By technical editor Matt Allard:
In what is clearly a move to target potential Atomos Shogun 4K recorder customers, Convergent Design will for a limited time be offering their brand new Odyssey7Q+ monitor/recorder with two free 256GB Odyssey SSDs included. By including this media Convergent must surely be hoping they can tempt away customoers who may be choosing the Shogun over the 7Q+ based on the extra cost of media.
These two 256GB SSDs the Odyssey7Q+ can record more than an hour of 4K Apple ProRes and more than five hours of HD Apple ProRes. Additionally, two 256GB Odyssey SSDs allow for enough data capture speed to record 4K60p RAW from the FS7, FS700, and C500 as well as 2K240p RAW from the FS7 and FS700. All of the other formats the Odyssey7Q+ can capture are also supported. Another advantage of dual SSDs is that one can be downloading files while the other is used to record more material, eliminating downtime and delays at the end of the shooting day. The Convergent design SSD’s have a 3 year warranty.
This limited time deal is for the Odyssey7Q+ only. The two 256GB Odyssey SSDs (a $790 value) will ship in the box with the Odyssey7Q+. Edit: It is unclear how long this limited offer will be for or how it applies to people who have already purchased the recorder.
This from Mitch Gross of Convergent Design:
“At Convergent Design, we believe that the most important function of any video recorder is to protect your footage. It needs to be able to reliably record without corruption, without dropped frames, without color shifts. It needs to be robust enough to last for thousands of write cycles. It has to be lightning fast both in capturing material so I can go 4K, uncompressed, RAW, high speed, whatever, and then it has to be lightning fast offloading al that stuff so that I’m not up all night downloading files. We build the best, most versatile monitor/recorder in the world and the fastest, most reliable media to go with it. It troubled us to see filmmakers making a decision on a recorder based on price versus quality, because no one should have to give up quality. So we decided to remove that issue with this limited time promotion. People can choose what system they wish to use purely on the merits of the gear itself, which is the way it should always be. We believe in offering the best gear we can possibly make, and our clients should settle for nothing less.”
Odyssey SSDs from Convergent Design on Vimeo.
You can find out more over on the Convergent Design website.
