Specifications

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• Ki Pro Hard Drive Storage Module—although Ki Pro comes with one removable HDD

Storage Module standard, you can buy extras and simply swap them as needed.

• Ki Pro Rod Accessory Kit—this kit adds endplates to the Exo-skeleton so you can attach

two user-supplied 15mm camera accessory rods. The endplates have knobs for

adjusting the height of the rod brackets relative to the camera, as well as a set of knobs

for securing the rods in the brackets.

Figure 3. Rod Accessory Kit Option

• AJA Lens Tap Cable Accessory—this AJA proprietary cable allows Ki Pro to connect

between the lens tap control connector on a lens and camera body, thereby

intercepting the lens control signals for use in simple start/stop Ki Pro recording

operations. This option is not yet available.

System Requirements

AJA Video recommends that the Mac Pro or MacBook Pro used with the Ki Pro offer a

FireWire 800 port and support Apple ProRes 422 with a satisfactory level of performance.

Consult Final Cut Pro documentation when setting up and configuring your system for

editing; ensure you have an adequate storage system (RAID array) and any needed

video/audio interfaces.

Apple ProRes 422 Advantages

Quality: Excellent, broadcast quality. Captured media is virtually indistinguishable from pristine

uncompressed sources. Better yet, ProRes maintains the quality during editing, surviving

multiple encoding/decoding generations without degradation. It was designed by Apple

for editing, rather than as a transmission/distribution codec as are most popular codecs.

Some of the advantages include:

• Full-size 1920-by-1080 and 1280-by-720 HD resolutions.

• Full-size 720-by-486 and 720-by-576 SD resolutions.

• 4:2:2 chroma sampling. Provides precise compositing and blending at sharp saturated-

color boundaries.

Kit components:

2 endplates

4 screws (5/32 allen)

4 knobs with plastic washers

Optional Rod Accessory Kit Assembly