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Jim Ray
January 23, 2012 at 10:01 pm in reply to: JVC PROHD Camcorder SD Card Corrupt Clip

Dan,
Have you found a way to fix corrupted video files off your SD cards? I am dealing with a similar incident and found that a freeware program called “testdisk” was able to rebuilt a lost partition on the SD card. Try it.

Jim

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Jim Ray
January 23, 2012 at 9:55 pm in reply to: Corrupt file or broken clip in JVC HM700U

Did you ever resolve this issue? Have you come up with a process to deal with it?

I am struggling with the loss of about 30 clips from a recent event. They simple stopped being seen by the camera or my Mac. Must have powered down the camera accidentally while recording.

Used a free program called “testdisk” that was able to rebuild the directory/partition on the SD card, but the files are still flaky.

Try Testdisk if you haven’t already.

Best,
Jim

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Jim Ray
January 23, 2012 at 9:49 pm in reply to: How did video clip files disappear from my JVC GY HM 100?

Try a free application called “testdisk”. Just Google it. It can often rebuild corrupted directory structures and partitions. Depends on how many times you’ve recorded over things since this incident.

Good luck!
Jim

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Jim Ray
August 4, 2011 at 2:30 pm in reply to: Canon 60D – can AGC be turned off?

Thanks much!

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Jim Ray
August 3, 2011 at 4:42 pm in reply to: Canon 60D – can AGC be turned off?

Good points, Thomas. Only those of us who have used pro video cameras would understand how helpful and effective purpose-built video cameras can be in the field. (XLR manual audio, good motion video processing, lots of discrete, large buttons, good ergonomics and weight balance, etc)

It’s kinda of funny that no one has yet confirmed if it is possible to turn off the 60D’s AGC. (having audio input controls does NOT necessarily prove that AGC isn’t engaged)

Best,
Jim

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Jim Ray
September 26, 2010 at 4:14 pm in reply to: On-camera Field Monitor – any LED yet?

Thanks, Gary. I’ve rented this one actually – a nice monitor. I’m now on a constrained budget and looking for an under-$1k lite weight model for attachment to camera. I was not sure if anyone (such as smallHD or Marshall) had begun offering LED backlighting on the prosumer market yet. Looks like they are still focusing on LCD at the moment.
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Jim

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Jim Ray
September 24, 2010 at 4:37 pm in reply to: Canon 60D – can AGC be turned off?

Micah,
Thanks for the feedback and encouragement around the 60D. I’m NOT anxious to spend more $$, but the “time is money” rule is important to weigh in these capital decisions.
I don’t think your assumption around ‘input controls meaning there won’t be AGC’ is necessarily correct. Some pro/pro-sumer camcorders and edit systems allow both to operate together – thus making the AGC more of a limiter for extreme levels changes. Even then, though, silent passages raise hell by draging the noise floor up…so I’m hoping that you are correct!
Thanks again,
Jim

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Jim Ray
September 24, 2010 at 4:27 pm in reply to: Canon 60D – can AGC be turned off?

Thanks, Michael! Good summary of “extras over the T2i. I assume that by mentioing HD out you are implying that the 60D will out put HD during record? I thought all the low-end Canons switched to 480p when recording. I would LOVE it if Canon had corrected this, since I plan to use an external monitor when shooting.
Best,
Jim

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