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noX Digital Cinema Camera Pricing from GS Vitec

Published by Matthew Jeppsen September 25th, 2007 in Cameras, Formats, Hardware, News

We recently noted that GS Vitec have completed development of their noX 2K Digital Cinema Camera and are taking orders with a 5-8 week shipment window. Unfortunately, at that time we did not have camera pricing information to go along with the intriguing specifications. But thanks to alert reader Patrick Jennings we’ve obtained pricing information and a few other details on the recording media.

Recording Options
*Interchangeable datapacks with 2hr capacity (shooting raw uncompressed)
*Shockproof for 18 seconds
*Can be coupled with the NoxBox solution for additional live monitoring or recording via HD-SDI output

Product Pricing (in Euros)
*noX Camera, includes 8.4â€œ monitor, 2 noX 480 datapacks, cables, AC power adapter, and 1 training day - 57.125 â‚¬ ($80,523 USD)
*noXboX, includes integrated 17â€? monitor, keyboard, trackball, cables, HD-SDI out - 22.250 â‚¬ ($31,363 USD)
*noX recording datapack 480 - 900 â‚¬ ($1,268 USD)
*noX rental - 550 â‚¬ /day ($775 USD)
*noXboX rental 200 â‚¬ /day ($281 USD)

5 Responses to “noX Digital Cinema Camera Pricing from GS Vitec”

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1 Joseph Moore Sep 25th, 2007 at 7:06 am

How in the world do they think they can compete with RED’s 4k sexiness with that big clunker at that price!?
2 Kendal Miller Sep 25th, 2007 at 6:48 pm

What is they a smokin? And who the heck designed the body? I agree in todays market they are going to have to deliver on aesthetics, functionality, and performance at a much better price.
3 Matthew Jeppsen Sep 25th, 2007 at 9:29 pm

I’m not going to argue the form factor points, RED clearly has the design edge here. To be fair though, if you ordered a RED now, you wouldn’t get it until LATE Spring ‘08, if that. GS claims shipment in weeks, so that is an advantage I suppose. And it can be rented (as can RED rigs, I imagine, or at least soon).

I still want to see a Stouffer wedge test chart, I’m having a hard time swallowing the dynamic range numbers they are throwing around.

-MJ
4 Patrick Swrschek Sep 28th, 2007 at 4:27 am

Dear Mr. Moore, Mr. Miller

Filming is not about the “sexiness” you mentioned of tech- specs, but on picture quality. And picture quality is not on tech specs like 4k. Rent an Arri D20 for 6 days (this is the same price as buying the mentioned red camera) and you’ll see the difference between “Sexy” tech specs and real know how.

Or, to stay in terms of a more common lived-in-world, buy a 120 $ digital consumer camera with 12 million pixels, and buy a Leica R8 Digital with 10 mio. Px. and compare the pictures you get out of them.

Indeed we do not compete with the red guys, they’ve done a great job by means of giving indie filmmakers without budget a reasonably priced camera. We wish them only the best, because they can really push the envelope in low budget filming which is often producing good films by artistic measures.

And Mr.Miller, we did not smoke anything. This is not a hip lifestyle startup, the Scientists here have been developing high end technical and software applications for TNC’s for over 20 years.

Thank you very much for your valued opinion.

Patrick Swrschek
cco/ cmo GS Vitec