Gene Kochanowsky wrote:You are splitting hairs because you want to exclude the Arri because it is a component based system. They showed it could be done, all BM did was the packaging and price point. Not insignificant, but not the same as a commercial proof of concept. From it BM knew that in principle it could be done. Their contribution was making it affordable.
It's not splitting hairs. The Alexa as it existed prior to 2013 could not record ARRIRAW internally. It was impossible. Arri announced and released the Alexa XT (a different Alexa camera model with different pricing and everything) in 2013 that could record ARRIRAW internally. The Alexa XT records to Codex datapacks, whereas the original Alexa recorded to SxS cards. It's a different camera model. Older Alexas could be upgraded to the XT, which required replacing hardware components in the camera. Personally, most full-size Alexas (meaning not the Alexa Mini) I come across on set are still unable to record ARRIRAW internally because they were never upgraded.
Arri does not manufacture the Codex recorder or the Datapacks, for internal or external ARRIRAW recording. Those are made by Codex. Arri just has an agreement and arrangement with Codex. Even the software to read the Codex virtual file system is Codex software, licensed by Codex, and not made, licensed, or sold by Arri.
The other ARRIRAW recorder is the Gemini, which, along with the certified Gemini media, is manufactured by Convergent Design and only licensed by Arri to record ARRIRAW. Arri has nothing to do with the manufacturing of the Gemini or the media for the Gemini.
Think of it like an Atomos recorder connected to a GH4. The GH4 can't record ProRes internally, but the Atomos can. That doesn't mean you give Panasonic credit for the first m4/3 DSLR to record internal ProRes, even though they might be able to if they wanted to.
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