Sound Devices PIX 240 ProRes/DNxHD Video Recorder with EPIC

[Matt Mayer]

Are there any pix units for rent in Chicago? I need a couple through the month of February. Please let me know if anyone has one or two... or three.

Kyle,

I would check with our Chicago resellers, GACC and Abel Cinetech:

http://www.sounddevices.com/resellers/us-midwest.htm

[Arturo Sánchez]

Talking about the Sound Devices PIX:
What about the screen quality? Can it be used as a field monitor?
I have used an Atomos Samurai once and the quality of the screen was really bad.

[Nate Clapp]

I would not use Pix240 screen for color or exposure judgement. only framing, and only if audio meters are not displayed as they overlay over top of frame. it is nice it has a screen, but it is not a useful monitor. no adjustments to the image except brightness. but considering everything else it does, eh, i'm not too upset.

[Jack Mosor]

I got one, it works great for offline format. Reads the epic's metadata and tc.

[kylebainter]

Talking about the Sound Devices PIX:
What about the screen quality? Can it be used as a field monitor?
I have used an Atomos Samurai once and the quality of the screen was really bad.

No, off angle viewing is horrible. For framing, it is OK, but I still wouldn't Count on it.

[A. Clint Litton]

I used the PIX on a low budget feature in Italy, and it essentially served as the director's monitor (we didn't have the budget or crew to manage a 17")...as a panel, it's far from the ideal (fairly washed out, no focus assist or exposure tools), but as a basic video tap / framing tool, it will suffice. One added bonus is the director/scriptie, etc can check playback without tying up the camera.

[Gaston Fazio]

hi thereL

We own 4 units here in HD HOUSE Miami

Call us!

[Evin Grant]

Here is a fully operational Epixa shooting rig that I built for a little test...



Cute huh? It's got prores/DNX-HD on board and is about the same size as a stock Alexa
It just uses a slightly modified Zacuto rail piece to connect the pix, very solid too, no problem for handheld etc.

[Peter Majtan]

Evin - how good is the resolution of the PIX240 screen? Could it be used as a focus-puller's monitor?

Cheers,

Peter

[Gaston Fazio]

Love it!
i'm only gonna add for numbers to it...... 2575

Congrats!