Tresch Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 It's not loud and very usuable. It's quite difficult to determine on wich temp the sensor will callibrate. Usually I do push it quite higher than "normal" (by blocking the intake while in callibration process) so it keeps a higher callibration temp and thus generates less fan noise. This camera isn't problematic with the fan in my experience (camera guy speaking here). It also do consume much less power than other RED cameras wich means less heat generation. Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuisT Posted May 22 Author Report Share Posted May 22 Thanks for your answer Patrick. To shoot in the summer if the outside temperature is 40 degrees Celsius, at what temperature do you set the sensor calibration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Tresch Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Try to put it higher 😉 but you kind of have to force it, by obstructing the fan intake a bit... But 40 is a lot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lindsay Posted August 22 Report Share Posted August 22 Sorry no direct experience but our raptor is not bad at all and I figure for reasons Patrick mentions the Komodo should be at least as good.. Didn't know you couldn't control the fans.. Patrick is the main guy re Red and fans so he is to be trusted 😉 PS For what it is worth we used to black balance our monstro to 45 in summer so it would stay quiet and I felt the pictures looked great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feeley Posted August 22 Report Share Posted August 22 On 5/17/2024 at 12:19 PM, LuisT said: i am about to start a shoot with 2 red komodo X (latest version of the komodo). I have been shooting with Komodo's in the past and the fan's are not loud.... Luis, how did your shoot go? Any noise, timecode, or other issues with the Komodo X? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Posted August 22 Report Share Posted August 22 On my last shoot with Reds, they used a Raptor XL and the Komodo X. The Komodo X had a built in Ambient ACN card so it was just setting the ACN to the right channel and it all locked in with my Lockit+. The Raptor XL was a standard 5 pin Lemo in for timecode which also made things easy to plug in a lockit box. No more special cables that only get used once in a blue moon. A bit more love from Red at least on the timecode front. On the fan noise front there was no problems and all tracks were quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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