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An integrated 2.9” LCD allows for simplified control and image preview in compact setups. For more precise monitoring,
KOMODO-X supports the DSMC3 7” Touch LCD which provides a daylight viewable, high-resolution, camera top
monitor and control solution without the mess of cables.
IP CONNECTED
KOMODO-X is a powerful platform for any IP based workflow, from Virtual Production to Live Broadcast. With
integrated USB Type-C connection and built-in Wi-Fi, remotely control the camera using RED Control or RED Control
Pro, as well as IP media offloading using FTPS or in-camera Cloud Uploading functionality. In addition, KOMODO-X
supports frame-accurate PTP synchronization or tri-level genlock sensor sync with the ability to offset on the fly to
support multi-camera LED volume productions.
KOMODO-X also supports RED Connect, a licensed feature that allows for live broadcasting of 6K images directly from
the camera over IP, expanding RED’s cinematic imagery into boundless new uses.
QUICK REFERENCE
Refer to the Quick Reference section to get familiar with this guide and the camera.
R3D FILE FORMAT AND REDCODE
All videos and frames are recorded to the R3D
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file format. 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 proprietary REDCODE
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RAW compression, then stored to media.
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 innovative recording technique promotes flexibility in RGB color processing. It allows you to
defer color correction to post-production, or to adjust the image color in the field, without changing the recorded RAW
data image quality or dynamic range.
REDCODE is a compression codec that reduces R3D RAW files down to a manageable size, allowing the media to
record longer. The ability to compress RAW data is one of the significant technological advances that RED has brought
to the motion picture industry.
GLOBAL SHUTTER
This camera employs global shutter technology. This technology exposes all of the sensor's pixels in each frame
simultaneously, unlike a rolling shutter that exposes lines of pixels (each with a delay) causing image artifacts on fast-
moving objects. Global shutter technology not only improves the visual appearance of this camera's images, it also
eliminates tracking and matte-painting distortions during post production.
IMAGE PROCESSING PIPELINE
This camera uses RED's Image Processing Pipeline 2 (IPP2). In IPP2, the advanced RED color space
(REDWideGamutRGB) allows the camera to use every color that the sensor can generate up to the clipping threshold.
Then the camera encodes the image using Log3G10, a gamma curve that retains extreme highlight and shadow detail.
Using the advanced color space and gamma curve, RED IPP2 allows you to grade and make color adjustments in post-
production, instead of in-camera. IPP2 also allows the camera to use a CDL for grading. For more information about
IPP2, refer to the RED IPP2 support page.
SHOOT FOR VIDEO AND STILLS
High resolution video, such as the digital footage captured by the camera, has surpassed the detail necessary to
produce professional full-sized prints. Because the camera is able to record RAW video at high frame rates and
resolution, this camera is ideally suited to capture video and still images simultaneously while still preserving the full
flexibility that RAW still photographers have come to expect.
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KOMODO-X
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OPERATION GUIDE
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