Patent ID: 8019194

Claim:
A portable digital film recording system comprising: a portable case; a computer; a display; at least one removable, reusable, computer-readable digital data storing, digital magazine; the digital magazine storing the computer-readable digital data, real-time, in DPX file format; the digital data comprising uncompressed high definition video footage, uncompressed audio footage, and metadata; the digital magazine comprising: a backplane; at least two digital storage devices electrically coupled with the backplane; and at least one low insertion force connector, electrically coupled with the backplane; the digital magazine having a data transfer rate of at least four gigabits per second from the at least two digital storage devices through the low insertion force connector; a digital magazine receiver comprising: a backplane; and a low insertion force connecter, shaped to removably engage the low insertion force connector of the digital magazine; a control and connector panel, including one or more connectors shaped to removably, electrically couple with at least one external device; the at least one external device comprising: a camera, a video monitor, an audio recorder, headphones, a computer network, an edit controller, a microphone, or a signal generator; software operative on the computer to facilitate communication between the at least one external device and the digital magazine; and at least one power source; the portable digital film recording system having a total weight of not over 50 lbs.