Bob Tompkins
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Mac
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I have six EX1-R’s and love them. They are as complicated or as simple as you make them. Because I am sometimes using 4 at a time I use them mostly in auto focus and iris but NOT White Balance. I found Auto White Balance funky but it will take an hold a proper WB. Auto focus can be a little tough on CU’s but most people are not looking for Auto Focus on CU’s. And focus is more critical with HD. I don’t use any of the profiles yet but don’t really need them. Again, as complicated or as simple as you want. I think you will be extremely happy with your upgrade to EX1R. Do you have a dealer you can borrow one from and check out. That was very helpful to me. And buy from a rep as opposed to a BandH. They have to charge the same price anyway.
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I use my EX1 to Microsoft Live Meeting using the 4 pin Firewire out to 4 pin firewire in with a PCI card to my PC laptop. I bring the audio in using the headphone out to the mic in on the PC. The quality is mediocre at best but the delay is less than a second. I would think 3 minutes is unacceptable. It could be a internet problem that is causing the delay. Do you have sound also?
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And this has what to do with Sony XDCam?
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My understanding is that the EX1r’s are much easier to upgrade. My Sony rep said EX1’s should only be done at a Sony tech center. You can apparently fry the EX1 fairly easily.
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I have 6 EX1r’s and have no idea which remote came with each one so it is probably not camera specific. On the EX1r’s you have to push two buttons at the same time. The record button and the one next to it. Are you doing that?
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It asks me to register…and asked me for an ID # a an activation code which of course I don’t have. The only option it gives me is to cancel. Should it just work now or are there other steps?
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This is why I am waiting to download the new app. I use Clip Browser to load my BPAV files to an internal hard drive on my Mac Pro. These are my originals. I am considering backing these up also as hard drives are so cheap. I then use XDCam Transfer to put these originals into Final Cut Server which creates my proxies and my .mov files automatically. My understanding is that ShotPut Pro will be able to send the original files to both locations (the hard drive and FCS) although I have not been able to get this to work yet. It is my goal for next week.
Quite honestly, I don’t find this workflow to be slow. Yes it is two steps but once I tell it what to do it does it all in the background. I am loading three cameras per day worth of footage and it is still much faster than digitizing hours worth of tape. I am constantly refining the process and will continue to do so. I just bought an E-flims multiple slot USB card reader which I think will allow me to load four cards at the same time into ShotPut Pro. I will let you know how that works out.
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Rent a PDW-U1. 95.00 per day if it a one time need.