Michael Slowe
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Good grief David, “a few 64GB cards”, how many hours can you shoot at one go? Four hours of 35 VBR in an EX per 64 GB card should mean no need to download in the field. When I have to download I put the BPAV folders on to a portable USB powered 350 GB drive going through a MacBook. Then backup to another drive back at base before importing to the edit system. Why the need for the reader/writer you mention?
Quite agree with you on the E-Bay card question, why take chances, it’s like using second hand tape, would you? So far (touching wood) I’ve found my S X S cards to be faultless, Sony did a good job with those, better safe than sorry I always say.
Michael Slowe
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Brad, on trying to read your article The Cow tells me that she has lost her way, can you please talk to her and try and guide her, maybe she wants to be milked first?
Michael Slowe
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Gary, as Michael explains, your finished DVD (SD remember) should still look better, seeing it was shot in HD, than it would if it was shot in SD. The key is in the downscaling to SD. There are many applications and software that will do this, some very much better than others. If you can lay your hands on the BitVice DVD encoding software that automatically does a downscale before encoding and the results are very god indeed.
Michael Slowe
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Filip, far better quality encode with BitVice in my opinion. VBR (around 6.5 average) with Double Pass will give a better M2V for processing in Studio Pro. Also, if the .mov is in HD BitVice does a very good downscale.
Michael Slowe
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Jonathan, ProRes 422 HQ is brilliant with EX material.
Michael Slowe
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Good question Luke. Craig is our mentor and scourge as far as CRC is concerned and I believe it can only be found in Clip Browser. I personally only use Transfer to get my BPAV files on to various back up drives prior to import but apparently this is considered to be dangerous, no problem yet thank goodness however.
As Sony have now decided to combine Transfer with Browser I’m not at all sure how everything will work, I wish they’d leave things alone when they seem to be working well. I’m sticking to my version of Transfer which works well for me. All the BPAV’s show up well, I can trim clips and select prior to exporting into Media 100 as ProRes QT .mov files.
Michael Slowe
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As a matter of interest Brad did they specifically request both a 4:3 version and a 16:9 of the DVD? I’m amazed because there have been no 4:3 TV’s made for years and I never even consider putting anything out in that aspect. I appreciate that sub titles can provide a problem aspect wise.
I’m also interested to see that you seem to be doing the whole DVD production in Studio Pro. I would have thought that you might get a better encode with specialist software such as BitVice and then there are of course the much more expensive encoding programmes that are used for most feature film distributions.
Sorry to digress but I can’t help you with your original query.
Michael Slowe
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Oh no it doesn’t, not here in London anyhow!
Michael Slowe
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Greg, since you insist on others reporting on their own experience I make a definite point of only using the Sony S X S cards. Those were the cards originally produced for the EX cameras and I personally want to take the least amount of risk possible as regards media shot. I realise the price differential but it’s a one off cost, I don’t need more than two hours worth as I download to a portable drive using my MacBook if I have to shoot more in one go. It’s still cheaper than film!!
Michael Slowe
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Ah yes Bob but it’s the cost. A good HD finder, even in B & W would cost as much as some of the cameras! I enquired from my Sony supplier whether it would be possible to purchase the EX 3 screen hood and fit it on my EX 1. Firstly the price for the part was about £300 but the main problem was that I was advised that the hinge and bracket for the EX 1 screen was not sturdy enough for the addition. If you look at the EX 3 assembly it is different. I’d consider an EX 3 but it’s heavier and I love my EX 1. Pity about the focus!!!
Michael Slowe