[Chris Wright]

Thanks for taking the time to reply, so long after your original post. I actually got it figured out not long after my post though, and I’m pretty happy with everything now!

I first tried installing the drive from the disc that came with the RAID card, and it repeatedly crashed during install. So I downloaded the driver from the Areca website and installed that one, which didn’t have problems installing, but I still couldn’t access the RAID card. I ended up running the uninstaller, then upgraded to OS X 10.7.5, if that matters (from 10.7.4. This should be the last point update before Mountain Lion). Then rebooted and ran the downloaded driver again, and everything worked.

I didn’t have the budget for Ultrastar drives, but my compromise was getting the 3TB WD Red drives, which are a little slower but still at least built for NAS. Still getting 766 MB/s write speeds on my RAID 5, which is plenty fast for me!

And Areca did call me back same-day, for the record. But I had it figured out by then.

[Chris Wright]

Hello,

I came across this post looking for help with the same problem. Purchased the 1882x and ARC4036ML enclosure from Newegg. Got everything setup and installed the latest driver from Areca’s website, verified the Mac is recognizing the RAID card, and rebooted.

Now I ran the archttp64 terminal command line as mentioned before, but after a few minutes it fails with the following error:

Starting HTTP Proxy Server…Please wait(MAX = 5 minutes)
CreateCFGSocket: Failed to bind(…), 60 Operation timed out
archttp64: IOServiceOpen failed
Controller(s) list
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Cfg Assistant : Listen to port[81].
Binding IP: [0.0.0.0]
Note: IP[0.0.0.0] stands for any ip bound to this host.
——————————————————-

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Chris Wright]

Thanks for the feedback. If I do end up using the Nikon I’ll probably do just that – shoot the ceremony in 24p and the reception in 30p. Turns out the Nikon may be unavailable after all though… I might end up asking for some sort of discount on a rental HPX170 at the shop that I bought my HPX370 at, and just eat the costs in order to get a much better video.

We’ll see what happens.

[Chris Wright]

I wasn’t suggesting that an HPX500 could be had for $14,000 new. I think its around $11,000 for the body at B&H plus $8,000 lens – at $19,000 total, thats significantly cheaper than buying a new HPX2000 at $27,000 for the body only. I understand the HPX2000 does have better chips and viewfinder/lcd and the AVC-Intra option, but not sure if I can justify the extra cost right now I’ll keep an eye on the classifieds though.

Still could use some input on lense options and zoom/focus controllers, from anyone. Thanks!

[Chris Wright]

Thanks for your feedback. Interesting that you should mention the HPX2000 – I had ruled it far out of my price range, as its listed at $27,000 with no lens. Even then, it is difficult to find. There are not many stores online that carry it and all of them list it at retail price, no less. I prefer to shop at B&H Photo, and even they don’t seem to have the camera. I could find some cases for it and even the AVC-Intra Board, but not the camera itself. Of course I’ll be waiting for NAB to see about any successors to this camera or the HPX500, but in the meantime do you know of any reliable places that carry this camera at less than retail? You mention $14k, would that be used?

On the lens suggestion: I found it at B&H for $8k, which is reasonable. It lists it as supporting servo zoom, but manual focus. Now, I had been under the impression that servo focus was required for it to be controlled remotely, but on doing some more research I’ve found some zoom/focus controllers that are labeled manual focus/servo zoom. Does this mean that I was incorrect, and you can have remote focus control for a manual focus lens? If that is the case, then what’s the difference between servo focus and manual focus on a lens?

For example, I found this lens at B&H:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/351633-REG/Fujinon_A18X7_6ERD_S_A18x76ERDS_2_3_18x_ENG.html#features

It does list servo focus as well as servo zoom, but otherwise appears to be pretty similar to the lens you recommended. Yet it costs almost $5,000 more! Can you tell me what justifies the added cost here?

Thanks again,
Chris