Re: all dream cameras could be real.

OK to help Ed out, here are some possibilities for his dream camera:

-Direct to RAM recording to cache a small amount of high bandwidth video (enough to do an average length take)

-An on camera removable Serial ATA drive (300GB+) would record the data off of the RAM cache as fast as it could as soon as the recording has begun.

-Transfer to the hard drive is completed in downtime between takes or aborted if desired.

-Before next recording, video can be played back from RAM cache for review.

-Video can be recalled from the hard drive and loaded into RAM cache for review

-Next recording overwrites data on RAM cache.

-When full, the hard drive is replaced.

-Real time lossless data compression could be applied before the video is written to RAM to extend recording times (Sheer?)

-Optional codec wrappering could be applied to video to support popular editing systems (Blackmagic/AJA, Cinewave, Quantel, AVID, Discreet, etc)
while video is being transfered to hard disk

-Optional integrated real time hardware chroma keyer would allow alpha channel recording (4:4:4:4 RGB or 4:2:2:4 YUV) for easier review and posting of VFX

-Optional tethered hard disk array to allow for longer takes

-Support for any resolution up to 4K and infinite frame rates (any duration time lapse to extreme slo-mo capture to extend application use outside Digital Cinematography)

Hey, it's fun to dream!

Darby