Thanks for the very useful post! Regarding the "AC Power" indicator, I understand that shows up with any external 12V battery which is not the RED brand battery, due to some proprietary battery data protocol. In other words, maybe the PAG batteries are not 100% compatible with regards to the data chip inside the battery?
I tested a Red with firmware #12 last month. Normally I used the back button but I'm almost sure that both front and back record buttons worked normally on that camera, so I wonder if it is a firmware thing?
Everyone has their own way of measuring dynamic range. The 11+ stops figure is a "total" dynamic range, and for most people would not be considered a "useful" operating dynamic range. That said, the DNR of the monitor video image does not do justice to what you can get out of the raw file in post. From my viewpoint that's the biggest difference between Red and the various video cameras I've used.
With video, it's what you see is what you get... you can do post work but the image quality drops if it wasn't exposed perfectly to begin with. With Red, you HAVE to do some post work, but the image quality goes up, relative to what you saw in the viewfinder.
