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I took your questions to Jon Thorn, the Product Manager for Key Pro and he kindly has provided the following answers.

Q: I assume there is no V-mount or Anton Bauer mount on the underside of the Ki Pro to attach a battery to?

A: Ki Pro does not have a V-mount or Anton Bauer battery mount attached to it. Instead, Ki Pro uses an industry standard 4-pin XLR style connector which allows you to use Ki Pro with a wide variety of batteries directly or via adapters.

Q: And how about a small, inexpensive wired controller, would there be such a thing?

A: In a free future firmware update, Ki Pro's LANC connectivity will be enabled; LANC will allow you to use inexpensive, wired controllers to arm the recording of both the camera and Ki Pro.

Q: Are you guys really expecting that everyone who buys a Ki Pro will be running things on an Apple computer, the Mac OS, and editing video using Final Cut?

A: No. We appreciate that there are a variety of non-linear editing programs to choose from, but we wanted to create a product that worked seamlessly with the most popular non-linear editing software on the market, Final Cut Pro. Since Apple provides QuickTime decoders for Windows, it is possible to open the Apple ProRes 422 files on that platform as well.

Q: Does the Ki Pro handle Pal recordings as well, like 25p, 50i, and 50p?

A: Yes, Ki Pro works with PAL and HD formats at 50Hz like 720p 50 and 1080i 25.

Q: Lastly, what size are the spinning and solid state hard drive cartidges that you sell for the Ki Pro, and what are their list prices?

A: Ki Pro ships with one 250GB spinning drive. Additional 250GB Storage Modules can be purchased for U.S. MSRP $265 - so just over $1 per GB. The forthcoming 500GB spinning Storage Module will be priced at U.S. MSRP $385. Solid State technology is a bit more expensive and in most cases, the spinning mechanisms are suitable. But for high vibration and harsh conditions, SSD units might be better suited. The forthcoming 128GB SSD is priced at U.S. MSRP $695 and the 256GB SSD is priced at $1,395.

Q: Can the hard drive also be connected to a PC via an eSATA cable, or only via a FireWire cable?

A: At this time, the only certified way to connect the Storage Modules to a computer is via FireWire, but we won't rule out that in the future there will be the option to connect them via the SATA interface.

Hope this helps answer you questions. If you have additional questions you can always contact sales@aja.com for more information.

It is our pleasure to present these videos to you!

I took your questions to Jon Thorn, the Product Manager for Key Pro and he kindly has provided the following answers.

Q: I assume there is no V-mount or Anton Bauer mount on the underside of the Ki Pro to attach a battery to?

A: Ki Pro does not have a V-mount or Anton Bauer battery mount attached to it. Instead, Ki Pro uses an industry standard 4-pin XLR style connector which allows you to use Ki Pro with a wide variety of batteries directly or via adapters.

Q: And how about a small, inexpensive wired controller, would there be such a thing?

A: In a free future firmware update, Ki Pro's LANC connectivity will be enabled; LANC will allow you to use inexpensive, wired controllers to arm the recording of both the camera and Ki Pro.

Q: Are you guys really expecting that everyone who buys a Ki Pro will be running things on an Apple computer, the Mac OS, and editing video using Final Cut?

A: No. We appreciate that there are a variety of non-linear editing programs to choose from, but we wanted to create a product that worked seamlessly with the most popular non-linear editing software on the market, Final Cut Pro. Since Apple provides QuickTime decoders for Windows, it is possible to open the Apple ProRes 422 files on that platform as well.

Q: Does the Ki Pro handle Pal recordings as well, like 25p, 50i, and 50p?

A: Yes, Ki Pro works with PAL and HD formats at 50Hz like 720p 50 and 1080i 25.

Q: Lastly, what size are the spinning and solid state hard drive cartidges that you sell for the Ki Pro, and what are their list prices?

A: Ki Pro ships with one 250GB spinning drive. Additional 250GB Storage Modules can be purchased for U.S. MSRP $265 - so just over $1 per GB. The forthcoming 500GB spinning Storage Module will be priced at U.S. MSRP $385. Solid State technology is a bit more expensive and in most cases, the spinning mechanisms are suitable. But for high vibration and harsh conditions, SSD units might be better suited. The forthcoming 128GB SSD is priced at U.S. MSRP $695 and the 256GB SSD is priced at $1,395.

Q: Can the hard drive also be connected to a PC via an eSATA cable, or only via a FireWire cable?

A: At this time, the only certified way to connect the Storage Modules to a computer is via FireWire, but we won't rule out that in the future there will be the option to connect them via the SATA interface.

Hope this helps answer you questions. If you have additional questions you can always contact sales@aja.com for more information.