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All those hdmi clean recorders were based on Canon' s new firmware. Seriously how many would jeopdise that relationship with the manufacturer and base their profit on an openware project?

I'm sorry if this sounds brash, but you're completely wrong...Field recorders, like the Ninja2 specifically, are strictly data collectors that compile the incoming video feed to ProRes or DNxHD from an HDMI source...

But isn't it the case that what's coming from ML is not a video stream,  but a raw data stream? In order for the Atamos or Convergent Design devices to accept that data they would have to be tweaked. My guess is that it would be a pretty simple tweak, as long as the hardware is up to it, but if Canon are making disaproving noises behind the scenes, the manufactures will have to think twice before going ahead.

I think a lot depends upon whether Canon see ML Raw as a Good Thing or a Bad Thing. If the field recorder companies get tacit approval from Canon, they should easily be able to come up with something which can at the very least simply dump the ML Raw stream to disk. Looking at the filetypes supported by the Odyssey7Q, it would surely be pretty simple to add support for ML Raw.  And given the resources and expertise of these companies, I doubt it would be difficult for them to develop a CF interface, if they have the will (and if nothing comes of this HDMI idea).

If the established field recorder companies don't come up with something, then it must only be a matter of time before somebody else does.

I asked Dan Keaton of Convergent Design about the possibility of using the forthcoming Oddysey7Q. His response was a non-committal "That's an interesting suggestion", but I agree with you that the manufacturers must realise that there's a big market for anyone who comes up with a recorder that will interface to the ML Raw cameras.

[60D -- Compiles & Builds:]

Just un update for the links to the latest compiles:
/index.php?topic=5533.msg37819#msg37819

60D -- Compiles & Builds:
https://bitbucket.org/OtherOnePercent/tragic-lantern-6d/downloads

Just a note that the heading for the above link refers to the 60D but the link is for the 6D. Also, it might be worth while adding something from this thread into the first post-- in the section which summarises the current state of play for each of the newer cameras.