I feel you may not have given much charity to my initial statement, but that's the internet so whatever.
It's economies of scale when it comes to cameras. RED family is most certainly on the higher end of cameras when it comes to all brackets of film production. Maybe Alexa is weapon of choice for most DPs, but some prefer the more buttery and filmic motion you get with an Epic Dragon (not me, I prefer the neutrality of the Alexa).
I'm betting my lunch that Ursa Mini (with a brand new, BM, custom built sensor) will do what the 5D did in 2008 for the indies. Test an Ursa original (old, factory 4k sensor) against a Dragon with the same glass and it's difficult for most to call out which is which. Given this will be a bigger and better sensor ... well south under 5k ... with all the fixed noise patterns rectified, I think it really could allow indies to flex.
It's economies of scale when it comes to cameras. RED family is most certainly on the higher end of cameras when it comes to all brackets of film production. Maybe Alexa is weapon of choice for most DPs, but some prefer the more buttery and filmic motion you get with an Epic Dragon (not me, I prefer the neutrality of the Alexa).
I'm betting my lunch that Ursa Mini (with a brand new, BM, custom built sensor) will do what the 5D did in 2008 for the indies. Test an Ursa original (old, factory 4k sensor) against a Dragon with the same glass and it's difficult for most to call out which is which. Given this will be a bigger and better sensor ... well south under 5k ... with all the fixed noise patterns rectified, I think it really could allow indies to flex.