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HDX900 discontinued?
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[gary adcock] “LOL
that would not be my experience working over there…Heading over again the middle of the month. Outside of Dubai, I have not even seen alcohol being served any place other than in Amman. While I have not traveled all that extensively over there (and not to Israel yet), all I have are my own experiences.
Or maybe they think I don’t drink ( ! )”
Getting back to the original thread, it’s not a question of having a drink in Dubai, Jordon, Mexico, Japan, etc etc, but having to stay in your hotel room backing up and managing data while your crew is not. The “beer” is a metaphorical response to a technical and logistical problem.
If Panasonic would release a low-cost J3-style DVCPROHD player-only, I would probably head towards the HDX900 or an H-series Varicam. So at the moment I wait and continue shooting tape on my SDX900. For commercials I’m more than happy to shoot P2 HD.
Peter Corbett
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[Peter Corbett] “having to stay in your hotel room backing up and managing data while your crew is not.”
Then you have not planned the crew properly, since there is now a DAS ( data acquisition specialist) req, if you are planning on working in ANY tapeless format and if you are planning on shooting a large amount of content- there should be someone whose job that is…
Nothing on a shoot is more important than the integrity of the content you capture no matter whether you shoot on Tape or not.
gary adcock
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[gary adcock] “Then you have not planned the crew properly, since there is now a DAS ( data acquisition specialist) req, if you are planning on working in ANY tapeless format and if you are planning on shooting a large amount of content- there should be someone whose job that is…”
On many jobs it’s just not posible to take a data-backup guy along on a shoot. On all the overseas wildlife shoots I do, there is no way the clients will pay for an extra additional assistant for long periods away. I agree for larger budget docos and corporates, a separate data-specific person would be great, but it’s not that I “haven’t planned the crew corectly”.
Peter Corbett
Powerhouse Productions
http://www.php.com.au
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I wish I lived in your world Gary 🙂
Back on Earth,production managers will be falling off their chairs at the prospect of paying hotels,airfares,meals and wages ,for someone to down load cards.Remember how fast camera assistants disappeared as soon as no mags to load!
There is no way around the fact that the price of P2 cards,at the moment,is a major draw back for freelancers to buy the camera,s and long shoots or anyshoot where the camera will be turning over alot each day.
Maybe we could fedex the cards back to those sitting in cosy offices,and they could down load them after work.. and send them back out…haha!
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I am 100% with you Peter. I did a shoot in the states recently and hired freelancers with HVX200s in several locations. I was interviewing CEOs and had to do a dance every time we needed to transfer data on location. I had to set up my laptop and a removable HD onsite(actually had 2 HDs for redundancy as I was nervous). Spent time after the shoot confirming data and then had to lug everything through several airport security checkpoints etc. etc. etc. The only way I think I could tolerate this would be to have a dozen or so 256GB P2 cards in my possession and a P2 card reader device that would allow for backups either directly to HD (without a laptop)and to a second P2 card – or both. For what that would cost I could buy another HDX900 with lens!
Having said that, solid state is here to stay so all we can do is pray for a breakthrough in media cost and media types.
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