[Christopher Kinsman]

Hi Jack, I can’t recommend the guys at Mac Gurus enough. I’ve been running a 4tb setup from them for 3 years now on my personal M100/FCP system and they helped me set up our 20TB data flow for our HD show running on the Outdoor Channel. Their systems always seem to be flexible and upgradable (and well priced) and they really know their data rates and what you’ll need to meet the demands you’re trying to deliver in. The other great thing is that the owner, Rick, answers the phones and emails himself. They’re a very hands on company. No, I don’t receive any kickbacks from them – I just believe good company’s should finish first!

Best of Luck!

Kind Regards,

Chris Kinsman

[Christopher Kinsman]

Turned out to be user error. The Kona LH was set to component Beta and should have been Component SMPTE. We switched that setting and it cleared up right away! Many thanks for all your input and suggestions! Kind Regards,

Chris Kinsman

[Christopher Kinsman]

Hi Bob, thanks for your insight. Will we experience the same problems with the sony m35u? Many thanks!

Chris K.

HOLD THE PHONES!

Just switched the AJA analog input to compontent SMPTE and all audio problems have disappeared. Stay tuned for further testing!!

[Christopher Kinsman]

Nice to meet you Hugh! The Cow has saved me many a time! Turn to the users whenever you need. NuB or not – ask away! There are many great sites to help with a lot of tutorials. Right here on the cow I’ve learned some killer tricks. Also check out Zacuto and Ken Stone. Someone else might be able to chime in on helpful sites. If you learn the basics, exposure, framing/composition, focus etc… the rest is about really learning your camera and then shoot – shoot – shoot. As you progress and max out your cameras capabilities – you’ll start to learn what extras you need. It’s really all about time behind the lens. Practice will make pretty darn close to perfect. Unfortunately, most people are in a hurry and want one post/book/video to make them the next great cinematographer/videographer — doesn’t work that way.
Best of Luck,
Kind Regards
Chris K.

[Christopher Kinsman]

Yes. Unfortunately I’m getting bad audio out just playing an aiff file out through the Kona. Someone has suggested putting Kona into Free Run. Haven’t checked that yet. Any ideas? Many Thanks!
KInd Regards,
Chris Kinsman

[Christopher Kinsman]

Thanks for the information. Where can I find the “DisablePolling” text file?

Best,
Chris K.

[Christopher Kinsman]

Hey Hugh, just from my own limited experience with these cameras, if you let the camera apply too much gain you’re going to get noise. I never found the canon to be that great under dark situations Try to limit the gain to +6 at the max. A couple other basic suggestions to look at (which you’ve probably already done)
1) Turn off ND Filter
2) Open Iris all the way
3) Drag the shutter to 30 (15 if you’re desperate for low light)
4) Buy/Rent the camera mounted LED light kits. Many can be purchased for around 500 and will save you from artifact hell.

Sorry I can’t be more elaborate on this camera. Best of luck!
Kind Regards,
Chris K.

[Christopher Kinsman]

Fantastic! I’ll work on this tonight! Thank you for your time!
Kind Regards,
Chris K.

[Christopher Kinsman]

Thanks Jeremy! It turned out to need the drivers/control panel updated from an old verions. FCP had been upgraded – AJA had not!
Kind regards,
Chris K.

[Christopher Kinsman]

Thanks to all that posted. A previous editor had upgraded to FCP 6 but not the AJA drivers/control panel. I had to reload the updated AJA control panel and drivers and restart the computer a couple of times before it took. Once I did this, I was able to access the right settings and immediately I got signal to the deck/ext monitor. Many thanks for your helpful posts!
Kind Regards,
Chris K.