Tag Archives: Avid

ARRI Alexa DNxHD on Avid

ARRI Alexa cameras will record native Avid DNxHD as MXF files in-camera on SxS Cards. The downloadable Software Update Packet 6.0 (due January 2012) will enable Avid DNxHD codec data rates of up to 145Mbit/s (bit depth 8 bit) and 220MBit/s (bit depth 10 bit) to be supported in the initial release. Avid’s highest quality version of the codec, Avid DNxHD 444,… read more…

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Sony Spraycam NX70

We’re in Helsinki, Finland testing Sony’s new hostile environment HXR-NX70 camcorder at the 2011 Open European Sailing Championships. Sailors representing 50 countries are competing in pre-Olympic trials in conditions ranging from sweltering calm to 30 mph gusts and rain. If I had a truckload of new Sony NX70 cameras here on the dock I wouldn’t have to write this article–I could comfortably… read more…

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December 7: CineAlta User Group Meeting NYC

Sony CineAlta Production User Group, December 7, 2010 from 7 – 8:30pm at 550 Madison Avenue in the Sony Wonder Technology Lab HD Theater, entrance on the ground floor in the Annex. Refreshments will be served.  Click here to register. Agenda PMW-F3 camcorder The PMW-F3 is a new camera from Sony with Super 35mm size sensor, with LUT support, S-LOG with… read more…

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