Re: AJA Kona LHe and Canon XL H1

You will NOT get camera control out of your camera with the HD-SDI nor will you get audio as it is not embedded. For going directly from the H1 to the Kona, you'll need a seperate audio out of the H1.

That said, you should seriously look at the Convergent Devices box. This box turns the firewire output of the H1 into an embedded HD SDI and an RS422 control. This is what we use and it works great.

By the way, I'm not sure if the RS422 would or wouldn't work. The Intel Only mantra is really for people using the Kona LH or LHe with the computer doing most of the hard work. It's possible that your computer will be fine if you buy an I/O HD, because much of the processing will be done by the card in the unit. BUT, that said, I'm not sure how this workflow will work with the above H1 workflow. I think we'll have to wait and see.

Hope that helps.

Kevin