10 Reason Why I Bought a $40,000 Camera - RED Helium 8k Review 

Picking the winners at the end of August!!

Great video bro Now I want one!!!

Well done mate. deciding if I should get a RED or a Black Magic.. shooting a project soon. I like the color science of both ecosystems. I like the way you approach your videos.. simple and to the point! congrats on your new purchase by the way! cheers!

Been following you for awhile now on IG and you put out some of the best content I have ever seen! Currently shooting on the Sony FS5 II and just waiting till I can buy a RED! I would be stoked to come out to San Diego and learn from you since your content is some of my favorite! Keep killing it!

dream camera

Epic video Brother 📸👏🏼

Red: We shoot in 8K RAW Blackmagic: Hold my beer

Great insight man!

Awesome Video!

Great investment! Glad you're posting videos again. Keep them coming man!

Enjoying ur content and films dude, looking forward to more of it!

Digging the content!!!! Appreciate you sharing your knowledge with up and comers like myself. Keep up the work and awesome camera

Cool Video! Would love to get some tipps about using red cameras. I recently bought a Raven, which is not the level of the helium 8K, but I think there is still a lot to learn about the red workflow on set and in post. Thank you so much for your cool videos and stay creative :)

Great share. Thanks for the insight!

Dope video!!! I'm coming to SD soon. ( I USED TO LIVE THERE!) I'm buying a Red Komodo, and ordered a Sony a7s iii ...LET's MAKE MAGIC.

Whoa glad I stumbled on to your channel! 🔥 content man and awesome insight! Sub’d 💯

I'm not even a camera guy and that is awesome gear!

Nice write up

Can’t go to San Diego :( however super excited for the winner! Great content! Love the future mentality!

Epic!

She's cleannnnnn 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🎥🎥

Dude! I don't even take cool pictures but you make me want to 😋

I’m inspired!!!

Great Gear and congrats on the level up.

Nice video! Happy for you! Debating Red vs Arri mini LF. I feel like for the buck you pay you get a lot from Red.

go try the Sony a7s3, I was shocked how well the dynamic range compares with my scarlet-w which I sold 4 month ago. It has way better low light performance than any red, and the highlight recover is almost the same. if you love the red or arri color, with some adjustment in Davinci, you can get very close. This little mirrorless camera is belowing my mind, it can compete with c500mk ii c300 mkiii, BM ursamini g2, helium , and even has good chances with alexa mini LF. Don't get me wrong, I'm love my red, love the camera design, love the color, but the quality is always big trouble. I can NEVER shoot with only 1 red for any big project, simply not safe to do so. I had a really bad experience when shooting with 3 helium 8k in Africa, 7 days work, 2 of them failed at the first and the 3rd day, we have a c300 mkii as back up for the rest of the shoot, used it in any rough condition like heat/rain/dust long shooting. Because we so afraid to break the last red. We even hand held the camera box all the time during transport to prevent any big bump... I always feel canon/arri are the most reliable camera, red may not be that good, but didn't know red is so fragile. Also, the minimag fails very easy if you get any dust or moisture inside, even in clean studio environment. Its quality is probably one of the worst I ever used in my entire career. Hopefully Red can build their stuff that actually matching its price tag in the future, the $100 worth 480g minimag, the $60 4.7" monitor, and the slowest camera, that's very bad in the future. But I still believe the camera has the coolest looking and hand feeling, I just enjoy hold it even when Im not shooting... It's 2020 now, everyone is making high performance small Video cameras that has extremely high quality/performance and way cheaper price compar to these top end cinema cameras. Feel really like back the day when full frame DSLR became so cheap and popular, everyone can affort it. Cinema camera will have the same change, smaller video camera will perform colser and closer and force all top brands to either drop price to stay in the game or find another way out, like Leica, from a good tool to luxury goods.

Great video. About to shoot on Helium 8K for he first time, good to hear your review.

Easly would purchase this setup If I had the money

Hi Bradley! Great content, glad I found you! I have a question for you if you read this: did you find that owning this type of camera helped you landing some job? Also the other way: Do you often find yourself renting a different camera because they are not interested by a RED package? And they insist on say an Alexa or Canon EOS Cxxx ? The background for this question is that I am myself a VFX artist & supervisor, aspiring Cinematographer. I've shot a lot of GH5 & BMPCC stuff but while my work would start a conversation with someone, typically a producer of an indie feature or short, when they ask about" which camera I come with", usually saying a GH5 clearly kills some enthusiasm. Even if they did like the work 2 min prior! Or that I come with a crazy light kit. I find it frustrating but like one of your points says: maybe it's time to invest on myself. Hence looking for feedback like yours! Such a difficult choice hahah.

Dope video. But have you heard about the Ursa mini 12K. Blackmagic with another shocker

Id be curious on its review now considering the current state of its pricing and historical context on why its no longer being sold by red

I like 8k.

Sony A1 "hold my beer with this 8k talk"

bradley i dream of owning a red camera and i really wanna get one there absolutely amazing and awesome

Quality content! insane you only have 147 subs...make that 148 now I just subscribed :) about to invest in a Red Komodo myself so if I'm ever in San Diego I'll give you a shout!

I,m thinking about buying the helium this month do u think it’s a good camera for 8k 950 hrs

I like San Diego and cameras....

{slides into comments looking for some redplay} I’m in Pacific Beach and am a very well-mannered fondler of cameras 🙌

I would litterally fly out if i got a chance to win 😮

Im watching this video in 2024 and i haven’t seen a " red or similar " request in my emails for over a year and half. Seems like Sony is taking over the market. For now

Honestly the red naming convention is confusing AF. So this camera is called a red helium? I thought the sensor name was helium. E.g. a red epic with helium sensor, red epic with dragon sensor. Etc

lol…Just seeing this now and I’m in San Diego…😩😩😫😫…I’m also on the fence between a few dsmc2’s or a dsmc3

Hey can you make a video comparison of sony A1 8k footage and the red 8k footage. (not sure which red camera model has it) I am curious to see how they both compare and is the sony 8k really that good or its just a marketing gimmick.

damn that camera is like 5k used now sheesh

Also a bit rude of you because I come to San Diego all the time and you’ve never taught me how to shoot on it? Where’s my gift??

It is too bad I am too far from San Diego!

Helium review and video in 1080p seems legit..

What are the tax advantages of owning a 40k camera vs renting it? Does it work out better for you?

man, Used kits are like 7k now

I want second hand

And 2 years later it goes for 8k used...

Why is it bad for RU-vid videos?

Here is a comment let's see

I wouldn't like to sell my house to buy one...

Sorry but you can't teach me I am from India 😭😭

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