Kinefinity removes CinemaDNG codec from MAVO LF, MAVO 6K, and TERRA 4K on the current camera line, and the company also drops the planned KRW2.0 codec. Furthermore, the upcoming MAVO Edge 8K will not implement ProRes RAW at first. Kinefinity will focus on ProRes444 and XQ codecs. The Chinese camera manufacturer Kinefinity is working on delivering the new MAVO Edge 8K camera. In the meantime, the company announced that they remove the CinemaDNG codec and other compressed raw codecs from its cameras. What happened? Kinefinity Removes CinemaDNG from Its Cameras On March 1, 2021, Kinefinity posted the following statement on its social media accounts: Starting from March 1, 2021, Kinefinity removes CinemaDNG codec from MAVO LF, MAVO 6K, and TERRA 4K on the current camera line, also drops the planned KRW2.0 codec, for the well-known reason in the industry. While the company does not state why exactly they did this. The “well-known reason” most likely has something to do with RED Digital Cinema and their “REDCODE” patent for compressed raw video recording. Basically, if a camera company wants its cameras to record compressed raw, RED can decide whether or not they will allow it for a license fee. Most companies, like Kinefinity now, decide to remove the option from their firmware. Blackmagic Design, for example, evaded RED’s patent by modifying the Blackmagic RAW codec a bit. BRAW gets partially de-bayered in-camera already and, therefore, is not by definition a pure compressed raw codec anymore. Another example would be the SIGMA...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 2 March, 2021