SDHC Brands for MxR

[Michael Palmer]

but now- when I try to import the footage I get this from the EX1: “Media Needs To Be Restored, Restore Media Now?”

This media restore only happens when you reinsert the card into the camera, and this tells me you are using the camera via usb to copy the BPAV folder over to a storage drive.

If this is the method you need to use then go ahead and restore the media as it won’t delete any files and make the camera allow the transfer.

Good Luck
Michael Palmer

[Rob Tyler]

ok perfect! thanks michael. i was worried this would format the card .. this message does not show up when i insert other cards with media on them, strange.

working good, thank you thank you.

[Andy Nagel]

This media restore only happens when you reinsert the card into the camera>>>

I experienced this “Restore?” error while shooting EX3 with MxR adapter and Transcend 16Gb SDHC card. Totally random it seemed, after shooting 12 minutes of footage over 32 clips. Did not remove the card, but had been turning camera off between shots to save battery. I switched to the B card, recorded 45 minutes and 120 clips without problem. Later executed the Restore on the A card, and all the clips came back alive, except for the last one before the crash.

I’ve marked this SDHC card and will look out for any other errors, thinking perhaps the card has a defect? Have not had any other problems with MxR/Transcend combo.

[Terry Fenninger]

I receiver my MXR cards a few weeks ago and have been working them basically non-stop since. I’m using the Transcend 16gb cards that were on sale at Staples for $29 a few weeks back. I shoot in a rather unique situation since I send stuff around the world. Pretty much everything I shoot I shoot TWICE; once in NTSC, immediately again in PAL. Scenes last from 10 seconds to maybe two minutes, all intermixed. I don’t change slots for the different formats but instead mix on the same cards. Everything is shot in HD 1080×1920 either in 60i or 30p for NTSC, 50i for PAL. As the cards fill I dump them through Clip Browser 2.5 converting them to MXF files on an external drive so I can use them in 64 bit editing software (Vegas Pro 8.1). Sony says a 64 bit version of Clip Browser is forthcoming. To date I have NOT had one hiccup with anything and have noticed no difference between using the SXS cards verses the SDHC cards (except now I have a LOT of extra money left over for other toys).