Paul Bryer

I take it you're talking about the HPG20? It doesn't do uncompressed. It's highest quality recording mode is AVC-Intra 100. It only takes a HD-SDI in, so you'd need to get a HDMI to HD-SDI converter too. To be perfectly honest given the incredible amount of storage uncompressed recording requires you'd be crazy to try and record this to P2 cards given their cost per GB. If uncompressed recording is of vital importance to you, Convergent Design's Flash XDR will be able to record uncompressed with a future (chargeable) upgrade. Currently the XDR records a HD-SDI input to MPEG2 4:2:2 at up to 100Mbps long-GOP and 160Mbps I-Frame. More info: http://www.convergent-design.com/CD_Products_FlashXDR.htm Alternatively the upcoming nanoFlash will offer HD-SDI and HDMI inputs, recording at these same high bitrates. Paul

Hi Felipe, Vibration and G-Force can indeed cause problems for tape based recorders. One option would be to use the F35 but with a solid-state HD-SDI recording device, such as the Convergent Design Flash XDR. No moving parts so impervious to vibration or G-Force. It records in MPEG-2 4:2:2 (up to 100Mbps long-GOP or 160Mbps I-Frame only) to CompactFlash cards in either Quicktime or MXF file formats, so very high quality. More info here: http://www.convergent-design.com/CD_Products_FlashXDR.htm List of rental houses: http://www.convergent-design.com/rental.htm Paul (In the interests of full disclosure: I work for Symbiosis, the European distributor for Convergent Design)

Hi Tammo, You could look at using the Convergent Design Flash XDR as an onboard recorder: it records a HD-SDI source to solid-state CompactFlash media at very high quality (MPEG2 4:2:2: long-GOP up to 100Mbps, I-Frame only up to 160Mbps). As it's all solid state with no moving parts it's impervious to vibrations and G-forces. As you point out the most likely issue you're going to encounter here is size constraints, given how cramped on F1 cockpit is! The unit itself is fairly small for what it is, 8"x6"x2.5" and weighs just under 1.2kg. It runs off 6-20V DC, with a 4-pin XLR connector, so you can power it from a range of batteries. The XDR has been used in sports cars, rally cars, on motorbikes, jet fighters and stunt planes, so its not outside the realms of possibility to use it on an F1 car! http://www.convergent-design.com/CD_Products_FlashXDR.htm Paul