MacBook Pro Edit workflow and Sony EX3 vs. Panasonic HPX170

[Shane Ross]

[Tim Ryan] “Does this mean I’ll always need to have a computer with me to serve as the conduit to dump the footage out to an external hard drive for client”

No. You can dump from the camera directly to a drive, or you can get the P2 Gear and that will dump to a drive. You don’t need the computer.

[Tim Ryan] “How great would it be to transfer from camera to thumb drive bypassing computer? “

Thumb drive? Those don’t hold all that much. 16GB or 32GB P2 card…the highest thumb drive I saw ws 8GB. So that won’t work out. Need hard drives.

Shane

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[Tim Ryan]

does a direct dump to external hard drive (without computer) apply to either the EX3 or the P2 cameras? is it via a firewire cable (mini from camera) and can I select files to “save to” from a camera menu?

I read elsewhere that using a USB 2.0 external was a mistake. Do you have suggestions for field hard drives (format and brand) to dump from camera to drive without computer? I’ve had really great luck with the G-Tech drives.

I suggested thumb drives for portability but I suppose those need to be plugged into a USB port, which contradicts my question about saving files without a computer.

MacBook Pro
Mac OSX version 10.4.11
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB DDr SDRAM
FCP 6.0
G-Raid 2 Tb external hard drive

[Shane Ross]

[Tim Ryan] “does a direct dump to external hard drive (without computer) apply to either the EX3 or the P2 cameras”

I have zero experience with the EX series. But P2 I know…it works with the P2 cameras.

[Tim Ryan] ” is it via a firewire cable (mini from camera) and can I select files to “save to” from a camera menu? “

Firewire or USB…and yes, it is all done in the camera menus.

[Tim Ryan] “I read elsewhere that using a USB 2.0 external was a mistake”

Only as MEDIA drives…drives where you store the media you are editing. Perfectly fine for offloading cards and archiving data.

[Tim Ryan] ” Do you have suggestions for field hard drives (format and brand) to dump from camera to drive without computer?”

LaCie bus powered drives are good. Acomdata I have used with success. These are all bus powered drives that you can attach to the camera or computer. If you want to use firewire and have access to more power, I recommend the CalDigit Firewire VR…as it can do Raid 1 backup (mirrored backup on two drives). You can use this then as your archived storage, as the drives are removable.

I use USB bus powered drives…they get power from the computer or camera (or P2 Gear)…and hold a LOT more than a thumb drive.

Shane

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