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Austin Clarence
August 19, 2009 at 4:13 am in reply to: Please help – Transcend SD card shows up empty after expensive shoot

R.I.P. footage

Rafael – I ran the DataRescue Demo and it found nothing. Perhaps if I had done it only minutes sooner when the card was still reading 6.39 gigs used, I could have saved it. But the available space strangely switched back to the standard 14.96 GB on disk when I tried to read the card with my Transcend brand SDHC reader instead of the ImageMate reader I was initially using.

Michael – During the shoot and this entire transfer process I was never given a media request of any sort, though it was not uncommon to get occasional “restore media” requests on previous shoots.

I’m going to try to contact the company you recommend Michael.

But on three different computers the card is reading as empty, and I think it is time I cut my losses. I’m going back to Abel Cine Tech and returning my other Transcend cards.

For anyone who is considering this technology, it has completely failed on me and cost me greatly.

Nonetheless, thanks to the Cow guys for support 🙂
Austin Clarence
August 19, 2009 at 2:45 am in reply to: Please help – Transcend SD card shows up empty after expensive shoot

I have a Transcend brand SDHC reader, an ImageMate SDHC reader, and also a PC with a card slot.

After thoroughly testing every possible combination to retrieve the data from my Transcend card, something changed, and the card’s info now reads 14.96 GB capacity, 14.96 GB available.

I think now I can officially say that I’ve lost everything.

I purchased the Transcend cards and MxR adaptors from the reputable Abel Cine Tech in Burbank, CA., and they have completely failed.

I have no idea how I’m going to explain this to a producer who has no understanding of the technology, but has relied on me enough to invest a thousand dollars toward a single day of shooting.
Austin Clarence
April 20, 2009 at 10:49 pm in reply to: Building A New Workstation – Need Advice Pls

Awesome! Thank you all so much. And I will definitely look into those AFX scripts.

I ended up going with a new 8 core mac pro. The 2.66, 16 gigs of memory, and a ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB card.

Now eventually, if these future gigs go, I am going to commit to one of those Flanders Scientific monitors. In the meantime, I want to get an HD monitor for cheap, that will do a “decent” job for playback. Any recommendations? And what connections should I use to hook it up? Maybe a black magic card with HDMI output?

thanks again guys,
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