Brent Dunn
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Congrats on your new camera, welcome to the club. My wife gets mad when I bring the camera on family outings, because I can’t put it down.
Brent Dunn
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Try 1 frame per second setting with your shutter speed set to 16
Brent Dunn
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Jim:
You should go ahead and get the MxR adaptor from Hoodman. I bought two. Use the Transcend 32G SDHC Class 6 cards. Don’t buy sand disc SD cards, there are compatability issues. Most of us here have used and tested the Transcend and they are holding up fine. No error’s or issues for me yet.
The 32G SD’s are $111 at NewEgg.com, with a SD reader packaged with it, or $109 without the card reader. For 2Bucks, I’d get the latter.
I use my SxS 8G card that came with the camera for Overcranking (you can’t use the SD cards for that function. That’s about the only limitation). I use the SD cards for my general recording.
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Where are you filming that you need to go up 7 feet? If you are in a fixed location, why not buy or build a small platform & just use your standard tripod. All you need is probably 3-4 feet, the tripod will handle the rest.
I’ve even used one 2 of those folding ladder systems with a sheet of 3/4″ plywwod as a deck.
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If you know you only have a short shoot, only put one card in the camera. I know this has been recommended because of this same problem. I’ve also hit the switch card button by accident, but it wasn’t while recording.
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Take a look at the cost of the 16 vs 32 SxS. There isn’t a big difference. I’d pony up the few extra $ and get two 32’s. Yes, around an hour of best quality settings for 16G, more if you shoot at a low rez.
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That’s what I thought, but I was hoping I was missing something.
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David:
The Sony SxS media cards are the media made for the camera. Sony & SanDisk partnered up to create this technology. The speed of these cards are extremely fast, more than 10x the speed of the SD Class 6 cards. They currently are the only player in this market, so they can set there price. But, the price last year was $1,500 for just one 32 Gig. Now B&H has dropped it below $850. These are the best cards for the camera if you have an unlimited budget. The camera comes with one 8 Gig. I use it for my special overcranking (slow-mo shots). The SD cards cannot handle the processing speed required for this. That’s the only downside to the SD cards at this point.
Also, Flash media will hold up to extreme conditions, such as the jungle, humidity, dropping in the toilet, washing machine, dryer (I’ve pretty much done all of these at some point). Hard drives can fail. At least use two hard drives if your going to use that method for redundancy.
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https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208480
Here is the link for the 32 Gig Transcend Class 6 SDHC card with a USB Card Reader $111.00 $109 without the card reader, but for 2 bucks it’s worth the extra help.
https://www.hoodmanusa.com/products.asp?dept=1063
This is the company that supply’s the SxS adaptor that will take an SD card and allow you to use it in your EX 1 SxS slot. $49.99They also make compatable SD cards, but they are pricey and only 16 G.
I know it’s confusing if your just starting to look. I used this forum to make my decision, so I repeat what these kind gentlemen have shared with others (they are much smarter than me).
You can buy a 32 Gig Sony SxS card from B&H for around $850. Great cards that allow you to use the overcranking feature (slow mo). If you have big pockets, these are the best and fastest cards.
A workable and well tested by everyone in this forum has been an adapter made by a company in Australia. Recently, HoodmanUSA, known by photographer’s for the high quality SD cards, became the sole distributor here in the USA.
SDHC Class 6 Card Breakdown:
The Transcend Class 6 32 Gig cards and the Hoodman 16 Gig Cards have been proven compatable with the EX-1 & EX-3 cameras using the SxS adapter from Hoodman.There have been Compatability problems with other cards including SanDisc, so stick with the above choices.
Ten 32 Gig Transcend Class 6 X $110 + $1,100. That’s about what you’ll pay for the laptop your talking about. These cards add up to 320 Gig of storage space. Original Format, no hard drive failure, no transfering in the field.
There you go! My ten cent tour. Good Luck!
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I have a Black Magic Intensity Pro output via HDMI to a 1080P Monitor. This isn’t a pro video monitor, but it gives me a pretty good reference.
I’ve uploaded a sample to Vimeo. It looks fine at that resolution. I still have a bunch more footage to film before final output. Documentary stuff.
I also used a custom profile setting I created just for the harsh sunlight / gulf beaches very bright scenes. I still need to order filters….one of many to do’s on my list.