Do any of the VDSLRs have uncompressed HDMI feed? at DVinfo.net

Trip Gould · August 4th, 2009, 03:00 AM

I know I've read about some workarounds, and the potential upcoming ML hack to get a better HDMI feed from the 5DMKII, but do any of the current VDSLRs (or DSLRs, for that matter) have a high quality, uncompressed, HD output that can be captured by card or other external recorder to a quality codec (i.e. into ProRes or Cineform)? Obviously this adds complexity and cost to the capture process, but is it possible right now? Or is this something that will have to wait for a Canon update or the Nikon D7xx or...?

Thanks.

Bill Koehler · August 4th, 2009, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Trip Gould

... but do any of the current VDSLRs (or DSLRs, for that matter) have a high quality, uncompressed, HD output that can be captured by card or other external recorder to a quality codec (i.e. into ProRes or Cineform)? ...

Thanks.

Sad to say, but the answer is no.

Emmanuel Plakiotis · August 5th, 2009, 10:41 AM

There is a small possibility that the D300s has uncompressed HDMI out. I'm trying to find a concrete answer, but failed so far. Its not on the press material and no photo journalist cared to ask this very importand question. The general assumption is that if it's not mentioned as a feature, it's not possible. Personally I haven't lost all hope and wait for the first hands on review.

Tim Polster · August 5th, 2009, 11:13 AM

Kind of the whole ball of wax for me.

With a proper HDMI feed one could use a Nano Flash to get nice video and avoid anything audio from the camera.

Also would allow monitoring which is critical for HD work.

I called Canon a few weeks ago and had a discussion with the rep about this and he logged it as an official feature request.

I am not holding any breath but maybe...

Trip Gould · August 12th, 2009, 11:08 AM

Also, just to be clear, I was wondering if the live preview mode is FullHD prior to recording? Without pressing record, could you capture the continuously streaming live view feed over HDMI (just as you would send it to a monitor for preview) to a nanoFlash or similar? Or is the live view mode not robust enough to do real-time capture. It would be an interesting option if so, but only if the live view output is FullHD, of course. But a GH1 or 5D or K7 or D300s to a nanoFlash would be quite an impressive thing I would imagine.

August 4th, 2009, 03:00 AM	#1
Trip Gould Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 40	Do any of the VDSLRs have uncompressed HDMI feed? I know I've read about some workarounds, and the potential upcoming ML hack to get a better HDMI feed from the 5DMKII, but do any of the current VDSLRs (or DSLRs, for that matter) have a high quality, uncompressed, HD output that can be captured by card or other external recorder to a quality codec (i.e. into ProRes or Cineform)? Obviously this adds complexity and cost to the capture process, but is it possible right now? Or is this something that will have to wait for a Canon update or the Nikon D7xx or...? Thanks.

August 5th, 2009, 10:41 AM	#3
Emmanuel Plakiotis Major Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 344	D300s maybe? There is a small possibility that the D300s has uncompressed HDMI out. I'm trying to find a concrete answer, but failed so far. Its not on the press material and no photo journalist cared to ask this very importand question. The general assumption is that if it's not mentioned as a feature, it's not possible. Personally I haven't lost all hope and wait for the first hands on review.

August 5th, 2009, 11:13 AM	#4
Tim Polster Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 2,231	Kind of the whole ball of wax for me. With a proper HDMI feed one could use a Nano Flash to get nice video and avoid anything audio from the camera. Also would allow monitoring which is critical for HD work. I called Canon a few weeks ago and had a discussion with the rep about this and he logged it as an official feature request. I am not holding any breath but maybe...

August 12th, 2009, 11:08 AM	#5
Trip Gould Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 40	Also, just to be clear, I was wondering if the live preview mode is FullHD prior to recording? Without pressing record, could you capture the continuously streaming live view feed over HDMI (just as you would send it to a monitor for preview) to a nanoFlash or similar? Or is the live view mode not robust enough to do real-time capture. It would be an interesting option if so, but only if the live view output is FullHD, of course. But a GH1 or 5D or K7 or D300s to a nanoFlash would be quite an impressive thing I would imagine.