PANASONIC EVA1 AND ATOMOS SHOGUN INFERNO PRORES RAW REVIEW
By Jim Bask
From kitplus.com
Filmmakers all over the world are embracing an affordable new route to higher-than-4K video recording. It’s just a few weeks since Atomos enabled support for 5.7K Apple ProRes RAW recording from the Panasonic EVA1 with the Shogun Inferno monitor/recorder, but filmmaker David Fernandes and DP Gregory Bennett have already become the first to use 5.7K ProRes RAW on a full-scale production.
In that short time they have already filmed large parts of their new short film titled ‘Binge’ in 5.7K ProRes RAW.
“It’s such a wonderful combination,” Fernandes enthuses.
“We are super-happy with the way it turned out.”
Fernandes and Bennett were able to unlock the full potential of their EVA1 and Shogun Inferno
HDR monitor/recorder with the free AtomOS 9.11 update. This allowed them to capture pristine 5.7K ProRes RAW imagery direct from the EVA1’s full sensor area at up to 30 fps in a highly efficient way. The combination can also record up to 4kp60 and 2kp240 in ProRes RAW, ProRes 422 or Avid DNxHR, plus up to 4kp30 in CDNG RAW. The Shogun Inferno sits on the camera and connects to EVA1’s 6G SDI port, recording the RAW files to reliable, affordable SSD media, which can then be easily edited in Final Cut Pro X.
“The Shogun is, in my opinion, an incredible deal – we ended up getting the full kit. To add that level of recording to this little camera for so little money makes it a killer combo. For less than $10K US you can basically shoot far higher resolution than 4K It’s pretty amazing…read more