Odyssey7Q

[Rudy Wilms]

Is it possible to record 1920 x 1080 60p with the Odyssey7Q on the Sony PMW- F3?

[Jason Bagherian]

According to CD, yes.

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I want to know what that 'Record Clean Video' feature is. This looks very promising, and I think CD will make a lot of money from it, good luck to them.

And the price has come down.

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[Alister Chapman]

Yes it is possible. The F3 has to be set to 60i and then you take the A and B outputs as dual link SDI to the 7Q.

[Rudy Wilms]

Thanks Alister
What is the difference between the Gemini and the odyssey q7 for the Sony f3 then?

[Alister Chapman]

There is no compressed option on the Gemini, only uncompressed which is a shame, the Gemini is a great device otherwise. The Odyssey will be able to record compressed and uncompressed.

[Rudy Wilms]

Thanks Alister my new investment will be Odyssey7Q

[Ron Aerts]

Originally Posted by Alister Chapman

Yes it is possible. The F3 has to be set to 60i and then you take the A and B outputs as dual link SDI to the 7Q.

wil you get full frames every 1/60th of a second, so all lines?

[Cees van Kempen]

Originally Posted by Alister Chapman

There is no compressed option on the Gemini, only uncompressed which is a shame, the Gemini is a great device otherwise. The Odyssey will be able to record compressed and uncompressed.

They announced DNxHD on the Gemini in February 2012, to be deliverd in the 3rd quarter of last year. So I suppose they should actually deliver that as well....(?)

[Dennis Dillon]

Same question here.

[Andrew Stone]

Originally Posted by Alister Chapman

There is no compressed option on the Gemini, only uncompressed which is a shame, the Gemini is a great device otherwise. The Odyssey will be able to record compressed and uncompressed.

Hi Alister,

I thought C-D announced at some point within the past six months (or so) that they would be releasing a firmware update to the Gemini giving it DNxHD encoding capability. My assumption is this would occur sometime shortly after the DNxHD coding is done and through testing on the Odyssey.

[Andrew Stone]

One follow up question on the 1080p60 capability on the F3... To get S & Q 1080p60, I presume you would need to have the RGB 444 upgrade. Is this the case?

[Alister Chapman]

S&Q 60fps on the F3 is only 720p.

The only way to get 1080p60 is by setting the camera to 30i and then taking both of the A/B dual link outputs which will give you 60p dual link (2x 1.5G) The monitor and HDMI outputs remain at 30i. You do not need the dual link or RGB option for this, all versions of the F3 do this.

I don't know what happened to DNxHD on the Gemini.

[Mark Kenfield]

Originally Posted by Rudy Wilms

Thanks Alister my new investment will be Odyssey7Q

Unless you particularly want to be able to record uncompressed, or intend to use the 7Q with other specific cameras, you may want to consider saving yourself a fair bit of money and just opting for the Odyssey 7. It will offer the same compressed recording options as the 7Q, including 60p and 4:4:4 eventually (i.e. the highest output the F3 is capable of), and if you're not intending to update your F3 any time soon - I think the likelihood of NEEDING an external recorder is going to be far less of an issue with the next generation of high-end digital cinema cameras (they're a lot more likely to have high-quality internal recording options).

[Piotr Wozniacki]

For Odyssey 7Q FS700 Raw Option, does the camera only need the v.3 firmware or does it also need the HXR-IFR5 adapter?

[John Mitchell]

According to CD you only need the firmware upgrade - no additional hardware.
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