The recent release of Red’s accessories for its digital and motion cameras have got us on a twist. And now, the company is again teasing us with this $28,000 DSMC that has got no release date on it. What a bummer.

The high-end Epic-X, which will be released in for stages, begins with a pre-production model dubbed as TATTOO. It ends with the wide-spread final release model.

The Epic-X has a new MYSTERIUM-x 5K sensor, 1080p at 1-60fps, increased dynamic range, reduced noise, time lapse, frame ramping and a new FLUT color science.

It also has these following specifications:

- Completely Modular System, each Module individually upgradeable

- Independent Stills and Motion Modes (both record full resolution REDCODE RAW)

- 5 Axis Adjustable Sensor Plate

- Multiple Recording Media Options (Compact Flash, 1.8″ SSD, RED Drives, RED RAM)

- Wireless REDMOTE control

- Touchscreen LCD control option

- Bomb-EVF, RED-EVF and RED-LCD compatible

- Multiple User Control Buttons

- Interchangeable Lens mounts including focus and iris control of electronic RED, Canon and Nikon lenses (along with Zoom data)

- “Touch Focus Tracking” with electronic lens mounts and RED Touchscreen LCDs

- LDS and /i Data enabled PL Mount

- Independent LUTs on Monitor Outputs

- Independent Frame Guides and Menu overlays on Monitor Outputs

- Monitor Ports support both LCD and EVF

- True Shutter Sync In/Out and Strobe Sync Out

- 720P, 1080P and 2K monitoring support

- Gigagbit Network interface and 802.11 Wireless interface

- 3 Axis internal motion sensor, built in GPS receiver

- Enhanced Metadata

- Full size connectors on Pro I/O Module. AES Digital Audio input, single and dual link HD-SDI

- Support for RED, most Arri 19mm, Studio 15mm, 15mm Lite, Panavision and NATO accessories

The Epic-X measures approximately 4 x 4 x 5.5 inches and weighs about six pounds or 2.72 kilograms.