Hey Mjay. Yes, this was shot with the Canon 5D Mark II. The audio is recorded via Sennheiser wireless to an external audio recorder and synced in post. There was a bit of drift if you watch closely. The recorder was the Edirol R-09HR. Overall, I'm please with the results.

Nice!

Who's working the camera hooked up to that monitor? LOL.

@phoric - someone was trying to "break" the codec with heavy motion. With certain codecs, motion can cause extreme blockies-especially in scenes with a lot of small detail (like trees). The footage you're seeing was recorded and is playing off a nanoFlash. Cool to see it a reality.

Hello Guy: I've had a XDR for many months now and wish I'd never bought it. I feel sorry for the people who think they'll buy a Nano and it will work properly.

I see AJA has come out with a really professional looking recorder: Ki Pro. I bet it works properly. It looks like they thought thru major issues with the design by what I've seen, but with my experience with the XDR I'll wait to buy another recorder until its proven.

Since you're right down the road from Eugene, I invite you to come demo my XDR with my HDX900 and see what time code issues come up when you load the files into FCP. The XDR does some strange things with TC and can stop recording from unknown reasons.

I noticed at the DVinfo site that C-D states the HDMI input connection does not work, but in your interview Mike says the opposite. What's the answer? Yet another upgrade!

Ha, I learned a new phrase today! "Bleeding Edge..." yes, Bleeding Edge.

Thanks Guy, you are wonderful!

Just received this email - Comments? Should I buy one to test out here for Vimeo?!

(Colorado Springs, CO, May 7, 2009) Convergent Design announced today a $2,995 MSRP price for the highly anticipated nanoFlash, which will ship in June, now with analog audio I/O. nanoFlash is the world’s smallest, lowest-power professional HD/SD recorder/player creating visually lossless Quicktime or MXF files stored on affordable Compact Flash media.



The diminutive (4.2x3.7x1.4” / 107x94x36 mm) nanoFlash easily mounts on any professional camera, adding less than 1 lb (400 grams) additional weight. The very low power consumption of less than 6 Watts assures long battery life, while the very wide power input range of 6.5 to 19.5V makes nanoFlash compatible with most power sources.



nanoFlash utilizes the very high quality XDCAM HD 422 CODEC (from Sony) at 50/100 Mbps (Long-GOP) or 100/140/160 Mbps (I-Frame-Only). Quicktime and/or MXF files can be played/edited in Avid, Final Cut Pro, Edius, Vegas and Premiere (restricted usage) without transcode or re-wrap. HD/SD-SDI and HDMI I/O ports support 1080p30/25/24, 1080i60/50 and 720p60/50 video formats. nanoFlash can also be used as an HD/SD-SDI to HDMI or HDMI to HD/SD-SDI converter.



nanoFlash records embedded audio over HD/SD-SDI or HDMI. Users can optionally input analog audio (stereo unbalanced line, stereo unbalanced mic or one balanced mic) via the 3.5 mm jack recently added. Audio monitoring is available via a headphone output. All audio is recorded at 24-bit, 48KHz sampling.



Two Compact Flash slots (32GB CF cards are US $75) provide 80 minutes of 100 Mbps record/playback time without touching the hot-swappable cards. Video can be played directly off the CF cards using a FW-800 reader (attached to your NLE) or transferred at 3X to 6X faster than real-time to your hard-drive.



Utilizing the same CODEC technology as Flash XDR, nanoFlash is capable of video quality compatible with D-Cinema movies and very high-end cameras, including Thomson Viper. nanoFlash can be used for a wide variety of applications, including tapeless recording, presentations, POV/field recorder, SDI switcher recorder, and video assist among others. The small size and lightweight makes nanoFlash ideal for skydivers, underwater video, 3-D, racing, jet planes, helicopters, medical and virtually anyplace high quality recording and/or playback of HD/SD video/audio is required.



The nanoFlash is scheduled to ship in June with a list price of $2,995.



More information including sample MXF and Quicktime files, a comprehensive FAQ and photos can be found at convergent-design.com



Michael Schell
Convergent Design
4465 Northpark Dr. #400
Colorado Springs, CO 80907 USA
Tel: ++720 221-3861
Fax: ++720 227-9296
mike@convergent-design.com

Dan M. Keaton
Director of Sales and Marketing
Convergent Design
803-278-0941 (USA - Eastern Time Zone)
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706-294-4091 Cellular Phone
dan@convergent-design.com