Brand New OB1 onboard recorders

Rogue Element Digital is pleased to announce the UK arrival and use of S.twos brand new OB1 onboard recorder and workflow stations.

S.two has been shooting uncompressed and Arriraw now for a number of years and Rogue is delighted to be the UK supplier for rental of this new system.

Call or email now for a quote or demo.

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Daniel Mulligan

FD Times : Sony (8k) 4K camera system at NAB 2011

Credit to Jon Fauer Film and Digital Times (www.fdtimes.com) article re-posted by Rogue Digital March 2011 :

The bar has been raised again. Sony is planning to show the prototype of a new 4K motion picture camera at NAB 2011.

It doesn’t have a name yet, but instead of calling it the Next CineAlta Camera, let’s give it the working title of Cine Altissima. It is not a mere 4K motion picture camera. Behind the PL mount, there’s an 8K sensor: 8768 x 2324 pixel single CMOS sensor (that’s 20.4 Megapixels) — Super35 3-perf size, 16-bit RAW output, 16:8:8.

Altissima covers a wider color space than any other digital camera, and will include ACES Film Emulation.

In normal mode, the new Sony 4K camera will shoot from 1-72 fps. In HFR (High Frame Rate) mode, it will go from 1-120 fps.

A 1 TB Memory Card recording at 24 fps will store about an hour of “footage.” A dockable SR Memory Card Recorder can attach to the camera for recording directly to an SR Memory Card of 256 MB, 512 MB or 1 TB. I imagine that other recording options will become available, both onboard as an accessory digital “magazine,” and tethered by cable in a separate case. Debayering for instant viewing or playback will be available with external real time hardware.

Altissima has the familiar look, in prototype form, of a high end motion picture camera: hints of F35, Arricam Studio or Panaflex Millenium. Power will be dual 12 volt; consumption is expected to be less than a Sony F35.

What does the image look like? The pictures from the prototype, on a large 4K monitor, were stunning. Rich blacks, incredible detail, superbly sharp. I’m guessing the native ISO sensitivity is around 800-1000 — just quick speculation in a dark test room and a tabletop set.

I think what makes this new camera possible is the fact that Sony manufactures the five secret sauces essential to practical 4K: sensor, storage, software, station, and screening. Sony makes the 8K sensor that subsamples to 4K. That’s a significant amount of headroom; higher resolution from this sensor might be seen in the future. Storage: Sony makes the SR Memory Cards–they have an impressive 5 Gbps sustained data rate. Station: Data from the SR Memory Card is downloaded, cloned, and copied via Sony’s SRW-5800/2 deck. Software: Sony announced that Avid, Final Cut Pro and other major editing systems will handle all this. Finally, Sony’s 4K digital projectors have been installed in more than 7500 theaters worldwide.

Sony’s new Cine Altissima camera has the potential to be the big breakthrough into practical 4K production. This isn’t the trickle of traditional workflow. This is the floodgates opening.

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Kit in India for Arriraw workshop

Alexa camera with OB1 on top shooting Arriraw.

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Arriraw Testing in India Feb 26th 2011

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In Hyderabad in India now showing Arriraw to the great and good. They are loving our workflow and right now ordering us to supply kit for upcoming Features.

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S.two V3 support Feb 2011

February 4, 2011

AVAILABLE NOW!

The v3.0 release for ARRIRAW T-LINK on the ALEXA camera is fully supported by S.two. We are pleased to confirm that all OB-1TM on-board recorders can record all versions of UNCOMPRESSED ARRIRAW.

A simple software update provides full RAW recording support, real-time visualization, and playback. No hardware modification is necessary.

S.two was the first manufacturer certified for ARRIRAW T-LINK, and OB-1’s are in use around the world with ALEXA and D-21 in RAW. OB-1 supports sync timecode and remote stop-start from the camera head for full integration of a RAW/DTE 'dual record' workflow.

Easy to use uncompressed workflow, supporting all Alexa modes including high speed and RAW, is completed with the S.two FlashDock. It features real-time playback of full raster RAW under edit control, high speed transfers of uncompressed .ARI V3 files, and available archive to uncompressed LTO. S.two has become the worldwide leader in uncompressed recording and workflows with customers in 22 countries.

Rogue Digital is the UK supplier for all S.two uncompressed workflow solutions for bot Arriraw and 10bit DPX recording.

Call 07866 447564 for full details.

S.two 400mb/s Flashport 2011

S.two announces FlashPort I Transfer Station for FlashMag™

In response to requests for a low-cost, high performance transfer station for files captured on FlashMag solid-state magazines, S.two has introduced the FlashPort I. Capable of moving DPX and .ARI (Arriraw) files at speeds up to 400 Mbytes/sec, FlashPort I uses an industry-standard Fibre Channel interface and comes complete with host software and an optional host bus adapter (HBA) and cable for seamless integration into popular Linux, Mac and Windows workstations. The Linux version is available immediately, with the Mac version scheduled for release in January 2011 and the Windows version in February.

Rogue Element Digital is now the sole UK supplier of OB1 and S.two digital film making equipment. Call 07866 447564 now for full workflow and kit supplies.