The Z-DR1 tape-less field recorder is a dockable unit designed
and manufactured by nNovia
for Hitachi professional cameras.
The unit can be used with the following current line of Hitachi
cameras:
The storage media employed are removable Hitachi 2.5 hard discs
packaged in a highly robust, portable and convenient package
referred to as Mediapac.
Hitachi hard discs are currently the most practical and lowest
cost high-density recording media on the market compared to Optical
and Solid-State.
Mediapacs are available with recording times between 3 to 9
hours. For those needing a Solid State alternative; these very same
Mediapacs are available in a Solid State version offering as
much as 3 hours of recording time.
The Z-DR1 records .AVI or .MOV file formats using DV25
compression. These are common file formats used by a large majority
of NLE (non-linear editing) software suites currently on the market.
Popular non-linear recorder features are provided :
Time lapse (animation) record
External Time Code input
Firewire and analog IOs
Camera VF video monitoring
The workflow advances made possible with the Z-DR1 are:
Tape-less digital recordings. Substantial savings in tape
stock and physical storage space.
Media re-purpose. Mediapacs can be used for any other data
storage purpose when not used with the Z-DR1.
No capturing or digitizing needed for use with an NLE.
No file transfers necessary as the audio and video can be
edited using the Mediapac directly connected to the NLE.
Low-cost convenient interface to laptop NLE PC via USB or
Firewire.
Scalable system by employing Mediapac Bays in larger
networked ingest servers as used in for example Broadcast News
departments.
The Z-DR1 avoids the complexities of other competitive recording
systems by making it extremely practical and simple to digitally
record and edit content with your Hitachi camera.
By leveraging existing IT-centric technologies, the Z-DR1 offers
professionally sought recording quality and features at unmatched
prices.
