Pix 240 and AF-100

OKCPicker

OKCPicker

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Thinking of purchasing the Sound Devices Pix 240 external 10 bit recorder. I just discovered that the AF-100 does not send 1080p out of SDI - it will send 1080i though.. The Pix 240 will do a conversion to allow 1080p recording from the 1080i output but this concerns me. Does anyone have an opinion on the quality loss if any or does anyone have personal experience with the Pix 240?

I've pretty much settled into recording at 1080p for about 90% of my work.
 
I don't know how the 240 does it but the AF100 does output 1080p in a 1080i stream and Atomos Samurai does 1080i to 1080p on the fly when recording if you like. Maybe the same function in the 240?
 
No worries. The output stream is 60i (48i if PsF is on) but the fields are proper progressive fields and the recorder reconstructs the 1080P signal. No actual temporal inlacing artifacts. Picture is perfect.
 
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The unit should answer several needs regarding the work I do. The reference monitor and the high quality audio recording capabilities are high on the list in addition to 10 bit recording. Would love to hear about personal experiences or reviews on the Pix 240. When I go to push the "Order Now" button, concerns about what I am really purchasing enter my head. The goblins of fear are standing at the periphery of my thoughts. Just a few years ago, I thought nothing of spending $2,700 for a used, clunky PVV-3 recorder for my Betacam.
 
I'm a fan of the PIX240, much more so than the Ki Pro mini, but the monitor is in need of firmware updates quickly. It is way too cold, has no focus assist functions or markers that I could find.
 
Dumb question over here - would a Pix or Samurai help defeat the issue with blown highlights? Or is that a sensor issue?
 
LOL fair point! But what about those 'looking into the sun with a halo of light behind the beautiful subject and some tasty lens flare, ooh-look-I've-got-a-5D' shots? And don't tell me to get a 5D, not interested!
 
An external recorder would have zero to do with highlights.

To control highlights on an AF100, step one is to not overexpose. But if you've got no choice and you're going to overexpose, you can drastically reduce the color shift in highlights by choosing cine-D gamma and dropping your color saturation (chroma level setting) as far as you can stand it. Using cine-D, norm1 matrix, and a chroma level of -7 will substantially expand the range of highlights before any chroma clipping occurs.
 
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