Mobile Uncompressed HD/SDI Capture Setup

Dave Perry · November 23rd, 2006, 08:36 PM

I'm posting a few stills I pulled from the initial review of footage. They are moderately compressed JPEGs so don't judge the HD/SDI quality based on them, but it'll give a good idea of lighting and color.

I'll have some footage to post next week.

Brian Findlay · December 7th, 2006, 02:43 PM

As a software engineer.. I get this.. I'm guessing their card has a large buffer, and up until this year almost everyone wrote their code with the capability of 32 bit address range. If you figure out 32^2, you figure out the maximum addressing possible within that range. That happens to be 4 GB, so their card has a big chunk of memory on it that is mapped into the range (probably 1GB), so anything over 2GB on the MAC couldn't be done (next increment over 2GB is 4GB..woops.. its out of the address range).

So they are probably rewriting their drivers to be 64 bit capable (just like everyone else in the industry).. then you have 64^2 address capability (I have no idea what this is, but its big).

Brian

Glenn Taylor · February 5th, 2007, 12:41 AM

Hi Dave, since you have been using this setup for over a month now could I trouble you for your thoughts on quality and whether the exercise was worth it.

Glenn

Dave Perry · February 5th, 2007, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glenn Taylor

Hi Dave, since you have been using this setup for over a month now could I trouble you for your thoughts on quality and whether the exercise was worth it.

Glenn

Hi Glenn,

Yes, it is most definitely worth it. The image quality is beautiful and our clients are quite impressed with the setup when they see it in action.

It also gives us another price point when quoting a job and allows us the potential to rent it out.

Brian Critchlow · February 10th, 2007, 01:32 PM

So how much more did you spend on this unit than the camera?
We have basically the same setup except we are using external sata raids instead of fiber channel.
It just irks me how much more support systems cost than the actual cameras.

Dave Perry · February 12th, 2007, 08:03 AM

Brian,

Support from Zotz is free if you buy from them. On the gear, I'd have to look at the records to see the total price but minus the camera, it was around 15K.

Brian Critchlow · February 12th, 2007, 11:32 AM

Sorry, I meant supporting systems for the camera, ie. computer, raid, matte box, controls, batteries, etc.

Mike Dunning · April 27th, 2007, 10:03 AM

Just giving this a bump to see if there is any new information or footage that can be shared, as I'm interested in this type of setup as well. :)

November 23rd, 2006, 08:36 PM	#16
Dave Perry Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 796	Screen Grabs I'm posting a few stills I pulled from the initial review of footage. They are moderately compressed JPEGs so don't judge the HD/SDI quality based on them, but it'll give a good idea of lighting and color. I'll have some footage to post next week. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Dave Perry Cinematographer LLC Director of Photography • Editor • Digital Film Production • 540.915.2752 • daveperry.net

December 7th, 2006, 02:43 PM	#17
Brian Findlay Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 40	reason for only 2GB DRAM As a software engineer.. I get this.. I'm guessing their card has a large buffer, and up until this year almost everyone wrote their code with the capability of 32 bit address range. If you figure out 32^2, you figure out the maximum addressing possible within that range. That happens to be 4 GB, so their card has a big chunk of memory on it that is mapped into the range (probably 1GB), so anything over 2GB on the MAC couldn't be done (next increment over 2GB is 4GB..woops.. its out of the address range). So they are probably rewriting their drivers to be 64 bit capable (just like everyone else in the industry).. then you have 64^2 address capability (I have no idea what this is, but its big). Brian

February 12th, 2007, 08:03 AM	#21
Dave Perry Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 796	Brian, Support from Zotz is free if you buy from them. On the gear, I'd have to look at the records to see the total price but minus the camera, it was around 15K. __________________ Dave Perry Cinematographer LLC Director of Photography • Editor • Digital Film Production • 540.915.2752 • daveperry.net

February 5th, 2007, 12:41 AM	#18
Glenn Taylor New Boot Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: perth west australia Posts: 12	Hi Dave, since you have been using this setup for over a month now could I trouble you for your thoughts on quality and whether the exercise was worth it. Glenn

February 10th, 2007, 01:32 PM	#20
Brian Critchlow Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 133	So how much more did you spend on this unit than the camera? We have basically the same setup except we are using external sata raids instead of fiber channel. It just irks me how much more support systems cost than the actual cameras.

February 12th, 2007, 11:32 AM	#22
Brian Critchlow Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 133	Sorry, I meant supporting systems for the camera, ie. computer, raid, matte box, controls, batteries, etc.

April 27th, 2007, 10:03 AM	#23
Mike Dunning New Boot Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 12	Just giving this a bump to see if there is any new information or footage that can be shared, as I'm interested in this type of setup as well. :)