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OT: 1394 Solid State Recording Devices
I must have had the most unfortunate thing happen to a videographer occur in 1 week: The tape transport mechanism in two of my HDV tape camcorders decided to fail, one at the end of the shoot, and the other at the start of the next shoot. I want to be able to hook up a solid state recorder to my Sony cameras via the firewire port and still be able to use the camera after it has been repaired.
Does anyone in this forum have advice and brands to avoid/recommend? As I live in PAL land, PAL compatibility is a must. I am looking at the Datavideo DN-60 Digital CF Card Recorder, but some reviewers report firmware issues.
My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6
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I’ve been using Firestore units (not solid state) for quite some time now, and (knock on wood) they’ve performed flawlessly.
Great products in my opinion. The only drawback that I have on my units is the battery life of the on-board battery. While I shoot most of my footage on location, it’s still within A/C reach. The other option that I’ve used is to just run directly to an old laptop. A Bauer brick or two and it’s good to go.
I’m sure I skirt the edge of what most of the producers on here use, but I’m in a mighty small (call it micro) market, and we do what we need to efficiently. I’m going over budgets for next year and with the economy the way it is, it’s going to be tough to try to keep on pace to pick up new gear again this year.
Hope you get through your project ok, and find a solution that fits.
If it moves . . . Shoot it!
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