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Did that happen to interfere with any other aspects of your acquisition? If it is not affecting shooting, it is a non-issue to me anymore as I have multiple decks I can access. I just want to be certain it does not affect the rest of the camera. I have noticed no issues.
Jason Wietholter
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I have the same issue with firewire drives and a PD150. Try plugging in just the drive and power it up. If it works than you know two things. One: Your FW port(s) are not fried. Two: The Sony DV is the problem. Here’s an explanation of my problem:
If I plug in just a FW hard drive (or multiple FW hard drives) they act just as they should. No issues with mounting, swapping while the computer is on, etc. They act as normal.
Now, I add my camera, turn it on, and I get nothing from it or my FW HDs. The HDs appear to be there on my desktop, but if I try to open one, I get no response, just a beachball. If I look into ‘About This Mac’ and then look at the FW tab, no busses are listed, it appears as though FW doesn’t exist on my mac. Now, If I do the same thing without the FW HDs, I get the same response. The FW does not show up and the camera does not connect.
Unplug the camera and all goes as it was before. ‘About this Mac’ shows FW info as well as connected devices info.
The camera reads ‘DV IN’ as it should, but the ‘NS’ at the bottom of the screen flickers occasionally as if it were trying to connect, but can’t. I have attempted to connect this combo to different Macs with different firewire cables and I get the same problem. The only common thread that I can find is that both Macs are running Tiger, and I can’t say for sure, but I believe that is when I noticed the issue. Again, not 100% sure about timing.
If you can shed any light on the subject, that would be wonderful.
Jason Wietholter
(918) 381.6350
http://www.aviproductions.com -
I have the same issue with firewire drives and a PD150. Try plugging in just the drive and power it up. If it works than you know two things. One: Your FW port(s) are not fried. Two: The Sony DV is the problem. Here’s an explanation of my problem:
If I plug in just a FW hard drive (or multiple FW hard drives) they act just as they should. No issues with mounting, swapping while the computer is on, etc. They act as normal.
Now, I add my camera, turn it on, and I get nothing from it or my FW HDs. The HDs appear to be there on my desktop, but if I try to open one, I get no response, just a beachball. If I look into ‘About This Mac’ and then look at the FW tab, no busses are listed, it appears as though FW doesn’t exist on my mac. Now, If I do the same thing without the FW HDs, I get the same response. The FW does not show up and the camera does not connect.
Unplug the camera and all goes as it was before. ‘About this Mac’ shows FW info as well as connected devices info.
The camera reads ‘DV IN’ as it should, but the ‘NS’ at the bottom of the screen flickers occasionally as if it were trying to connect, but can’t. I have attempted to connect this combo to different Macs with different firewire cables and I get the same problem. The only common thread that I can find is that both Macs are running Tiger, and I can’t say for sure, but I believe that is when I noticed the issue. Again, not 100% sure about timing.
If you can shed any light on the subject, that would be wonderful.
Jason Wietholter
(918) 381.6350
http://www.aviproductions.com -
The blur that you are seeing (if I am understanding your post correctly) comes from the frame blending in FCP. The blur could also come from the effect Bret speaks of, but more than likely you are seeing frame blending. You could try to take the same shot into After effects and change things in there. Also, try to use the first effect you spoke of, but with less effect applied in turn creating less grain.
Jason Wietholter
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Thanks again John. You’ve been a great help!
I’m looking forward to all this and want to make sure I get it right.
Thank you!!!
Jason Wietholter
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OK, sorry, one other question… is that estimated price for 4 cameras and the extra equipment or 3 cameras? If the switcher is included in that price, what is the estimated cost of the switcher?
Sorry, 2 questions.
Again, thanks for the help.
Jason Wietholter
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Awesome!!!
I’m so glad to hear this response as this would allow for a three camera tape shoot or live switch all with the same cameras. I do understand the set up of the cameras with a waveform monitor, but what exactly is ‘tri-level sync’? That is the only thing I am confused on. I’m new to the high end market, but know a lot already.
Do you estimate that price to include a switcher or not? That is the figure we were going for, or lower of course. 🙂
Thanks.
Jason Wietholter
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JVC is going to offer a hard disk based recording device that will record simultaneously with the tape in the camera. One thing that got my attention that made the JVC better than the other competitors was the fact that the Analog Component out of the JVC was PRE the HDV compression, whereas the Sony/Panasonic’s output were post the HDV compression. Meaning that you could purchase an SDI converter from AJA and have uncompressed HD coming out of the JVC (with a great lens, etc.) to record into whatever you like. That to me was the biggest feature that it had over the other two.
The JVC costs a bit more, but the compression is the same as Sony’s, plus you’re getting a real lens on the JVC that you can switch out later, you can bypass the HDV compression if you wish, you can offer clients SD, HDV, or HD in the same camera. I think that is great.
Jason Wietholter
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If I remember correctly he was talking about just the FCP upgrade. Not the Production Suite upgrade
.Jason Wietholter
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OK. Time to go catch my flight… I will update you guys as soon as possible, but by the time I get to look at it all, you will probably have more resources. Feel free to email me and ask any questions.
Jason Wietholter
(918) 381.6350
http://www.aviproductions.com