Many聽of your favorite mountain聽bike聽and ski flicks are shot with Red cameras. These high-end boxes produce gorgeous footage, but for a high price. The company's聽, for example, sells for nearly $70,000.
In an effort to broaden聽its聽market a bit more,聽Red聽just released a more affordable version,聽dubbed the , which costs $6,000 if you just buy the camera,聽no accessories included. This camera doesn't have the super-high resolution聽of Red's聽top-end offerings, but still delivers聽4K video at up to聽120 fps. With 16.5 stops of dynamic range, it can also produce stunning footage in variable light.聽
The camera body weighs just 3.5 pounds, making it ideal聽for run-and-gun adventure filmmakers, and petite enough for aerial drone work.聽
The Raven accepts virtually all of Canon鈥檚 still and cinema lenses, and you can get a full, ready-to-shoot rig, with handle and monitor,聽for about $10,000. That's certainly not cheap, but for amateurs looking to break into the pro photo ranks, it's a good deal more accessible than a normal Red.
$6,000,