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For anyone looking to do something similar a suitable harvesting product is this Allied Vision industrial camera that uses the same Kodak CCD. They are also long since defunct of course but are available on eBay. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284133056331 I think the price seemingly on the high side is probably reflective of people looking to do a DIY Digital Bolex too but when you consider that a used D16 is not easy to come by and is well north of £5K then for someone determined enough this route is something of a relative bargain. Pi 5 and its eco-system have now matured sufficiently to be able to handle the Allied Vision software in the intervening years so it’s definitely viable as a DIY project. Not trivial of course but viable.

The recreation of the Digital Bolex that David Bross (of the Digilog camera app) has been working on is now functioning. He's got help from Joe Rubinstein from the original Digital Bolex company. It sounds like he'll have two of them to be used by filmmakers to test it out. https://www.cined.com/david-bross-digital-bolex-rebuild-reaches-working-prototype-kodak-ccd-raspberry-pi-5-free-loaner-units-planned/

It seems RED SDK beta 9.3.0 released in 9th of September has this line: Added: trim support for R3D NE. Hopefully it’s not long until both Resolve and RedCineX Pro include this SDK🙂

These days middle-of-the-road is really good, FWIW. I sounded more pessimistic there than I meant to. 😄 The difference in DR between a mediocre modern camera and a good one is only a stop or two and the good one is usually only a stop or so off from an Alexa. But yeah - 18-22ms of rolling shutter when at full sensor width 16/17:9 will be noticeable, but IMO usually not overly offensive. 25ms in open gate starts to get into noticeable even by someone who isn't looking for it. But hey, it's still better than the $15,000 Eterna 55 with d-range on or in the 5.8k or 8k modes... a lot better than the 36mm wide 8k mode (around 32ms). I talked myself into a Pyxis 12k at the current sale price. Will be selling my E2-S6G soon to make myself feel better about adding another camera. RS and DR on it are both very good in the 8K mode which is how I'll be using it most of the time. Autofocus with EF lenses adapted to L mount is... well, it's a beta. 😅

Agree and if they ever come out with a longer option such as a 70mm or even am 85mm and manage to keep it f2/2.5, they would make for a great little set. 20/40/70 would be really superb! They make less sense if you are already invested in the f1.8’s which are hardly large and pretty light.

Nothing wrong with ZR dynamic range IMO, and highlights look good too. With NRaw ETTR just below clipping point is needed, but with R3D NE exposing correctly by false color works well. Just get Cinematools false color LUT to ZR, make your own in Resolve or use Parallax Monitor app. The ZR is no pocket 4P with DLog2 DR wise, but pocket 4P IQ still does not look even closely as nice as ZR, and guess which one breakes sooner in very low light. The pocket 4P IQ as a gimbal camera is still nice step up from earlier oversharpened stuff and does not look bad when mixed with raw shot with ZR and Z6iii. Have not used RedCineX much after discovering it does not support R3D NE trim save either.