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Joshua Starnes · April 27th, 2005, 11:03 AM

Not exactly - the Viper sends out a very large datastream over an HD-SDI cable (actually, it's 2, isn't it?) to whatever you want. Thompson makes a hard drive based HD VTR that you can record to (which I believe is also dockable with the camera itself, for steadicam work or something similar), but I've also heard of them being hooked up to the new Sony HDCAM SR decks.

Theoretically, you could hook the F950 up to record to hard drive as well, though I think for logistical purposes most stay with tape until post.

April 27th, 2005, 11:03 AM	#2
Joshua Starnes Major Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 352	Not exactly - the Viper sends out a very large datastream over an HD-SDI cable (actually, it's 2, isn't it?) to whatever you want. Thompson makes a hard drive based HD VTR that you can record to (which I believe is also dockable with the camera itself, for steadicam work or something similar), but I've also heard of them being hooked up to the new Sony HDCAM SR decks. Theoretically, you could hook the F950 up to record to hard drive as well, though I think for logistical purposes most stay with tape until post.