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The Codex high-resolution media recorder.
Codex Digital are the leader in recording and file-based workflow technology for digital cinematography. The Codex Recorders are a range of high-resolution media recording systems, designed to capture pictures and sound from digital cinematography cameras, such as the ARRI Alexa, the Sony F23, the Sony F35, the Panavision Genesis and the Arriflex D-21. At the time of writing it is the only system capable of recording twin 4:4:4 dual-link HD-SDI inputs for A & B camera or stereoscopic 3D work at up to 16-bits colour depth.
The Codex Products consists of a self-contained units, with a touchscreen interface and removable DataPacks, containing up to 10TB of raid array disk storage. It has interfaces for the majority of digital cinematography cameras, via single and dual-link HD-SDI and Infiniband. Interestingly, Codex uses a Virtual File System which means that when accessed via a conventional Ethernet network, the captured material can be viewed in a number of resolutions and industry-standard formats, such as QuickTime, MXF, AVI, WAV and JPEG.
The Codex Studio recorder was the first in the range, introduced in 2005 the popular unit was used as the capture device for the Dalsa range of cameras. Dual camera recording and a beautiful design made this award winning recorder the best in class.
The Codex Portable recorder.2007 saw the introduction of the Codex Portable recording system. With a new lightweight and compact design which was based on the larger Codex Studio recorder, this unit is a compact, battery-powered variant which offers visually lossless recording.
2010 saw the introduction of the Codex Onboard recording system. Based on the larger Codex Portable recorder, this unit is a compact, battery-powered variant which offers uncompressed and wavelet based recording. The recorder mounts directly on the camera and weighs in at 2.5kg.
The Codex recording systems have been used on many high-profile projects, such as Tim Burton's "Alice in wonderland", Michael Apted's "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", Joseph Kosinski's "Tron Legacy" and Roland Emmerich's "Anonymous". The Codex Recorders are becoming synonymous with stereoscopic data capture and have become the preferred choice for filmmakers worldwide.
Other Technologies
Codex is not the only recording system for digital cinematography. Many digitally-originated motion pictures have also been recorded onto conventional High-Definition tape formats, such as HDCAM\HDCAM SR, which was most-notably used for George Lucas' Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and more recently, for films such as Miami Vice and Superman Returns.
See also
- Arriflex Alexa
- Arriflex D-21
- Sony F23
- Sony F35
- Panavision Genesis
- RED Digital Cinema
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Categories: Film and video technology | Video storage
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