John Kabasakalis
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This very same thing happened to me last week on my AF100 and 32gb Sandisk card. My clip was 2 hours long. It would crash. The status icon in Log & Transfer flashed a red exclamation point. Turns out it’s a Stream Error. It occurred repeatively at a particular point in the 2 hours. It was corrupted for 2-3 frames about an hour into the clip. My solution: Take it in… in segments. When finished… reformat the card. Run another 2 hour clip… problem should disappear.
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You did it Michael. Thank you. That was it. I forgot all about the L&T Import Preference box…
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Yes… thank you Tom. I figured it out. I was laying out a multiple timelimes with Lumix footage which doesn’t have TC. Everytime I set a new hour it would revert to hour one. I realized that once I set it I needed to go back to browser and activate my change. Once again, thanks. jk
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Check out the following website. This Toronto outfit shoots weddings with the 7D and the 1D (24p). They do such great work that it led to a gig shooting both NFC & AFC games for the NFL with HDSLR’s. The finished piece was shown during the Superbowl.
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1)Codec… the big cameras win.
2)A doc? … depends on the kind of doc. I own a Panasonic HDX 900/Ikegami V-59/Canon 5D/Panasonic Lumix GH-1. I love big sensors, fast lenses, & small form factors. I am thrilled when producers ask for my HDSLR instead of one of the big boys. I feel like a photographer again and not a sherpa.
3) In my last 5 HDSLR shoots only one interview was shot at F4.5 All the others were F1.2 to F2.8
4) We download cards during the shoot. Actually the laptop does it while I continue shooting. Not an issue.
5) One Caveat: You really need to spend lots of time learning HDSLRs. A couple of months of preparation would be advised -
I own a Lumix and love it. Here’s why.
1) The picture is gorgeous. Recently I shot a 10 minute capital funding campaign video which also incorporated video from my Panasonic HDX-900. I shot the green screen interviews with the 900 and the b-roll with the Lumix. The difference in resolution was astounding. It’s like night and day.
2) The camera is light… no mirror. Remember you’re probably going to rig it out. Add handles, rods, matt box, follow focus, a better reference mic, etc and now you getting a tad heavy for handheld. Remember that around hour 10.
3) I work fast. I shoot network, doc, cable and corporate. I need a camera that I can operate as fast as a Betacam otherwise I’ll loose the battle to convince my clients to use this new format. The Panasonic micro 4/3 lens is great at auto focusing. I’ve never auto focused in 37 years of shooting and am quite impressed. It’s noiseless, fast and doesn’t breathe. Combine that with the flip out LCD and you can put the camera in a lot of interesting places and do a lot of interesting moves.
4) I don’t feel like I have sensor envy. Put a fast prime on it and you’ve got your DOF. Yes… it’s not as big as a Canon but it’s still plenty to work with.
5) Workflow. Easy. Take the SDHC card out of the camera and Log & Transfer it into FCP lickety-split.
Finally, I know this camera will be an worthless antique 12 months from now. I’m fine with that. I bought my Lumix four months ago and since then three other HDSLR have been introduced.This is a new frontier and I want to be out in front because there’s an learning curve here. It’s not like shooting stills and it’s not like shooting video. This is a whole new ball game.
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Thanks much. Operator error. Jk
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Easy solution. Buy a 52 mm close-up diopter at your local camera shop and screw it into the HDX viewfinder. It will cost you about fifty dollars and give you more than enough focusing range.