[Dan Brockett]

I think it is becoming obvious that Apple wants to forget Blu Ray for other options for HD.

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If you have the EX1 optimization kit, it is the same achromat as the HVX optimization kit. Different ring size, of course. I don’t think it will be the optimal setup for your Canon though, I was told that the Canon’s do not need an optimized achromat as do the Panasonics and the EX1. I would double check this with Letus.

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[Dan Brockett]

Neither.

https://www.bluesky-web.com/light-kit.htm

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Brancholoris are sometimes handy. Walk outside, locate a branch or tree that will not harm to harvest from, snap off a small, leaf covered branch, rig to C-stand in front of light (not too close to source). About as “natural” as you can get.

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I must be one of the lucky ones, I have had the Duel Adapter for three years now and used it on four different Apple laptops with nary a hiccup. Works great for me, bulletproof, just does what it is supposed to do and cost me $119.00

I have dumped thousands of cards with it in the past three years.

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No difference. Panasonic usually sticks an extra letter or two on the end of the model number on the box. The only difference would be if the number was different. HPX301 is the Euro dual standard version, there are probably HPX-302, 303 and 304 models sold in different territories.

If your box says 300 and you are in North America, you have the right one.

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A few years ago, I produced an eight person interview with the cast of Hill Street Blues for the Hill Street Blues Season One DVD. Did the semi-circle panel setup with eight director chairs. Individual lavs on each talent ran into a portable Pro Tools system. Shot it with four cameras, one locked of master shot, on hand held roaming and the other two each scanning opposite angles on the four on the left and four on the right.

All went down smooth as silk and technically was perfect. Was not cheap but was not too expensive, probably $15k for the shoot including a stage at the studio.

Trying to mix ten people live that are not rehearsed and may be talking over each other means that you either mic and record them individually to a Pro Tools or ganged multi-track recorders or your sound will suck basically.

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I agree with Noah. The cameras he named are excellent although I would now add that the new Panasonic GH1 and the Canon 5D MKII should be added into consideration.

The footage from the GH1 strongly resembles the footage from the EX1 but the GH1 is a VDSLR that sells for $1,500.00 and features hundreds of lens choices.

The Canon 5D MKII is a real pain to shoot with but if you can put up with the crippled control system, you can obtain amazing images.

As far as the PC vs. Mac thing, I can tell you in several polls I have seen, video/film people overwhelmingly use Macs. Over on the DVX User site, in a poll of a few hundred HVX200 owners, around 80% of the owners were on Mac. Not a scientific poll but a good grass roots sample.

Generally I see that people who are production professionals generally use Macs (in LA, you basically have a hard time being hired on as an coordinator, PM or producer without a Mac, it is almost required) while I see a lot more PC users from students, people who have come into production from other professions, etc. Of course, there are exceptions to this and there are many pros that do use PCs in production but from a percentage standpoint, the numbers skew disproportionately toward the Mac in the entertainment industry. I am sure that the immense popularity of FCP has a lot to do with this.

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I think it looks very promising, I just wish it wasn’t a thousand dollars. But that is much cheaper than the Panny five slot reader and it does a lot more so I guess that is progress? 😉

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“Ability to hook multiple drives up to the same device for immediate redundancy.”

Okay, I did not know this. That one feature alone makes it valuable to me as I am going through the RAID 1 thing right now and would rather not have to deal with RAID 1s because you cannot separate the two volumes, which is exactly what I need to do (one for my archive and one for the editor).

Thanks,

Dan

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