[E. Eric johnson iii]

hi jeremy-

thank you for the quick reply.

as of now, i haven’t purchased a card (or monitor). it’s what i’m trying to make a budget for without cleaning out the (entire) savings account. so i figured i’d check with the cow….

the card i have is an NVIDIA 6800. i have a 30″ apple cinema display (my wife bought it for me and like her, it’s sweet!) so i don’t use the second DVI out. is this a possibility or am i once again on Fantasy Island?

thanks again for the help,

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e. eric johnson iii
eric@lillcreates.com
lill creates: founder/executive producer
Water Channel: producer/virtual set operator

[E. Eric johnson iii]

ohhh, the humanity…

the PVM 14″ is about $1500 then the HD card is another $1500. so that’s like $3k… is there something i’m missing on the 2-PVM’s for less than 4k? is there an HD downconvert setting that is usable for CC?

i will be posting a doc in DVCProHD (my first HD project), and need a monitor for HD… but there’s a good chance i will be going out of house for a final transfer/color correction. if $ were no object, it wouldn’t be an issue, but for now that’s not the case.

so, is there a decent (relatively) inexpensive HD monitor out there? a computer monitor?

as always thank you for the help…

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e. eric johnson iii
eric@lillcreates.com
lill creates: founder/executive producer
Water Channel: producer/virtual set operator

[E. Eric johnson iii]

thank you shane and everyone who took the time to respond! all great and useful input… now i gotta go buy some popsicles.

glory to the cow!

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e. eric johnson iii
eric@lillcreates.com
lill creates: founder/executive producer
Water Channel: producer/virtual set operator

[E. Eric johnson iii]

that popsicle stick RAID is awesome!!!

i have a granite digital dual hot-swap SATA RAID setup now. with the Sonnet Tempo-X 8. sounds like the Seagates or Hitachi drives are the way to go. can you recommend a website or retailer?

thank you,

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e. eric johnson iii
eric@lillcreates.com
lill creates: founder/executive producer
Water Channel: producer/virtual set operator

[E. Eric johnson iii]

D’oh!!!

DVCProHD will be the primary format for this project. 10-bit could sneak in, but i’ll probably bring that in DVCProHD.

Seagate?
Maxtor?
Hitachi?
WD?

thanks for the help!

e. eric johnson iii
eric@lillcreates.com
lill creates: founder/executive producer
Water Channel: producer/virtual set operator

[E. Eric johnson iii]

thank you for the info. i didn’t know lectro made a 250mw. that should help on the distance for sure… i’ll look into it. i’m going to rent a wireless kit and see how it goes prior to making a purchase.

i’ll also try a helmet rig-up too.

again thank you and glory to the cow!

e. eric johnson iii
eric@lillcreates.com
lill creates: founder/executive producer
Water Channel: producer/virtual set operator

[E. Eric johnson iii]

it sounds like a flir system. generally they have a 720×480 output, tho’ i know they’re working with eurocopter on an HD version. last i heard they tested it on an implosion outside portland, OR-USA. either way the flir systems are one-piece units, i.e. cameras are not interchangable.

for what it’s worth, since DV/SD is the best your gonna get, stay digibeta and use tape to crop your viewfinder for 16×9. at least you’ll stay away from a long GOP in editing.

good luck.

e. eric johnson iii
eric@lillcreates.com
lill creates: founder/executive producer
Water Channel: producer/virtual set operator

[E. Eric johnson iii]

QT 7.1 no longer has mpeg2 as an export/conversion option… could this be related to walter’s problem or am i totally off base?

QT 7.0.4 is great for simple DVD burns when compressor isn’t necessary… i’m bummed they took out the mpeg2 option. sorry for the digression.

ce’ la’ vie,

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e. eric johnson iii
eric@lillcreates.com
lill creates: founder/executive producer
Water Channel: producer/virtual set operator

[E. Eric johnson iii]

will-

thank you for the info. it is very much appreciated. i’ll see how the rycote windscreens work. i tried a sony UWP, but the range didn’t hold up that well. i may rent a lectrosonics and see how it goes with one of those prior to a purchase.

again, thank you and when i shoot next i’ll do a post and let you know how it goes!

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e. eric johnson iii
eric@lillcreates.com
lill creates: founder/executive producer
Water Channel: producer/virtual set operator

[E. Eric johnson iii]

simon, thank you for getting back to me…

finally a mystery that’s worked in my favor! suddenly, no cable changes or anything… as i was about to tear open the drive enclosure, the unseen drive appeared!?

for the record, i did all of what you had suggested prior to posting and even had granite digital send me another enclosure. there was a bad tray in the original enclosure, (they “cross-shipped” a new enclosure… good company!) but the new one too? not very likely.

the good thing is, the G5 sees everything now and i’ve set-up my RAID and life seems to be good!

thank you for the reply and the suggestions!

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e. eric johnson iii
eric@lillcreates.com
lill creates: founder/executive producer
Water Channel: producer/virtual set operator