[Joe Tyler]

Sometimes (depending on the environment) It can be the frequency of the light vs the frequency of the camera/shutter. It would take a few minutes to test, but try this. Setup your camera to record (any format) and cycle thru the shutter settings 1/60, 1/100 etc. This will eat up light but may solve the problem.

Certain bulbs (usually fluorescent- 50hz) or equipment running at a non standard US voltage (other than 110v/220v) and concert lighting equipment, particularly dimmer boards, are frequently manufactured in the UK and operate through their own power source.

I’ve encountered this problem quite a few times and everyone blames the CMOS chip, but sometimes it is a simple frequency problem. Of course the chip is the likely suspect.

Good luck

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EX3 Owner

[Joe Tyler]

Black balance is the correct answer. Same thing happens on all cameras, 90% of the time sony’s masking software will cover it. Black balance the camera immediately after starting up. Then check viewfinder. If the camera us not pretty new, I’d consider sending it back to sony or swapping it out.

I’m not 100% on the EX3, but black balance usually swaps through the gain settings automatically, so you wouldn’t need to black balance more than once.

Another possibility is dust on the sensors or back glass. Quick blast of air.

joe

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DP in the Washington Dc Area

[Joe Tyler]

I’m a huge fan of the Sanken CS-3. Great sweet sounding shotgun, great pickup range, Phantom 48v power. Pretty pricey as an on-board mic.

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DP in the Washington Dc Area

[Joe Tyler]

Lens conversion from 2/3″ to 1/2″ is x1.365.

So the EX3 freebie lens is the 2/3″ equivalent of 10.34mm. (7.6mmx1.365 + 10.34mm)
Hope that helps

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DP in the Washington Dc Area

[Joe Tyler]

My solution. I have my PC based laptop with a built in Express card reader and dual hard drives. I copy all data simultaneously to both drives. Remove the second drive (single screw in bottom of laptop), place hard drive into a shell and hand off. 80GB ~ $20. Any client can handle that. The custom laptop ran about $1400 from HP.
The hard drives can be mounted on the editor’s computer and has a USB 2.0 connection.

hope that helps