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I agree completely. I would not want to see the base price of the camera go up $3K, but I would gladly spend $6000 to genlock my two camera. Sure, every one can find something to complain about with anything, but over all I love the HVX. We are currently working a project where the clients needs and budget are going to force us to use Canon HX-G1’s. I don’t care that the CCD’s are higher res, they are interlaced and 4:2:0 HDV, Yuck. I don’t care if it’s the HVX-200A or a studio version, (like JVC keeps promising but not delivering), or what, but I really hope they eventually address this and take away Canons biggest advantage in the sub $10K HD camera market.
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All I want is a Canon style Pro Jack Pack. Take the DV tape deck out and replace it with Genlock.
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I do not recall all of the settings but I always use the built-in wave form monitor. Once it’s Calibrated to camera bars I mainly set exposure by just looking at the image but I ALWAYS double check the WFM. It’s also a great for focusing. I’ll try to have a look at how we set it up tomorrow.
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Yes, I have seen this. From my experience, it only happens on slow speed zooms, including the ‘slow’ setting on the handle zoom. I first noticed it during a real slow zoom using a vari-zoom controller on a locked down tripod shot. I have since tested both of our cameras plus a rental and they all do it. Just set the handle zoom to the slow setting and rest your finger on the zoom ring while running it. You can feel the motor stutter and jerk, it’s not smooth. My other BIG complaint about these lenses is they do not seem to be centered on the CCD block. If you zoom in all the way on an object, then zoom out, the object moves in the frame as you zoom. Our two cameras both do this but in different directions. I have tried this with OIS on and off and it seems to have no effect.
Jan, do you know if this is a result of how the OIS centers and if it can be calibrated?
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If you have not already done so, scroll down to 9.OTHER FUNCTIONS in the camera menu and set the PC MODE to either USB DEVICE or 1394 DEVICE. The computer should now recognize it. If not, give us a little more information on your system and what you have tried.
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At NAB Panasonic was hoping to have the 16 GB cards out by the end of the year. That was the last I heard. I just ordered two Firestores for a project in early September, but I would have preferred cineporters if they were available.
https://www.spec-comm.com/cineporter.php
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We’ve been running Xpress Pro HD, (software only), with our HVX200’s for a little while and I’m perfectly happy with it. My understanding, and someone please help me out here, is that Media Composer buys you 10-bit uncompressed HD, something you’re not getting out of an HVX200. But the good news is Composer is a strait upgrade from Xpress pro, and it allows you to add an Adrenaline, which I have never used, but I understand it buys you a LOT more speed. For my money, with composer being offered as an upgrade, I would start with Xpress pro and move up if or when you need to. So far it’s been just fine for us.
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Yes, it’s happened to me a couple of times. I’m still not sure what caused it, but as I recall, the fix that worked for me was to not only delete the clips from a bin, but to delete the source material in the MXF\1 directory as well. Just deleting the clip and selecting delete source material from Avid did not do it. You need to right click on the clip and select reveal file to find all of the source files, then close Avid and use the OS to delete the files from MXF\1. Re-launch Avid and use media tool to try to bring the files in again. I had been using windows to copy the mxf files into the \1 directory, exactly the way the Avid online tutorial tells you to, but I think it’s better to use consolidate to do it. Use the media tool as usual, but once the clips are up in media tool, select them and consolidate them BEFORE moving them to a bin. Consolidate to the drive you would have otherwise copied them too, then drag them into a bin. I’ve just started using this method, (thanks to the advice of someone here), and so far it seems to be quicker, easier and more reliable.
Best of luck and I hope this helps.
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Do you still have the original files on P2 or backed up to another drive? What method did you use to import them into Avid?
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Oh, the camera is only a USB device so no power out.