Don Greening
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[Aaron Nowakowski] “So then what is physically happening when you over or undercrank?”
Beats me. I suspect that there’s a flag in the 720 60p stream that instructs an NLE to play the video at normal speed. Or there are flags in the overcrank stream but not in the 60p streams. The undercrank mode is pretty simple to figure out. If you remove frames from normal video and jam together whats left it’s going to look speeded up.
– Don
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Hi Andy,
That Abel Cine test looks pretty convincing (the link in my first post in this thread). I’ve got an EX1R as well but I haven’t had the time to do a black test yet.
– Don
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[Aaron Nowakowski] ” I then, to my surprise, down converted the sequence and dropped it into a SD 29.97 sequence and it played out fine.”
That’s because it’s supposed to. 60p is built to play at normal speed in a 29.97 timeline. As with interlaced which plays 60 fields per second, 60p plays at 60 frames per second, or if you like, 2 complete pictures (like a photograph) every 30th of a second.
[Aaron Nowakowski] “Why would you want to shoot in 60fps or 30fps”
Shooting 60p has more temporal resolution which means with 60 complete pictures every second there’s less motion blur for things such as sporting events or anything that moves fast. Progressive shooting is part of the “film look” that is all the rage in video production these days, along with 30p and 24p. It’s strange the way people perceive film quality in different parts of the world. In North America people relate the interlaced look to television and news broadcast, the everyday realism. Anything but dramatic storytelling. In Japan, it’s the exact opposite. There the viewer associates the video look as dramatic storytelling.
– Don
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Hi Tomilee,
Unfortunately, I’m not familiar at all with your 1500 deck or the PDW-700 camera so I’m now out of ideas. You’ll have to wait now until someone else with more knowledge of your equipment than I responds. Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful.
– Don
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After reading Nino Leitner’s blog I’m wondering if his EX3 can be fixed even at a regular Sony repair facility. Specifically, can a firmware upgrade be done when the camera won’t even start up? Doesn’t the camera have to be on to do the upgrade? His won’t even turn on now.
For the present, I’m recommending that the D.I.Y. upgrades not be used until Sony either researches if the software is indeed “sketchy” or not and (Sony) also comes up with a plan of action in the camera owner’s favour to deal with existing upgrade failures that leave cameras useless.
People that own this level of camera are not “hobbyists” and cannot afford to have their tools of the trade rendered useless. Until Sony makes some changes just say “no” to the online upgrades. If you must have the upgrade done then take to Sony and have them do it. Then the responsibility is theirs if they render a camera dead.
– Don
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Thanks, Craig. I haven’t bothered to download the directions like you have, so I’m just taking other people’s word for it. I still think, though, when troubleshooting the update that one of the first things we should ask is if they’re using the proper USB port.
BTW I downloaded the directions from your provided link.
– Don
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Thanks, Robert, for bringing this news to our attention. I know about the USB Utility Port but was unaware it’s not mentioned in the downloadable directions from Sony. This a pretty big omission on Sony’s part and I’ll add this fact to any future troubleshooting posts in the future.
– Don
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[Craig Seeman] “Basically I don’t think Sony’s firmware upgrades are foolproof even if followed precisely. “
That certainly seems to be the case.
– Don
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I don’t know. Like I mentioned before, I’m a mental zero when it comes to XDCAM disc stuff. With the XDCAM EX stuff the XML file gets generated when you import a clip and it becomes a separate but companion file for each clip and they both reside together in the same import folder.
It may be that in oder to get XML data for the clips you’ve already imported into exportable files you might have to re-import them all. That would be a time waster. The XML Final Cut Pro files are perfect for logging programs like CatDV.
– Don
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Just found something while answering another post. By default, under the Import tab in XDCAM Transfer preferences the box for “Write Final Cut Pro XML file” is unchecked. Have a look and if that’s the case then that may be why you couldn’t find companion XML files for your clips.
– Don