Don Greening
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[Christopher Barnard] “i.e Are they either PAL or NTSC? “
The EX series cameras shoot both formats. There are no NTSC only or PAL only EX cameras. One size fits all.
– Don
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[Scott J] “Is there a way to tell if I have a Firewire 400 or 800? “
By the cable. The FW 400 cable connector is different from the FW 800 connector. if you have both FW 400 and 800 on your Macbook just look on the side to see the connector differences. At least one of those connectors will be on your FW external drive.
– Don
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[John Reynolds] “I use both PC and MAC and would like to be able to not have to go the extra step in transcoding for Premiere Pro on a PC.”
Actually, several months ago I plugged my EX1 into a buddy’s Windows machine with the last version of Premiere Pro CS3 (with the latest update installed) and he was able to drag the files directly into his bins without any transcoding at all and was able to edit the EX1 .mp4’s natively. Who knew. The fact that I had shot in HDV mode might have had something to do with it, but the fact that we were able to edit the files in Premiere Pro at all back then……..and instantly, was a surprise.
– Don
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[Craig Seeman] “Does this mean we should spam the other forums on why the EX is superior? “
I guess we could, but…….you and I both know we’re above all that. Aren’t we……
To Mr. Reynolds:
Apple Computer with Final Cut Pro was first out of the gate with XDCAM EX support, beating all other NLE manufacturers by several months. In fact, I had complete software support in place several weeks before the first EX1 was even delivered. So did a lot of other FCP users. This is the answer to your question as to why the others are still playing catch-up. I guess they didn’t think the EX cameras would become popular. It’s not such a big deal now. Just about all NLE’s support the XDCAM EX workflow in some way or another.
– Don
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Cross-posted to the Canon, Panasonic and JVC forums.
– Don
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[Tarik Fouda] “If so, how do I configure FCP to save automatically to the external drive?”
Go to System Settings in the Final Cut Pro Menu and change your scratch disk preferences to reflect the hard drive you want everything saved to. Change the preferences for your waveform and thumbnail caches to the same drive as well.
– Don
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This model of Sennheiser wireless will work well with your camera and is a low to mid-level price range. It comes with a wireless receiver to mini-plug (3/8″) adapter for the side of your GL2. Keep in mind that using the alternate mini-plug connection on the camera will disable the on board stereo mic. Don’t use the camera’s Mic ATT setting with the Sennheiser setup – just the regular mic setting will be fine and adjust the wireless signal accordingly.
– Don
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[Adam Hall] “I was told by the guy running the board that it was a problem with the camera, but I’m convinced that the feed I was receiving was too hot. What say you? :)”
There’s nothing wrong with your camera. The signal you were getting from the board was line-level and was too hot for the XL2.
However:
It’s not the responsibility of the the person running the audio board to make sure your camera has properly attenuated audio – it’s yours. This is basic stuff. The house will generally send you a line-level feed which is a good thing. House boards peak at +10 dBu and your camera peaks at -12 dBu. This is a huge mismatch so you have to knock the signal down to a level the camera can deal with. Most audio people round the numbers off to plus 10 minus 10 and refer to this as the ten ten rule.
Buy two short pieces of XLR cable (6 ft) and a couple of adjustable line-level attenuators like this:
https://www.audio-technica.com/cms/electronics/a05620466ab0ce16/index.html
With these you now have 30 dB of adjustment in 10 dB increments. Use your camera’s mic ATT setting and get the person running the audio board to send you a test tone so you can set everything up prior to the gig. Make sure the highest highs during the performance don’t go past -12 dBu.
– Don
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A record cache would be nice, especially for the news and wildlife folks. Something around 10 seconds. The PDW-F800 supposedly will have 30 seconds.
– Don
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Welcome to Creative COW, Ko.
[ko williams] “if I drag and drop save the BPAV file onto my desktop am I safe to erase the disk.”
Yes, you can drag and drop the BPAV folders from the memory cards to your computer’s hard drive but I strongly recommend you don’t do that because there’s no way of checking the clips if you can’t view them. There’s also no way to make sure they transferred properly using the drag and drop method.
If you have an Intel-based Mac you can download Sony’s Clip Browser Software and it will allow you to view your EX clips without the need for any other software. The Clip Browser will also allow you to transfer your clips properly and will also make sure there are no errors in during the transfer process.
You can get Sony’s free Clip Browser here:
https://www.sony.ca/xdcamex/support.htm
– Don