D. scott Dobbie
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Noah,
Checked out your online store and I only found two DVD’s: one for the DVX100 and the other for a Color tutorial (which I’d like to grab at some point). What’s on the P2 DVD you mention?
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Thanks, Barry. That helps a lot. BTW, I ordered your HVX Boot Camp 1 & 2 DVD’s. They arrived a few days ago. Just need to find time to open them…
Best,
-Scott
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Or if you’re talking about in the camera, you can select all the clips individually and then delete or, even faster, just reformat the card.
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No maintenance is necessary, though you can reformat the cards in the camera.
Is this your first use of the cards? Did both cards have corrupted clips? Was there anything that happened with the camera that might have caused the corruption (for example, being plugged in as opposed to running off batteries)? I’m thinking of any minor power surge that might not have been noticeable.
Could someone have accidentally partially ejected the cards during shooting or pulled the wrong one out of the camera while the camera was on?
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Something definitely sounds wrong. You’ve got a 500w softbox at 4′ and still need gain? I know low-light isn’t great for this camera, but I shot a bowling alley scene adding only a couple 150w fresnels to the mix and it worked great. They just had a couple overhead flourescents that we changed the bulbs on to color correct. I even had to back the fresnels off about 10 feet from the talent since I was getting hot spots. Granted, your softbox will knock down some light, and I’m guessing your instrument is open face, but your setup should be enough to practically blind someone. 😉
I’m stumped. Did you check your user settings?
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Well, it might not be saying much, but Jackass II was a theatrical release and looked great on a big screen. But keep in mind, this camera only came out just over a year ago. So the lower budget productions, which move faster and don’t have all the prep time that a larger production does, are going to be the first to use it. Have a look at this list 6-9 months from now and the picture may well change.
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Very cool news, Barry. Thanks!
Hopefully they’ll be easier to track down than the 16GB, which I still can’t snag (though I’ve seen them marked-up several hundred dollars). At this point, though, I’ll wait.
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Regarding the banding, you won’t be able to eliminate it completely. But you can position it. When in synchro scan mode, you’ll notice as you adjust the rate the band will move up or down on the tv screen. Position it where it’s least noticeable – usually the very top or very bottom.
As for your 2nd shot, this is achieved with a flicker control hooked up to a light. If you don’t have one or can’t rent one (I’m not sure where you’re located, but a grip or efx house would carry it), then experiment with light-blue bulbs (having transparent, colored glass – where you can see the filament) and have someone quickly wave objects in front of it for the effect. Be sure your wattage is low.
That said, what I just described would work if there are other lights on in the living room. If all you’re counting on is the glow of the TV on the actors faces while they watch it in a darkened room, you need to rent the flicker control.
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Backups are definitely good, but at a little later stage in the game. Just like when shooting on tape, you don’t shoot to two reels at once – but you can make a copy of one after shooting.
And the tape drives in these cameras can’t record HD.
Shoot onto the P2 cards, then transfer the footage to a firewire drive. Or you can transfer to two such drives if you feel you need immediate protection. I don’t think a splitter is possible since you’re reading and writing data simultaneously, which is different from just hitting the play button on a deck and recording the image onto two devices. But, depending on how many P2 cards you have, you might not have to suffer any downtime since you can transfer one card while shooting out the others. Takes about 6 minutes to transfer an 8 GB P2 card. Twice as long for a 16GB card.
An inexpensive backup solution is the LaCie Quad Interface (USB, FW400, FW800, eSATA) 500 GB Firewire Drive. About $185 from MacConnection (or PC Connection).
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To get the most attention to your question, you’ll want to start a new thread rather than post the question in someone else’s thread. That way you can type your own subject line to let the other viewers know what you want.
And as for your questions, are you asking if something is possible? Or are you comparing methods? Or are you looking for a solution to something? Just knowing someone used a product, without knowing if it was successful or how it was done, may not be too helpful.