Atomos has just recently released their new firmware update, AtomOS 9.11, for the Shogun Inferno external recorder. It is now capable of 5.7K ProRes RAW recording in combination with the Panasonic EVA1. The 5.7K Prores RAW Recording Ability with the EVA1 Only two months ago on the day of the announcement, we shared an interview with Atomos CEO Jeromy Young about the Apple ProRes RAW format and the new recording capability for that format in Atomos recorders with you. For more in-depth information, check out the interview and the accompanying article. Very simplified explanation: this new compression format fills the gap between regular ProRes and RAW and offers a good ratio between file size and grade-ability. 5.7K ProRes RAW out of Panasonic EVA1 Atomos now unveiled another new firmware upgrade, enabling more ProRes RAW functionality – AtomOS 9.11. (To be precise, Atomos first released AtomOS 9.1 but there were numerous issues with that update. Metadata from some lenses sent to the recorder caused the firmware to be unstable. The company quickly y pushed the fix, version 9.11). The firmware update was first released for the Atomos Sumo19 recorder, and after that, also for the popular 7.1″ Atomos Shogun Inferno recorder. When combined with the Panasonic EVA-1 camera, those updated recorders can now record the full sensor readout of 5.7K into Apple ProRes RAW and Prores RAW HQ video with up to 30fps over 6G SDI connection. They therefore make use of the full resolution and dynamic range of the EVA1...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 11 June, 2018