Video Devices PIX-E Series Recorders now make it possible to simultaneously record a 10bit 422 4K Pro Res HQ file to the PIX-E Series Speed Drive and a HD H.264 file to the PIX-E Series SD Drive. Previously if we wanted to record anything 10bit we couldn’t record a copy.
Needless to say this is a major step forward for anyone who wants to take advantage of 10bit recording with any Panasonic camera that outputs a 10bit signal from it’s SDI or HDMI port. 10bit has big advantages, it has much more information than 8bit, the following explains this better than I can.
“An 8-bit camera outputs pictures where the RGB values are quantized to one of 256 levels, whereas a 10-bit camera quantizes to one of 1024 levels. Considering that there are three color channels, this means that an 8-bit camera 24 bits per pixel and can represent any of 16,777,216 discrete colors. A ten-bit camera can represent any of 1,073,741,824 colors – that’s over a billion”.
The above is great news for all of us that own a Video Devices PIX-E Series 4K Recorder Monitor or any one that is thinking of buying one; the H.264 copies are excellent back up recordings and can also be used by clients to review your work immediately after the shoot.
Needless to say this is a major step forward for anyone who wants to take advantage of 10bit recording with any Panasonic camera that outputs a 10bit signal from it’s SDI or HDMI port. 10bit has big advantages, it has much more information than 8bit, the following explains this better than I can.
“An 8-bit camera outputs pictures where the RGB values are quantized to one of 256 levels, whereas a 10-bit camera quantizes to one of 1024 levels. Considering that there are three color channels, this means that an 8-bit camera 24 bits per pixel and can represent any of 16,777,216 discrete colors. A ten-bit camera can represent any of 1,073,741,824 colors – that’s over a billion”.
The above is great news for all of us that own a Video Devices PIX-E Series 4K Recorder Monitor or any one that is thinking of buying one; the H.264 copies are excellent back up recordings and can also be used by clients to review your work immediately after the shoot.