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TicoRAW tech is behind the Nikon Z9 RAW recording
  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Designed by intoPIX, it unleashes image sensor and traditional RAW data-flows thanks to an innovative processing and coding. The full power of the image sensor is preserved while reducing the bandwidth, the storage needs and the transfer time. It offers high image quality and the capability to manage high resolution, high frame rate and high dynamic range workflows.

    TicoRAW is the world’s first RAW codec, handling both RAW pictures and RAW videos, that can offer compression efficiency with such low complexity on RAW Bayer and other Color Filter Arrays (CFA) patterns. Tico stands for tiny codec. The technology and associated products are covered by one or more claims of patent, awarding intoPIX’s hard work and innovation.

    intoPIX is pleased to announce today the successful integration of the TicoRAW technology into the new generation of Nikon cameras, including the latest flagship Z 9 mirrorless camera.

    Nikon made the bold strategic move to select the intoPIX TicoRAW technology: leapfrogging existing camera limitations to meet all advanced and upcoming requirements of imaging professionals, whether in live sports, film, wildlife documentaries or other challenging environments. Thanks to this addition, the new Z 9 camera offers High-Efficiency RAW recording up to 8K and 60fps (available through the 2022 firmware update), preserving all the benefits of the RAW format, while ensuring very low power processing and very fast transfer speed.

    With TicoRAW, the full quality of the captured sensor data is preserved while reducing the bandwidth and the storage needs. It can be used for both Still pictures and RAW movies. This patented technology offers high image quality, and the capability to manage very high resolutions, high frame rates and high dynamic range workflows. TicoRAW is the world’s first RAW codec that can offer compression efficiency with such low complexity. It also has the advantage of retaining this very fast format for editing, regardless of resolution and/or frame rates used.

    “intoPIX is really proud to work with Nikon. Together we share the same ideals and passion: offer ever more beautiful images and videos, at anytime, anywhere in the world. Experience image-making like never before.” explained Gael Rouvroy, CEO at intoPIX.

    With this latest revolution, intoPIX and Nikon invite all camera enthusiasts to enter this fantastic world of limitless imaging.

    The two companies welcome everybody to contact their respective teams to sample the intoPIX TicoRAW technology solutions and the new Nikon cameras.

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  • flashflash

    Wow

  • hardimpacthardimpact

    RED is going to sue them into oblivion (unless they go into 3rd party market of external recorders or license internal RAW) - Z cam welcomes you.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @hardimpact

    Something is fishy here, as it seems like they know something that we don't know.

  • flashflash

    Very interesting, when will we have more informations ?

  • cantsincantsin

    RED's patent doesn't apply to compressed undebayered (raw) video formats as such, but only to cameras or recorders (= hardware) implementing them. Therefore, any camera manufacturer who licenses and implements TicoRAW - Nikon included - will also need to license the RED patent and pay royalties for it.

    The compression rates of TicoRAW don't really differ that much from other raw video formats, including lossy compressed CinemaDNG. The visual results will probably be very similar, too. The only real innovation of TicoRAW is that it needs very little hardware resources and can be built into ASICs.

    [RedCode, ProRes Raw and Blackmagic RAW on the other hand need FPGAs and can therefore not be built as internal codecs into the mainstream hybrid cameras of the big manufacturers, but need FPGA-based, bulkier and power-hungrier specialty cameras like the ones of Blackmagic, ZCam and RED, or Atomos' and Blackmagic's external recorders].

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