We've mentioned that Sony's to 4K on FS700 wo not be cheap and the only other 4K recorder currently on the market is $4000. it catches lot of attention.. Convergent Design, makers of nanoFlash and Gemini recorders, has just announced Odyssey7. The Odyssey7 starts off Zebras, Histogram, Vectorscope, Focus Assist, False Color, Timecode Display and Audio Level Meters, and Pixel mode. Where it jumps ahead of the rest is the inclusion fully built-in recorder. Convergent Design has gone unique route in making monitor with recorder that can be unlocked.. For extra charge you can purchase or rent license to unlock recording options for compressed, uncompressed and various flavors of RAW. Dear Friends, We expect to make some FS700 owners real happy.. However you want to read that, I'll take it to mean that Odyssey7 will work with FS700 as some form of 4K recorder. By combining your monitor and recorder into one device, will it be more cost effective, and, you'll have smaller package than Sony's of FS700 4K.. Of course NAB is just few days away and we'll have plenty of opportunity to hear more from Convergent Design potentially other manufacturers jumping on 4K bandwagon.
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