Convergent Design

Convergent Design Element Series of multi-camera video recorders and switchers announced. New lightweight, portable, cost-effective and simple to use Element series eliminate time-consuming steps while providing unprecedented access to your video footage.

The Odyssey7Q+ and Odyssey7Q already support more RAW camera signals than any other external Raw recorder on the market, and earlier today Convergent Design announced they are adding 2K and 4K RAW support for the new Sony PXW-FS7 II camera, which was announced yesterday.

The latest firmware release v2016.10 from Convergent Design is a pretty big deal for Apollo and Odyssey7Q+ users. Announced just yesterday, firmware v2016.10 enables support for the new Titan HD Extract option, Varicam LT Raw support is also added to Odyssey Raw Bundle, ARRIRAW 4:3 is also support, and finally ProRes proxy makes an appearance too.

Convergent Design are on a roll this summer! The company just announced that for a limited time they are offering their Raw Bundle, which usually sells for $995, for just $595, saving you $400 in the process. The Raw Bundle includes unlocks Raw support on the Odyssey7Q+ for ARRI, Canon, Sony, Panasonic and I/O Industries cameras.

Firmware version v2016.6 adds the whopping 23 new features to the Odyssey7Q+/7Q and Apollo recorders and is also free for all owners of these recorders. The addition of Sony FS5 4K RAW to the Odyssey Raw Bundle (for the Odyssey7Q and 7Q+) is one of those major new features.