Don Greening
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[Thomas Hughes] “Why would someone buy a PDW-F335 for $13K sans lens when you can buy an EX3 for $8500 that includes a lens, or an EX1 that’s even cheaper?”
A few observations from an EX “handycam man”:
Shoulder mount cameras have properly sized (and more robust) controls and connections.
Shoulder mount cameras by their very construction will have a steadier shot.
XDCAM disk is an instant archive backup.
Certain clients will take a shoulder mount camera operator more seriously.– Don
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[Clint Fleckenstein] “But when Panasonic announces that their cameras are going to work like a Brita pitcher, telling you that you only have so much time left on your card, that starts to sound fishy.”
“I’d like to buy a pre-paid disposable cell phone please. Oh, and a couple of those Panasonic P2e cards too, please.”
– Don
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General Error-34 probably doesn’t have anything to do with editing multiclips in FCP:
https://www.geniusdv.com/weblog/archives/general_error_34_in_final_cut_pro.php
This is great tip that was given by Geniusdv Instructor/Owner John Lynn in the GDV Support Forums to a person who was getting a General Error 34 alert while attempting to use Final Cut Pro.
“34 errors almost always refer to a corrupt directory or drive partition. I reccomend running Disk Warrior made by Alsoft to see if you can correct the problem. You can also try running, disk first aid in your utilities folder. If this doesn’t fix the problem then, “change your scratch disk location to a different drive, and-or a different folder… see if you get the same error. 34 errors are VERY bad and usually indicate there is a bad section on the hard-drive.”
John Lynn.
I also agree with the above recommendation to use DiskWarrior® to fix any potential directory problems on your scratch drive. If the program can’t fix it then move your media onto another hard drive(s).
– Don
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This is the best I could come up with on such short notice. It’s a safety vest. Is that close to hunter orange? I’m not a hunter, so……
- EX3
- F1.9
- spot meter 72% on the yellow stripe
- 5600k w/balance – daylight as only light source
- 1080p 30
– Don
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[Michael Graziano] “Does anybody use Shotput pro for XD Cam EX footage ingest from SxS?”
I don’t use it but I can relate a story about it. I learned that an EX user had one video clip on a16 Gbyte SxS Pro card that Sony’s Clip Browser couldn’t ‘see’ even though the camera could play it back in media mode. This person also has Shotput and that program was able to see the clip and transfer it over to a hard drive. It was then revealed by the same user that the card was yanked out of the camera while it was still recording to it, which is a big no-no. That’s why the user was having trouble accessing the file via Clip Browser. Shotput was able to see and transfer the file whereas Clip Browser couldn’t, so in that case Shotput was definitely worth it.
– Don
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No prob.
– Don
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Paul,
Try turning the edge detail off if you have it turned on and do another test. If that solves it then turn detail back on but limit the effect severely. Here’s why:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/142/863061
– Don
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[william primrose] “how many feature films have been shot on “pro consumer cameras? I can think of a few.”
Me too. And it’s more than just a few. Remember 28 Days Later? Shot with a bunch of Canon XL1s cameras. Full Frontal, but only a bit of the film was shot with the Canons. A lot of Panny DVX stuff is out there in the mainstream movies.
This is an excellent question. If 5 people respond to your prosumer question you’re going to get 5 different answers because these days the definition of the term is becoming, well, less defined. Initially, the term “prosumer” was used to describe an aquisition device that hobbyists would buy when they decided to get serious. As far as video cameras go, back then anything hand held was considered either consumer or prosumer. Once you stepped up to the shoulder mount cameras you joined the ranks of the professional users. I’m not so sure that this is still the case. I certainly wouldn’t call the Panasonic AG-HMC70U a professional camera even though it’s made to sit on your shoulder. Sony also has an inexpensive HDV shoulder mount in the same class as the Panny. The new Panny HVX 300 certainly looks pro and it’s got all the attributes of the big shoulder mounts such as 4 channel audio, etc. Except it’s got 1/3″ sensors like virtually all of the hand helds have. Does this make it a prosumer camera now or are we witnessing a new emerging class of camera?
I’ve noticed these days that the big dogs are referring to the EX cameras as prosumer because they’re hand helds, but the serious hobbyists are calling them pro camcorders. The EX cameras look prosumer with their small size and plastic skins but what they shoot is definitely in the professional class.
Maybe we need to invent a new buzz word. Something catchy, short and easy to say. How ’bout “Pro-motion”? Nah. That’s dumb.
– Don
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[Daniel He] “how would someone go about using an incident on an hv30 or an a1,
to streamline shooting a short film with (with either camera)”Put a chip chart in front of the cameras and using a vectorscope if your camera doesn’t have a spot meter setting you can turn on. Then you adjust your light meter to match the camera. It’s a little too complicated to explain in a short response, so go to this link and watch how it’s done:
https://www.freshdv.com/2007/07/calibrating-a-light-meter-for-digital-video.html
– Don
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One of the most stringent channels is Discovery and they have bestowed a silver rating on the EX cameras, meaning the program can have 100% EX content. Keep in mind that each channel has their own specific rules and you should be familiar with every one you want to shoot for. In other words, go to each channel’s web site and become find out what they will accept and what they won’t.
– Don