best external recording media?

[Ben Koning]

Oh, I should add one thing: You will have to set up a delay (I'm using 125 milliseconds, is everyone else using the same?) in the PIX 240's setup menu to compensate for the fact that the SDI output from the camera is a delayed, so if you are using the PIX's audio inputs they otherwise won't be in sync. The PIX has a mode where the audio OUTPUT is not delayed; however, and that is what you listen to in your headphones (else you'd go crazy). Very well-thought out product.

 

[rod bradley]

I would second all the endorsements of the Pix 240. If you need instant "dailes" or a hi-quality immediately editable prores or DNxHD file, it does the job, and can even serve in a pinch as a director's monitor. I've got an early one, it's been flawless. The new version has an even better screen.

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

The blackmagic is so affordable that it was an easy buy for me.

 

[R. Gonzales]

Try setting your video out of the brain to 59.97, that will probably work.

Good luck.

Hello Everyone,

I have a ninja 1 but can't succeed to have a video feed when connected to the Scarlet. It's working fine with other cameras. Can someone help me?

Thanks!

 

[Nick Gardner]

I went with the Ki pro mini over the Pix240 because I feel like it is a better form factor. It can merge pretty seamlessly with the camera.

Nick

 

[Bob Gundu]

I bugged them about it a couple of days ago and they're working on it now. They were waiting to get a red camera for testing.

any news on matching filenames firmware update (offline-online)?

 

[Miguel Gallagher]

I really wish they would make a ninja or Samurai that has both hdmi and hd-sdi. Then I could use mainly the sdi feed but it would still work on my D800. But I guess I am just dreaming. I have used the ninja on a long shoot and it was fine as long as there was no movement. Unfortunately we had the hdds as opposed to the ssds and we lost some footage from our action sequences.

I am definitely going to have a look at the pix240.

 

[Bob Gundu]

I really wish they would make a ninja or Samurai that has both hdmi and hd-sdi. Then I could use mainly the sdi feed but it would still work on my D800. But I guess I am just dreaming. I have used the ninja on a long shoot and it was fine as long as there was no movement. Unfortunately we had the hdds as opposed to the ssds and we lost some footage from our action sequences.

I am definitely going to have a look at the pix240.

Thats what the connect convertors are for:

http://www.atomos.com/connect/

 

[Miguel Gallagher]

Bob, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! That makes me very excited indeed! I cannot believe that no-one up until now seemed to know about this. I obviously didn't research their webste enough.

 

[Gunleik Groven]

Pix....

 

[Paramon Ivanovich]

I like the assurance of having some sort of backup when shooting my RAW footage. I always shoot to both.

I see, for the backup purpose I'll probably get one too,
thx Bob;

 

[Marq Lee]

So here's the verdict... (In order of votes, based on this discussion)

1) Pix 240: 10 votes
2) Samurai: 2
3) Ninja: 2
4) Ki Pro: 2
5) Nano: 1
6) Black Magic: 1

Gonna rent the Pix for this automotive web viral project. Then make the purchase based on our experience. Thanks for the insight fellas.

Marq

 

[James Sielaff]

So here's the verdict... (In order of votes, based on this discussion)

1) Pix 240: 10 votes
2) Samurai: 2
3) Ninja: 2
4) Ki Pro: 2
5) Nano: 1
6) Black Magic: 1

Gonna rent the Pix for this automotive web viral project. Then make the purchase based on our experience. Thanks for the insight fellas.

Marq

Well, thanks for returning your experiences.