DJI has dropped the price for the DJI Ronin 4D and also the RAW License, which enables internal ProRes RAW recording on the DJI Ronin 4D, to $1, from previously $979. In a surprise move, DJI has dropped the price of the RAW license that is required to record ProRes RAW video on the Ronin 4D (both 6K and 8K versions), to $1, from previously $979 (prices differed around the world obviously, it was €999 in Europe, and is now €1). Ronin 4D price drop At the same time, they have dropped the price of the Ronin 4D itself too: The 6K version now costs $4,999 (a $1,800 price drop), and the 8K version comes in at $9,999 (a $2,839 price drop). New pricing of the Ronin 4D at B&H. Screenshot of B&H website. With Adolescence, Netflix’s amazing mini series about a teenage murder that was entirely shot on Ronin 4D in elaborate long takes lasting entire episodes, the Ronin 4D is definitely finally hitting “mainstream” in high-end storytelling. Check out our article on Adolescence here. Speculation: are things around Nikon/RED’s “raw patent” evolving? We have no information why the price drop of that raw license comes now, but curiously, we see more “movement” around internal raw recording from camera manufacturers recently. As you might remember, RED, and now its new owner Nikon, holds a patent for in-camera compressed raw video recording. That patent was challenged before by several companies without luck, including Apple, and after Nikon taking legal action...
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