DVC Announces CineRAM 422 for Single-Link HD-SDI
August 25, 2004
Herrsching, GE - The CineRAM 422 recorder is now available from Baytech Cinema.
CineRAM 422 allows Varicam and other single-link HD-SDI camera users to capture uncompressed image data to computer-based storage, bypassing the need for expensive custom real-time disk recorders. In addition, CineRAM 422 provides a host of functions including immediate shot review, frame rate conversion, and test pattern signal generation.
CineRAM is a solution for uncompressed digital cinematography and advanced HD production. Until now CineRAM was only available with the dual-link 4:4:4 interface used by ultra-high-end Thomson Viper and Sony F-950 cameras.
The CineRAM 422 makes it possible to create a high-quality uncompressed digital feature film with no more than the CineRAM, a camera and a computer. Users simply record shots into the CineRAM 422 device. As it records, CineRAM 422 converts HDSDI video to standard image files. Automatically, frame files are uploaded from CineRAM to computer disk storage over a gigabit Ethernet connection.
At about five pounds, CineRAM 422 is small enough to be mounted to the camera, carried in a camera bag or attached to a Steadycam, boom or dolly. Incredibly rugged, CineRAM is entirely solid state making it well suited for the harshest environments. On the set, multiple CineRAMs can be networked with image archive servers. In the field, CineRAM can be connected directly to a laptop and images can be uploaded onto portable FireWire drives.
The CineRAM 422 also can function as an on-location frame rate converter. In Varicam mode, the CineRAM 422 captures only the unique frames and can play them out at standard rates, so it is possible to instantly rehearse off-speed takes, as well as save them out to standard decks or uncompressed DDRs.
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