Epic module request...epic idea

[Zakaree Sandberg]

I know there was talks of a prores module at one point..id like to add onto this discussion a better idea.
Id love to see a module that can make any of the popular file formats or whatever you upload.

So the camera shoots 5k r3d files to the ssd media, and the module records, say...avid DNxHD 36 8bit to cf cards.

This of course, only if the camera cant dual write to the ssd card eliminating the need for an extra module.

[Jacek Zakowicz]

Knowing Red they have been on it already (just speculation- no inside info)

[Jeffrey T. Morgan]

Check this out:

http://www.atomos.com/samurai/

[Jacek Zakowicz]

If it only worked as advertised....
Anyway I think Zak meant R3D 5K files to various formats- not video assist signal- there is a major difference.....

[Curran Giddens]

http://www.sounddevices.com/products/pix.htm

[Stephen Pruitt]

Does the Epic (and RED MX for that matter), do a full deBayer before the HDMI signal output???

Stephen

[Zakaree Sandberg]

I think the hdmi out is a separate signal from the sensor...its not taking the raw image and turning it into 1080.
Theres different paths, one moves through the system to capture via r3d and tge other spits out a 1080 image

[Rich Schaefer]

You can kind of do that now with the Convergent Design "NanoFlash". It will record the HDsdi out of the camera to FCP, of Avid files.

http://www.convergent-design.com/Pro...6/Default.aspx

I have to say, a module would be very cool to eliminate cable issues...

Cheers,
Rich

[Tom.Wong]

no module is really needed, i guess the convenience of being able to slap it on as a actual piece of a camera rather than something dangling off. but I think a better recommendation would be to have RED or lobby to the companies that make external recorders to follow the way of the ki mini and retain all RED metadata including file name on the record via sdi, so you can have instantaneous offline files for editorial as you are shooting. lower debayer quality is of no consequence if it's just for editorial. If people want a "debayer" module to create instant fully debayered quicktimes, than that's a different story. and kind of defeats the purpose of shooting 5k raw... when you can just do that in post, and gain RAW manipulation and 5k re cropping if you need it. and it would probably incur a lot of people to not even shoot the r3ds and just go for the 1080p which RED has always been against...

[Bob Minervini]

yep, a module that does what the kimini would be great, less cables would be very practical. Red should get the module connectors diagram to other companies so that they can design custom modules.