AJA Ki Pro - Manual (Page 11)

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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