CamCutter

CamCutter is a digital video camera made by Avid Technology for recording broadcast quality video to hard disk, dubbed a Digital Disk Recorder. First revealed in 1995 at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, it used a camera mechanism by Ikegami and a special FieldPack unit instead of a tape transport unit.

Features

Some of the features of being hard disk based was in-camera editing, faster than real time transfer of footage and the RetroLoop, which used a circular buffer to constantly record footage, and allowed saving a "take" after the action happened.

Cost

The price of the unit was between US $40,000 to $600,000.

Advantages

Disadvantages

Due to its huge cost, many photographers did not use this hardware.

Related Links

External links

* http://www.macievideo.com/articles/ikeavidarticle.htm