“ We are very proud of developing new ground-breaking technology with a company of the caliber of Panasonic. Given the Nikon Z6 and Z7 will be capable of outputting a RAW signal to the Atomos Ninja V, it’s no real surprise that we saw Atomos and Panasonic announce that they are working on RAW over HDMI for the S1H. I would expect Atomos knew that this was all possible long before they ever announced ProRes RAW or the Ninja V. This is something that is unlikely to happen. Technically you could still do this without ProRes RAW but you would have to open up all of the processing on both ends to the other company involved. ProRes RAW makes it practical for separate companies to work together on RAW because it provides a framework that they can both use without giving away their own processing secret sauce. One thing is sure, this is probably only possible because Atomos is utilizing ProRes RAW. What this basically means is that they are just taking the pixels and re-arranging them. Atomos may be using a closed loop protocol with-in HDMI. I’m still not 100% sure how Atomos is doing this, but it is technically possible to output RAW over HDMI. Colors can be easily matched and the extra information means footage can be easily be manipulated in post-production, which is especially useful for grading and VFX shots. The maximum dynamic range, color accuracy, and detail are preserved, while at the same time every aspect of the video image can be controlled with precision for maximum creativity. Using ProRes RAW format keeps file sizes manageable, and easy to edit.Ītomos states that, Capturing Apple ProRes RAW video with the Ninja V unlocks complete control of the video image at the highest quality possible. Footage can then be decoded (debayered) and edited in the highest possible quality. When shooting is finished, the drive is removed and connected to a computer. This data is then repacked into the ProRes RAW format and recorded to a removable SSD drive in the Ninja V. The Nikon Z7 and Z6 cameras can output a stream of RAW data via a 4K HDMI cable to the Ninja V. You can download the firmware for the Ninja V here. My initial reaction to RAW over HDMI was What the? Atomos came up with a way of capturing the RAW video output from Nikon’s full-frame mirrorless cameras and recording that output in ProRes RAW to the Ninja V 4K HDR monitor/recorder. It has been a long wait, to say the least. ProRes RAW was originally announced just before NAB 2018, and RAW over HDMI was announced way back in January. I didn’t want to mess around with the color or images because I want you to see what you get out of the box. I haven’t done anything to the images except apply the LUT that Atomos suggested we use. I will do a full review at a later stage. We only got to spend about half a day doing some quick tests.
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