AJA Video Systems has started accepting orders for its Cion production camera, with an anticipated initial ship date by the end of December.
AJA pioneered professional ProRes support with the Io HD, the first non-Apple device to encode ProRes, introduced in 2007, and then the Ki Pro recorder, introduced in 2009. Cion builds on these achievements by offering in-camera recording directly to proven AJA Pak SSD media in the Apple ProRes family of codecs - including 12-bit ProRes 444 - for pristine image capture at up to 4K/60p. Cion also outputs AJA Raw at up to 4K/120p, with support already announced by industry leading companies such as Adobe and Colorfront.
“We have recruited an incredible team of resellers from all over the world to help bring Cion to market. Demand has been overwhelming and we’ve decided to start taking orders to pre-allocate the many cameras that we have already assembled in our Grass Valley manufacturing facility,” said Nick Rashby, president, AJA Video Systems. “The image quality, functionality, and reliability of this camera is absolutely incredible. We are thrilled to finally start accepting orders from our Cion resellers, and our supportive customers will see that this camera was worth the wait. Our engineering team has been working tirelessly to push the color science on this camera, and the picture is simply breathtaking.”
Pricing for Cion is $8,995. AJA Pak SSD media is available at a $695 (256GB) and $1295 (512GB). AJA Pak Dock is available at a $395. Please visit www.aja.com for additional Cion information, and a list of global Cion dealers.
Third-party camera accessory manufacturers including Alphatron, MTF, Portabrace, Wooden Camera, Vocas, Zacuto and others have already produced several accessories, from viewfinders to lens mounts and protective cases for Cion available through their respective retail channels.
Cion is capable of shooting at 4K/UltraHD and 2K/HD resolutions direct to Apple ProRes or AJA Raw. For information on where to place orders, please visit http://www.aja.com/en/where-to-buy#wtb-cion for a list of AJA Cion resellers.