Bypassing camera internal compression straight HD at DVinfo.net

John Gerard · November 3rd, 2010, 01:05 PM

Hi,
I saw an article on the Atomos Ninja HD HDD recorder. It used two Video camera type batteries and one or two hard drives, I can't remember. It look interesting. I have a Sony FX 7 HD camera that shoots 1440 x 1080 compressed HDV video. This device would allow me to record directly from the HDMI port on the camera. I am assuming it bypasses the compression? What do you think of this device and what other similar devices are out there? This device is not out yet. The price is slightly over $1000.00 USD.

John Gerard

Perrone Ford · November 3rd, 2010, 01:10 PM

There are numerous similar devices.

The Firestore uses a hard-drive but also records in HDV (no tape)

The AJA Ki Pro and Ki Pro Mini bypass the compression and record onto solid state devices in the Apple ProRes format in varying bit rates.

The Convergent Design Nanoflash bypasses the compression and record onto solid state using the Sony XDCam codec at varying bit rates.

Prices of these units range from about $900 - $3000k

There are more high end units available like the Wafian, the Codex, etc, but I don't think they have HDMI input which is really a consumer camera connection.

November 3rd, 2010, 01:05 PM	#1
John Gerard Major Player Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Berkeley, CA, USA Posts: 227	Bypassing camera internal compression straight HD Hi, I saw an article on the Atomos Ninja HD HDD recorder. It used two Video camera type batteries and one or two hard drives, I can't remember. It look interesting. I have a Sony FX 7 HD camera that shoots 1440 x 1080 compressed HDV video. This device would allow me to record directly from the HDMI port on the camera. I am assuming it bypasses the compression? What do you think of this device and what other similar devices are out there? This device is not out yet. The price is slightly over $1000.00 USD. John Gerard

November 3rd, 2010, 01:10 PM	#2
Perrone Ford Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 4,100	There are numerous similar devices. The Firestore uses a hard-drive but also records in HDV (no tape) The AJA Ki Pro and Ki Pro Mini bypass the compression and record onto solid state devices in the Apple ProRes format in varying bit rates. The Convergent Design Nanoflash bypasses the compression and record onto solid state using the Sony XDCam codec at varying bit rates. Prices of these units range from about $900 - $3000k There are more high end units available like the Wafian, the Codex, etc, but I don't think they have HDMI input which is really a consumer camera connection. __________________ DVX100, PMW-EX1, Canon 550D, FigRig, Dell Octocore, Avid MC4/5, MB Looks, RedCineX, Matrox MX02 mini, GTech RAID, Edirol R-4, Senn. G2 Evo, Countryman, Moles and Lowels.