[Gary Alan]

Steve,

I have not had any problems writing your wife notes. LOL
J/K

Happy Holidays,
Gary

Mac Pro 3Ghz Intel Dual Duo, 6GB RAM, 30″ ACD
MacBook Pro 17″
Sony XDCAM EX with a Sachtler Tripod System

[Gary Alan]

I just went to work today and found the stock battery fully uncharged and I did not have it mounted on the camera sibce Friday. And I left worked with the battery fully charged. This is really not looking good. Do we have to always take the time now to charge a battery two hours before every shoot? Sometimes a shoot happens in a spur of a moment. Anyone else seeing this happen? Plus my stock battery has a date from over a year ago, but charge cycles were showing six when I looked the other day at the menu info. Can Sony be selling old batteries and change the charge cycle data it shows? What a bummer.

Gary

Mac Pro 3Ghz Intel Dual Duo, 6GB RAM, 30″ ACD
MacBook Pro 17″
Sony XDCAM EX with a Sachtler Tripod System

[Gary Alan]

Thanx all. I was probably not full wide. I will try it again at work on Wed.

Gary

Mac Pro 3Ghz Intel Dual Duo, 6GB RAM, 30″ ACD
MacBook Pro 17″
Sony XDCAM EX with a Sachtler Tripod System

[Gary Alan]

Yes, happened to me twice. i know the camera was off on Friday and Monday the stock battery was drained. I am still waiting for the spare 60 battery we ordered.

Gary

Mac Pro 3Ghz Intel Dual Duo, 6GB RAM, 30″ ACD
MacBook Pro 17″
Sony XDCAM EX with a Sachtler Tripod System

[Gary Alan]

Thnaks for the replies.

Mac Pro Intel Quad, 2GB RAM, 30″ Apple Display
MacBook Pro 17″ matte screen, 2GB RAM

[Gary Alan]

The new EX works in FCP 6 and looks great.
Gary

[Gary Alan]

i see one step to the laptop (express slot) and another step from the laptop to the mac pro desktop.

Mac Pro Intel Quad, 2GB RAM, 30″ Apple Display
MacBook Pro 17″ matte screen, 2GB RAM

[Gary Alan]

thanx all, if it’s only 10% or so slower over usb, then that is not too bad.

gary

Mac Pro Intel Quad, 2GB RAM, 30″ Apple Display
MacBook Pro 17″ matte screen, 2GB RAM

[Gary Alan]

Hi Jeff,

Thanx for the info. I will give it a try. I guess I could also try to get a small LCd TV monitor with component or composites inputs and plug the cam outs into it. Set it up next to the monitor where the operator running the prompter text sits. I was trying to make it work with what we have on hand and use that real estate on the 30″ ACD.

Working with the deaf community brings on new challenges we usually don’t think about. The people are really nice to work with.

Gary

Mac Pro Intel Quad, 2GB RAM, 30″ Apple Display
MacBook Pro 17″ matte screen, 2GB RAM

[Gary Alan]

I have a system with 2GB ram using matched pairs. I can add another set of 1GB matched pair (2GB) to get 4GB total or I can add another set of matched pair 2GB (4GB) to get 6GB total.

G

Mac Pro Intel Quad, 2GB RAM, 30″ Apple Display
MacBook Pro 17″ matte screen, 2GB RAM