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Glenn Mire
October 26, 2014 at 8:27 pm in reply to: ISO for Sony HXR-NX5U

I had the same question and went to Phil Bradon at Sekonic and Andy at AbelCine. What I got from them was a procedure that allowed me to test this.
Bottom line seems to be native at 0db is ISO 250. One stop = 6db.
How I arrived at this:
I took an 8×11 gray card and lit it with two hot lights, sufficient to give me good exposure at 1/50s at f8 on my Canon 5D MkII. I’m shooting the Sony at 24fps, 1/48s shutter and 0db. I adjusted the histogram on the Canon by changing the ISO until the middle gray spike was centered (50%) on the histogram. This was at ISO250.
Going back to the Sekonic, I metered the light until it read 24fps at f8 and ISO 250. Perfect. Looking at the screen on the camera, it also was right on. 1/48s, f8, 0db.
Glenn Mire
April 23, 2014 at 1:54 am in reply to: NX5U Rebate

SUCCESS!!! Ok, first of all, here’s the number for the Professional Video Camera department that handles the NX5U and where I got my info: 866-766-9272.
Next, don’t bother calling 866.838.0421 or 866.881.1114 for the Rebate Dept as they just ring and ring and finally disconnect 🙁
If you click the link that Adorama has for their rebate form, https://www.sony.com/NX5Upromo, you’ll get an Err 404, file or folder not found.

Here’s where you have to go to find the various Sony Promotions for the online entry:
https://www.MerProRebates.com
email is:SonyProRebates@meridinet.com
phone: 800.295.5981

I finally got mine submitted and the paperwork mailed today!!

What a PAIN Sony’s system is. NOBODY except this one guy in the Pro Dept had this info.
Glenn Mire
April 22, 2014 at 2:08 am in reply to: NX5U Rebate

Thanks. I’ve been trying for over a week now. Will try the number at the other site.
Glenn Mire
March 31, 2014 at 4:48 pm in reply to: Do 128 Gig sd cards work in the NX5u

Thanks, John. That is EXACTLY the info that would make all the difference in the world. Too bad Sony doesn’t add that to the process.
Just ordered mine and will get it Thursday. Hopefully it will updated already, but just in case…
Glenn Mire
March 31, 2014 at 4:23 pm in reply to: Do 128 Gig sd cards work in the NX5u

Thanks for the update. I did seem like someone else has updated and was able to use the higher cap. I’ve also been reading that a few are struggling with the update to 4.0. Is there a trick to getting it done?
Glenn Mire
March 30, 2014 at 5:05 pm in reply to: New version of Sony HXR-NX5U?

Thanks for the info. Always a challenge-buy now and get the benefit of all the updates or get the latest and work through the new bugs :). Decisions, decisions.