PRORES RAW ON PANASONIC’S S1H IS NOW GO FOR LAUNCH
By Adam Noyes
One of the most exciting announcements concerning Atomos monitors as of late has been the integration with the Panasonic Lumix S1H and the support for ProRes RAW. This feature is available now!
Check out this article from redsharknews.com to learn more.
Anybody who has glanced at an online forum covering the Panasonic S1H recently cannot help but notice that there is one question that comes up on an almost daily basis. When is the ProRes RAW update going to be released? Well, we now have the answer.
The date that owners need to put into their diaries is the 25th May 2020. So now we have the release date, what are the full details, and why has it taken so long?
Sending raw video data over HDMI is relatively new. Traditionally this was only performed over an SDI connection. It mustn’t be forgotten how big a deal it was when Panasonic’s EVA1 camcorder enabled 5.7K raw over SDI. HDMI on the other hand is an entirely different game. However recently it was proven that raw over HDMI is possible with the release of ProRes RAW firmware for the Nikon Z 6.
The S1H is now the most powerful hybrid camera on the market
Just like the S1H, the Z 6 took a while to have the function enabled. Also just like the Z 6, the ProRes RAW functionality of the S1H has been developed in conjunction with Atomos. But there is one quite sizable difference between the raw abilities of the Z 6 and that of the S1H.
The S1H is capable of a full 5.9K of resolution. That’s quite a large ask of an HDMI feed into what is normally a 4K device, the Atomos Ninja V. So it is understandable that fully developing it to the point where it was reliable enough for release would take some time.