More HDX 900 questions

[Ray Palmer]

[Redflag] “Where in the menu do you set video out at the rear to be SD,or is it always.”

There is a hard switch on the side of the camera that allows you to choose HDSDI, SDSDI or even VBS, Video Blanking Sync, or commonly known as composite, out the rear connector. The side Monitor out is always HDSDI and not switchable.

Ray Palmer, Engineer
Salt River Project
Phoenix, AZ
602-236-8224 office
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[Ernie Santella]

Yes, you can use a SD monitor with your 900.

Ray, my HDX has the Monitor Output selectable by menu? Under System-Monitor-Out Select. Then you get the choice of changing the Monitor port. You are correct that the Video port is not changable.

And it has the pre-record memory of 1-7 sec which is selectable as well as an interverlometer function to auto-record timelapse.

Ernie Santella
Santella Film/Video Productions
http://www.santellaproductions.com

[Ernie Santella]

Ooops, my bad. I just checked my cam. The video out port (back of cam) is the SD selectable output and it has a switch on the side door like Ray mentioned abouve. The Monitor port (side of camera) is not changable to SD, but it does have a menu under ‘System Setting’ that changes it from HD-SDI to HD-Y, that was what I was thinking of.

Ernie Santella
Santella Film/Video Productions
http://www.santellaproductions.com

[Robin Probyn]

Thanks for both replies.Do you know where the cache setting is?

Any other tips re this camera?

Thanks again

[Ernie Santella]

The ‘pre-record’ function is under the Main Menu – System Setting – REC Function. Then you set the Pre-Record Mode to On/Off & Pre-Record Time 0-7.

Other tricks, well, there are some nice files to download for video & film looks here on this thread.

Other differences with the 900 that I like are you can preset your viewfinder with 2 settings which are selectable by a button on the side of the camera. Nice to have a 4:3 mask for reference.

Not that you’ll use it, but it has a stereo mic vs. the Varicam’s mono mic. It actually sounds pretty cool for nat sound ambience.

And the viewfinder is far superior to the early VariCam’s. The ‘F’ Varicams had horrible ‘blooming’. This one is much improved as the did on the ‘H’ Varicams.

Ernie Santella
Santella Film/Video Productions
http://www.santellaproductions.com

[Robin Probyn]

Ok thanks,you,re been very helpful.I cant wait to try this camera now!

Wish there was someway to get more than 30 mins per tape… but compared to all the plus,s its no big deal,and the tapes are small too.

Thanks