Don Greening
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[Joe Yaggi] “so when you hit record, like trying to get some furry creature doing some weird furry creature habit, you’ve got the previous 3-7 seconds as soon as you hit record…
“Right. I heard about that rumour as well, but don’t know squat about whether this is a built in feature of the EX that can be activated at some future date or not. It’s a VERY cool feature that would be a blessing for wild life shooters, especially. Having something like a 20 sec. RAM buffer in-camera that constantly updates like a revolving door would be just about right.
The big boy cameras have that feature and now I’m wondering if Sony will choose to keep something like that reserved for the bigger XDCAMS, along with 4 channel 48k PCM audio. Sony probably could have made the latter feature available in the EX but then there would be no incentive for EX owners to upgrade to the other XDCAM family members.
– Don
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[FinFJR] “But to shoot to the card it will be 4:2:0 long gop. If i’m not right, please correct me someone?”
You are correct.
[FinFJR] ” haven’t gotten my camera yet, but for greenscreen i’ll be using iOHD.”
You have chosen wisely 🙂 Working in Pro Res 422 HQ would definitely by the way to go for this type of work.
For Scott: Creative Cow’s very own Gary Adcock did some testing of the EX1 shooting green screen and stated he got consistent results. I believe he was using 4:2:2 from the HD SDI port.
– Don
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[Joe Yaggi] “Was it Simon that wrote there’d be a firmware update for cache recording?”
Are you referring to Simon Wyndham? Sony has stated that eventually there will be a firmware update for the EX that will allow third party flash memory like SanDisk to be used. I heard that once that takes place that the price of a 16 Gig card will drop to around the $200.00 mark USD.
[Joe Yaggi] “I also recall reading that transfers to XDCAM discs was problematic. Any new info on that?”
XDCAM disks are generally considered to be the most reliable backup at the moment with a projected shelf life of 50 years plus. The problem with XDCAM disks is that right now you can only record the 1440×1080 frame size to the disks, whereas the frame size of the EX is a full 1920×1080. Effectively, it’s a down-convert. You can bet that that will change in the future.
As for backup for your particular shooting environment you might want to consider the forthcoming flash memory recording solution from Convergent Design. It uses inexpensive non-proprietary SanDisk memory (along with others) that is available now. Download the .pdf here:
https://www.convergent-design.com/downloads/Flash%20XDR%20Spec%20and%20FAQ.pdf
– Don
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Until you get it figured out try exporting a reference or self-contained QT movie and use Compressor as a stand alone app. See if that solves it.
– Don
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[rafalaos] “Same as Don, I have decided to appoint you as my personal EXCAM adviser 🙂 “
Majority rules. Craig, it’s official 🙂 Besides, it should come as no surprise since you’re already a forum leader in Compression Techniques.
– Don
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[Chris Elley] “Give them 10 seconds or so, and they wake up and work perfectly until I leave them unattended for awhile.”
Geez, it couldn’t be that simple, could it? Do you have “Put hard disk(s) to sleep when possible” checked in the energy saver control panel? If it is then UNcheck it. And while you’re at it check to make sure that Spotlight isn’t trying to index your media arrays while you’re trying to edit. Open the Spotlight control panel and drag your array icon from the desktop into the privacy window.
– Don
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Craig, you’ll probably be well versed in workflow before I even get my EX since I just ordered it today. So I’ll be picking your brain with future posting inquiries.
– Don
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[Jerry Hdvideo] ” do have the entire Series of Canon EF L Class Lenses and i read somewhere that those can be used on this videio camera with some type of attaching ring?
“Canon makes the EF adapter, which is what you’re inquiring about. It allows the use of EF lenses on all Canon XL series camcorders. You can see it on this page:
– Don
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[Basspig] “Situations like parades, where you have to move about on the street precludes having a MotU 896, 12 volt lead acid battery, inverter, laptop computer in a wagon.”
I dunno. As long as the wagon was red and had the words “Radio Tot” on the side I think I’d do it 🙂
– Don
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[rafalaos] “The EX have not relation with PAL or NTSC. Wrong?”
You’re quite right, Raf. The EX will record in both PAL and NTSC.
– Don