[Bruce I weir]

Which firmware version does your EX3 have? On the EX1 it is v1.20 to use SXS 1 cards. Be very careful upgrading the firmware, make sure you read the directions carefully and if not confident it may be wise to go to Sony and have the upgrade performed.

Info is at
https://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/micro-xdcamexsite/resource.downloads.bbsccms-assets-micro-xdcamex-downloads-XDCAMEXFirmwareUpgrade.shtml

From the sony site

XDCAM EX Firmware Upgrade

NOTICE: PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR PMW-EX1 OR PMW-EX3 IS CURRENTLY AT V1.05 OR BETTER BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO LOAD THIS UPDATE. IF YOUR CAMCORDER IS CURRENTLY AT V1.04 OR LOWER, PLEASE CALL YOU LOCAL SONY SERVICE CENTER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

In response to users’ requests for additional choices in recording media for XDCAM EX, this user-upgradeable firmware update offers compatibility of the current family of XDCAM EX products with the new Sony Media Adaptors: MEAD-MS01 (Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX) and MEAD-SD01 (SDHC memory card)), as well as the SxS-1 series media cards.

MacPro Quad/Matrox MX 02, Caldigit 4Gig Element Two 2gig Lacie Raids, FCP Studio 2 6.5, Betacam 1800, DSR 11,Sony EX1 Sony Z5U, PD150, Blu Ray Burner, , AfterEffects CS3

[Bruce I weir]

MacBook Pro, 2Ghz Intel Core Duo with OS 10.6.2. All went very smooth with the exception of a network preference window that popped up when I first turned the camera on, and at reboot. Looks like the OS was treating it as a network device and wanted to know if I wanted to configure it or something. I just hit cancel and the download went on as normal.

MacPro Quad/Matrox MX 02, Caldigit 4Gig Element Two 2gig Lacie Raids, FCP Studio 2 6.5, Betacam 1800, DSR 11,Sony EX1 Sony Z5U, PD150, Blu Ray Burner, , AfterEffects CS3

[Bruce I weir]

Thanks Craig Took a big gulp, got my jeweler screwdrivers out, read the pdf 3 x and did the upgrade from an intel Macbook Pro. Worked like a charm. Had a network (preference) message pop up at the start and at restart – OS trying to figure out who this is connected to it – but didn’t seem to have any effect on the upgrade – SxS1 working great.

MacPro Quad/Matrox MX 02, Caldigit 4Gig Element Two 2gig Lacie Raids, FCP Studio 2 6.5, Betacam 1800, DSR 11,Sony EX1 Sony Z5U, PD150, Blu Ray Burner, , AfterEffects CS3

[Bruce I weir]

Thanks Craig. I will inform Sony Canada there is a newer version. There always the last to know

MacPro Quad/Matrox MX 02, Caldigit 4Gig Element Two 2gig Lacie Raids, FCP Studio 2 6.5, Betacam 1800, DSR 11,Sony EX1 Sony Z5U, PD150, Blu Ray Burner, , AfterEffects CS3

[Bruce I weir]

Just had a really good example of the difference this week. I had a commercial which had a simple blue bkgd with lighter blue circles with a gaussian blur on them moving around. When I ran them through my aurora card (8bit) there was just a little bit of ringing around the edges of the guassian blur – very little but when you looked closely it was there. When we went online – with a 10 bit card – gone absolutely none. The noticeable difference in 8 and 10 bit on a day to day basis for most of us is the quality of gentle gradiations (without staircasing) from one end of the grade spectrum to the other.

[Bruce I weir]

Thanks for the advice, it is a Belkin unit and hence their software I was wondering about.

[Bruce I weir]

Aw Vincent, I had just about forgotten about that…..arg