Ernie Santella
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Just curious, what are you using the userbit data for?
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I read it the same way. 2 in carry-on per-person.
Ernie Santella
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There is absolutely the same amount of danger (if you will) of a RAID going down as you have for a single drive with your media crashing. So, you might as well get all the speed you can. I back-up my 2 RAIDS nightly to Firewire drives.
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By RAIDing the two drives, you gain speed. When they are empty, it’s no problem, but when they start getting full, they slow-down considerably. And they you get playback errors. Or, if you have a complex project with multiple layers of video & audio, you need the speed.
If you ask any of us, all have our drives at least in a RAID 0. And it’s good that you have a backup. I’ve only had my RAID go down (one drive failed) in 5 years, but it will happen.
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Don’t just get stuck on specs alone. Many factors all add up to the best picture quality. First and foremost is what is the final output of your project. Varicam is native 720 frame size format and Sony is 1080. So, converting to your final format might be more important than just the camera specs.
That said, the current version of the Varicam (H) is 12 bit processing, it shoots variable frame-rates (4-60) including 25fps (Your in PAL world correct?)
The Varicam interfaces natively with Final Cut Pro, so that is a plus. As far as CGI EFX, both shooting at 25fps will give you the ‘film’ look, but will introduce some blur to deal with in post.
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Definitely use the half-shutter when shooting 24. Without it, you get way too much blur. True film cameras do the same thing as the mirror rotates when exposing.
I also use half when shooting 30 fps if you are getting too much blur. It also helps tremendously when you shoot blue screen.
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Directly from my manual. Recording and over the SDI output, you get:
System Mode – Camera Mode – Video signals
1080i/59.94i – 60i – 60i
1080i/59.94i – 30p – 30p Over 60i
1080i/59.94i – 24p – 24p Over 60i (2-3 Pulldown)
1080i/59.94i – 24pA – 24p Over 60i (2-3 3-2 Pulldown)
1080i/50i – 50i – 50i
1080i/50i – 25P – 25P over 50i
720-59.94p – 60p – 60p
720-59.94p – 30p – 30p Over 60p
720-59.94p – 24p – 24p Over 60p (2-3 Pulldown)
720-50p – 50p – 50p
720-50p – 25p – 25p Over 50pErnie Santella
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With the HDX900, you can only choose between 24P & 24PA if you are shooting 1080i, not 720p.
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I live in CO, but travel for about 75% of my work. I charge $2,000/day with my HDX900 package and I am booked through the middle of January. Or $1,300/day without. (I obviously don’t like to do that, but if the client has to shoot another format, I will)
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For a quick fix, can you render for a short amount, then stop the render, Save, then start the render again and work your way through the timeline?
If it’s not RAM, then maybe your media drives have an issue as it might be having trouble pulling the media off to make the render. Just a thought.