Upgrade HDR-FX1 for XDCAM EX

[Craig Seeman]

Most PC are using NTFS these days (I believe). Yes the card splits the clips after 4GB but through “magic” you can keep them joined. It’s actually why Sony says use the ClipBrowser to xfer rather than Finder.

Alas ClipBrowser only works on Intel Mac but XDCAM xfer 2.1 works just fine on G5.

[Ken Hon]

Aloha Craig,

Have you heard about anyone getting 16 GB cards yet or when they might arrive relative to the camcorder? We have one on order at B&H and they say they keep getting told late (or latest now) November, but no real word on the 16 GB cards. Just curious if you have heard anything about them.

Aloha,

Ken

[Matt Jeppsen]

For the guys looking for FX1 vs EX1 comparisons, we were just sent a few framegrabs comparing the two at 1080/60i 1/60 and 9dB of gain (which are pretty optimal low-light settings without dropping to 1/30th). As expected (and reported) the EX1 spanks the HVR-FX1 soundly.

Matt Jeppsen

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[James Carroccio]

just wanted to say u seem well informed on the xdxam ex.

im going to be graduating film school this year and was wondering if this would be a good investment to enter the work place?.

i use to have an hdr-fx1 and have expierence shooting hd.

thx

[David Lavery]

We have a very simular setup with the HDR-FX1 (as well as a Z1u, V1u,A1u… all fun rigs) with the AJAlhe. We recently purchased two XDCAM EX cameras and love them.
The image qaulity… no comparison. The EX is amazing. The footage we get is comparable to some much higher end shoots we’ve done with Vericam. This ain’t no HDV.

The workflow was tricky at first but we love it now. We opted to use the card slot in a laptop and log to a firewire drive (much faster then using the USB on the camera, and we don’t have the card reader.. our bad).
But it works great for us. I recommend getting an AIT tape drive or in our case an optical disk solution to back up the media disks content (if you have a need to protect your original raw) We also back up the quicktime footage with the project separately, giving us the added safety net.

But to answer your question… 1000 times yes! This is a serious camera with real pro features that will give you far more flexibility. If you shoot hand held at all get a shoulder brace. This camera CAN NOT be shot hand held. It’s more than just heavy and uncomfortable, It’s like being water boarded…