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Sd card question
Hi
I am working with the varicam H model, I am trying to load some presets from my pc to an sd card then load them on to my varicam, however it doesn’t seem to be able to read the sd card from my computer. I notice the manual says that sd cards formatted for a PC will not work on the Varicam nor can you reformat them using the varicams format function!!.
So my question is can I do this?, will an SD card formatted on the varicam be readible by my PC? so I can load my config files on it. And can you even buy SD cards that are not formatted anymore?.Thanks for any advice
Ian
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1 Reply
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Hi Ian;
If you format the SD card in the camera, it can be easily read by any PC or Windows CE PDA. The setup files are a simple text file, easily read, even by a human! The operational parameters are listed and the operating value is given for that parameter. As such you should see something like this; FYI this is but a very small portion of the complete file, there are six r seven pages of camera setup parameters.
000E0001 MASTER GAIN(LOW) -3dB
000E0002 H.DTL LEVEL(LOW) 06
000E0003 V.DTL LEVEL(LOW) 10
000E0004 DTL CORING(LOW) 07
000E0005 H.DTL FREQ.(LOW) 20
000E0006 LEVEL DEPEND.(LOW) 2
000E0007 MASTER GAMMA(LOW) 0.45
000E0008 BLACK STRETCH(LOW) OFF
000E0009 MATRIX TABLE(LOW) A
000E000A COLOR CORRECT(LOW) ONThe difference in formatting the card in the camera vs a PC is simply the requirement to guarantee a reliable high level format.
To read the card, use Windows explorer, the SD card will exist as a “E” drive or similar, click it, opoen the file and it should look liek the above.
Good luck,
Steve Mahrer (Panasonic Broadcast)
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