Bill Crawford
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SDI whether HDSDI, or SD SDI carries all video, audio, and timecode. Think of it as firewire on steriods. If you have a SDI downconvert card in the camera and set the A500 to SDI in for video and audio, and set the TC to external, regen, you should be set to go.
I use SDI to dub downconverts all the time between my HDW2000 HDCAM deck and A500 Digibeta. I have checked the SDI path from my 750 camera to either deck as well, but that would only be used under duress. The camera is really not designed for longterm playback use.
Hope that helps,
Bill
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Hi all,
I just picked up a pair of diva 400s. I was a little surprised to see the color meter reading on the Osram bulbs kino sent with them. They were supposed to be 3200, and neutral, but read out at 3950, and +6. Pretty far from the rating. Is this something common for biax bulbs?
I had the fixture on for 30 minutes, and at full power.
Anyone have experience to offer? To use these with my Kino 4 bulb, 4′ selects that do read out neutral, I’ll have to gel them. Not something I’d like to do.
Thanks,
Bill
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No no problems with material acquired – just real frustrating when connecting the camera to the computer.
Bill
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I had a similar problem with a PD-100A. The firewire connector on the camera was never very firm, and after awhile it just quit. I tried talking with LaCie about it, thinking it was a firewire chain problem. They were no help.
Recently I sent the camera to Macie video in MA, (https://www.macievideo.com/) and they replaced the connector and all is great now. I wish I had sent in it sooner. While in the shop, they said that sometimes when the camera is not recognized, the firewire chip in the camera is fried. It my case this did not turn out to be the problem. The tech said that the real problem was that the ribbon cable on the back of the connector had come loose.
The repair cost about 175.00.
Good luck,
Bill
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Add to it the this would be a rugged self-contained box that could go into the field and through Firewire, or USB 2 tie into a laptop for on-screen monitoring. Allow for a frame grab of the display for later shot match reference and you would have the cameraman’s best friend. If it could be USB powered, great, but AC would be fine too.
Can I say please?
Bill