Video Assist computers FAQ - Wolf Seeberg Video

http://www.nebtek.com/proddetail.php?prod=1KIProClamshell
"Sarah Sher" sarahbsher@cox.net sarahbsher
Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:06 pm (PDT) sais:
I can answer a few questions about the Ki Pro:
For back up it's great and for short shows it's great, but for a long show doing
video assist on it, well, that will be a challenge. It's doable, just takes a lot of
attention. (I've done a couple 3 week shoots with no hiccups)
You have a choice to label the takes either by clip number or by scene numbers.
One issue it has is that it won't do double alphas.
When I use it, I also bring in my MacBook Pro with external hard drives and do
daily downloads of the Ki Pro footage.
On set, it's easy enough to call up and play back scenes shot that day, but when
asked to review a take that has already been dumped to my hard drive, I do one
of two things: either play back on my MacBook, or copy the scenes back on to
one of the Ki Pro drives.
new smaller version available in late 2010 –
http://aja.com/products/kipro/ki-pro-mini/ki-pro-minidescription.php
under $1,999 street price.
10 Bit 4:2:2 record/playback via user selectable ProRes codec
(Proxy through 422(HQ) Full front panel control surface, XLR
input with record level setting, headphone output. Records to
CF cards so total on-line record time will be limited based
on
selected codec quality setting. Can you say run & gun
recorder?? The Mini only accepts SDI/HDMI
inputs. No
composite
video or down converter.
AG-HMR10 Panasonics small HD recorder:
http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ModelDetail?displayTa
b=O&storeId=11201&catalogId=13051&itemId=370993&catGroupId=34402&surf
Model=AG-HMR10&gclid=CI_enYr9gJ4CFQgtawodDQUUqQ
Does not record at 24fps from external signals, only from companion camera.
EDIROL also new and cheap recorder
http://www.edirol.com/index.php/en/products-mainmenu-421/field-recording-
mainmenu-390/f-1
FS-H200 Pro Portable Compact Flash DTE Recorder
The all new FS-H200 Pro Portable Compact Flash DTE
Recorder brings ultra-reliable solid state acquisition with Direct
To Edit Technology to your DV or HDV camcorder. The
FS-H200 Pro allows you to view thumbnails and playback proxy
content, create and share MPEG4 proxy clips, assign clips to
folders with custom names during recording using the REELS
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