Brian Louis
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[Rob Fourchalk] “do you dab the cloth with the windex and then apply to lens or just spray right onto lens.”
Depends on how dirty the lens gets, I used to do some camera repair, I’m in a tourist area, and I’ve gotten some real bad ones, if there is a chance of grit on the lens its best to invert it and spray a bit on with a atomizer to float the grit loose and then blot it dry, if have a stubborn fingerprint or other contaminate you could dampen a piece of cloth and blot it clean.
The best way to avoid a lens cockup is to use a Skylight filter or UV filter on the lens.
One thing I should mention is avoid using lens cleaners that contain alcohol it can stain some of the newer lens coatings, also some plastics that are used in camera construction can be damaged by it, particularly Lexan
One of my favorite lens cleaners is a little filtered distilled water and a few drops of Jet Dry Blue(dishwasher anti-spot), If I need something with solvent in it I use Glass Plus Blue. -
To add to what Todd mentioned, one thing to use to clean with is “MicroFiber cloth” usually you can pick up a piece the size of a dish towel for about $4-5 and cut it up in convenient sizes and store it in a plastic bag, microfiber will pick a fingerprint off without wetting a lense just by blotting it, not rubbing, if a lens is dirty invert it so its facing down, and spritz it with the cleaner Todd recommended, and then blot it dry and do it till its clean, never wet a lens that facing up or on its side, as liquid can go down through the lens and get inside, once you use a piece of cloth for heavy cleaning toss it
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6.5 doesn’t understand odd audio rates basically only 48khz or 32khz, you need to upsample your audio from 44.1khz(CD) to 48khz, most sound editors should be able to do this
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[Gianluca] “any idea if there’s a new version or a valid alternative?”
I use Imaginate all the time for HD either anamorphic or square pixels, there is version 2.02 [ImaginateSP2_2_02_00_04.zip] available on the Grass Valley website, there is a downloads section in the services and support, but your software has to be registered.
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You should post a link with a full res short clip.
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If the video on the dvd was good when you gave it to them, the media may have been mishandled or is going bad, just make them a copy from your archive.
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[Diana Gandila] “have a final footage at 1080p and to still get it on a dvd of 4gb?”
You want to put 1080 on a SD DVD? -
[Peter Adija] “It is a dual mini input. Is there an adapter for it?”
It is a stereo input, Like I said its been awhile since I used the cam but the plug looked like two mini monos one for each stereo chnl, I just don’t remember if there is room enough to plug two small mono minis in, The RCA line inputs maybe a better way to go -
Its been a while since I’ve had my hands on a XL2, but can’t you get mono mini-plug to RCA to use on the line inputs, also doesn’t the on camera mic have a dual mono mini plug input that you can disconnect? and the controls are listed as front mic, but the inputs from the wireless maybe too hot
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I just noticed that part of the message I had posted did not show up, but what I added was that alot of the sony consumer cams have night shot modes, I know the HC3/5/7/9 series and the some of the tapeless consumer cams have a nightshot function, I don’t know about the most recent ones