UPDATE:

Just to recap, my camera had on board SSD errors (ruining my live performance recordings) using the following SSD cards in the JVC adapter caddy ($379):

– Transcend 1TB 830S SATA III M.2 Internal SSD ($220):

This was the only listed accessory at B&H for the JVC caddy when I bought it, so I figured that was the correct one. That was my first…

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Hi Marc,

Thanks for your help! I’ve got plenty of cameras for backup. Most of my shoots are multi-cam anyway, so I guess I shouldn’t complain that I have to set up a second one. In fact, this 4k camera will remain out of rotation until my confidence comes back to use it. Take care,

Anthony

Hi Mads,

Thanks for your input when I posted a few months ago suspecting the SD card issue. That issue was the “FAIL 1” I reported on this current post. I will consider that first failure as a SD card issue. It was that uncertainty that prompted me to try to go the SSD route. Once I got a look how good the footage is with the ProRes recording on…

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Hi Marc,

Thanks for your input. It’s funny, I had just watched your review earlier today BEFORE you posted! Well done. I was hoping to see something about the SSD that I overlooked.

To answer your question, yes the SDXC card is v90. I don’t have a JVC person that I work with (though I should after all the business I’ve given them). If you do have a…

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I’ve been using multiple JVC cams for the last 17 yrs and they have been very dependable – GY-HM600, GY-HM850, GY-HM700 (my workhorse, not a single record failure in 20yrs).
I mostly film live stage events (performances, music, etc), so I rely on full operation the whole show. I can’t call “cut” if I have an issue. All filming is done indoors with…

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Wow. Thanks Mads. I always (falsely) assumed SD cards were all the same, but seeing that SanDisk has be specifically identified as having issues makes me rethink that. Thanks for that link.

I like the idea of recording to a backup at the same time like to an SSD and I will definitely look into doing that. In the interim, I will set my camera to…

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While filming a one-time live event in 4k with my 4-month old GY-HC500U, about 30 minutes in, the image on the viewfinder froze. A few seconds later a error message appeared on the screen, something like “Turn off camera and turn on later”. The camera did not respond to power off, or any other controls. I had to unplug from power adapter and…

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Thank you! I seem to like to do thing the hard way. I appreciate the links. I will get on it.

Hi,

Having recorded an interview, I exported the audio track from PPro as a wav. I open it in Audition, EQ, clean up noise, and save. I import back into PPro, but it sounds different (worse) than it did in Audition. The audio in PPro sounds like a different EQ. In PPro it sounds more lower mid, less highs, and consequently less “clear”. If I…

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I can’t seem to find the solution to keep the location, drop shadow, and background formats when creating captioning in PPro across to Vimeo. In PPro, I created the captions as “subtitle” so it gave me formatting options in Essential Graphics panel. CEA-708 does not offer those options. I justified titles lower left, white text, with drop shadow,…

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Thanks Rob,

I didn’t know that option existed. The fewer clips the better! I will try that on my next shoot for sure.

Thanks

I recently bought a GY-HC500 for 4k shooting of live events, which are normally continuous recording for at least an hour. I’ve used JVC cams for over 20 years and Premiere Pro for about 5 years (and FCP for 20 yrs before that) and have not run into this issue before. My typical shooting setup is plugging live room mics into camera, as well as…

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I’ve run into this. Make your column width wider in your effect control panel so have have more room to select the key frame. The computer thinks you are clicking in the numerical space. See pic

here’s the error msg.

For a bout 10 years, I have been using the procedure (previously posted here) to compensate for dead pixels, with good success (GY-HM700 bought in 2011). A couple of years ago, I got the error “PIXEL COMPEN ERROR – COUNT OVER”. I couldn’t get around it, so I sent the camera in for service. They replaced the optical block for a cost of $2k. Pixel…

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