Here’s a must-see device and not just because you can control it with your iPhone: AJA’s ambitious little portable digital disk recorder—Ki Pro—attaches to virtually any camera (via SDI or HDMI) and records virtually any video (or audio) source directly (and losslessly) to 10-bit full raster Apple ProRes 422. Unplug it from the camera, plug it into Final Cut Studio via FireWire 800, and media is instantly available to edit. Or record to 35mm ExpressCard Flash. Ships in June starting at $4K with 260GB HDD storage module and an AC adapter.

You can see it on the JVC booth coordinating nicely with the brand new HM700 HD camcorder. Apple’s Richard Townhill and AJA’s Nick Rashby have the whole total world domination thing pictured for this device; if you’re hooked on ProRes workflow you’ll track their vision of a continuous ProRes stream from production to post. No one will miss digitizing.

Back to the iPhone. In addition to a clean, deck-like LED menu panel, Ki Pro has a built-in control browser (Ethernet and Wifi). Product options include: Exo-Skeleton for mounting between camera and tripod; Ki Pro SSD Storage Module; extra Ki Pro Hard Drive Storage Modules; Ki Pro Rod Accessory Kit; and an AJA Lens Tap Cable Accessory allowing Ki Pro to connect between the lens tap control connector and a camera body.