John Lenihan
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OK, I just tried, unsuccessfully to update my NX5U.
I have windows 7 pro 64 bit.
I followed the instructions and got into an endless loop, so I had to shut down the computer and remove the cameras power to get out of it.There is a step in the process where it says to select the remove device from the usb port, first by clicking on the software icon.
Well there was no software Icon giving me that choice. So I did a search and found the device driver, and told it to stop so I could remove it, but it wouldn’t obey. The sony software wouldn’t let me go further. I waited an hour, no help. THen I removed the USB cable, but the camera would not even shut down. With the off switch off. I had to remove the power. Then I had to reboot my computer.
If anyone has managed to get this to work, please let me know.
John
John Lenihan
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If you can hold off a year, then wait.
The XDCam Series was based on MPEG2 compression. Invented around 1990. A nice, solid compression technique. Easy on the cpu for editing.
The NXCAM is based on AVCHD or mp4 compression. This is twice as efficient as MPEG2. So you can store twice as much on the same size media. This came out around 2005. Downside is that it takes a lot of cpu to preview and render it for editing. So it first came out in consumer cameras where they don’t edit.
As computer power grew over the last 7 years, we have been able to find ways to actually edit avchd and the ability to have half the storage on camera and in the file server is quite valuable.
About 2 years ago Panasonic came out with AVC Intra. See AVC as it exists today is interframe compression. That is what makes it so CPU intensive during editing.
AVC Intra is doing the compression on each frame, and is easier on the cpu to edit.
Well the rumor is that within the next year, sony will start coming out with AVD Intra, although they will call it something else because they don’t want to look like they are following Panasonic.
John Lenihan
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That is a very interesting question.
I don’t know the answer to it, since I haven’t been searching for it.
However, once you do your research, let us know what you find out.
John
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I will add my thoughts to your application also.
It appears to me that it will take some custom software to extract the metadata for each clip and make it into a format that burns it into the image on the screen. That is not available in the camera, nor in the software utility that comes with the camera that Ian referred to (The content management utility).
Don’t buy this product expecting it to do what you want out of the box. However, if you can’t find a camera that does, it might be possible to hire someone to write some software, that in conjunction with a video editor, could post process the files and create what you are looking for.
John
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You are asking ME if you can live without ND filters?
One can always add ND filter onto the outside of the lens. Or shoot at higher speed like 1/5000 of something to get the outdoor shot. I thought you were doing interviews, now your doing snow shots?
These are all questions you have to ask yourself.
I use ND filters on my NX5 to
a. use a wider aperture to get some depth of field affects
b. because if the nx5 gets aperture gets close to f11, there starts to be chromatic aberration.John Lenihan
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I have not used the NEX so can only comment based on my extensive NX5 experience.
1. NX5 is smaller, so you can get into spaces easier, however is more difficult to handhold steady compared to a shoulder mount.
2. Both use the same compression, no differnce.
3. NX5 autofocus much prefers to focus on vertical lines behind your subject rather than the round features of a face. Looks like the NEX has face detection. For interviews could be a good thing.
4. NX5 has 20 to 1 zoom, good if you need to get close up but then wide shot quickly, like someone walking toward or away from you. Very handy. NEX is 10 to 1 zoom, and it looks like it the full zoom that is not as good as the NX5.
5. NEX has a single, large sensor, which makes it easier to make the background go out of focus. NX5 has three smaller sensors, good for having a wide depth a field, bad for using focus to you advantage.
The rest of the controls kind of look the same. I would base it on if you want shoulder mount, or handheld with a tripod.
John
John Lenihan
LeniCam Video Productions
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Sorry,
I use Sony Vegas Pro and it is simple.I can’t help with avid or final cut
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LeniCam Video Productions
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If you have the auto/manual switch on the left side to auto, it is auto white balance.
If you have the auto/manual switch set to manual, then press the white balance button to toggle auto white balance on or off.
Sony has these goofy suffixes like FX and other ones to delineate the bit rate. It is in the booklet somewhere. I just set it to the highest and never change it, so I don’t remember which is which.
After you play with the camera for a while, sit down and read every word in the booklet. Then go back to playing with the camera.
John
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Yes, you can see all the data on the remote monitor.
There is a setting under menu that is something like: display output, and the choices are
LCD
AllThe all choice will send it to the remote monitor.
John
John Lenihan
LeniCam Video Productions
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There are safer ways to mark the correct take.
Here are a few ideas.
1. Edit from the end. The last take is almost always the right one.
2. Have the talent say take 2, take 3, etc when starting over and have the operator jot down the take numbers and circle the good one.
3. Put the camera timecode in free run mode ( and set it to be equal to a 24 hour time clock.) Then have the operator right down the timecode of the bad takes.
4. Have one audio channel on the talent, have the second connected to a microphone that the camera operator has. The camera operator says bad take into that audio channel. or good take. Then during the editing process, the editor looks for the voice in the second audio channel and uses it as a signal.John Lenihan
LeniCam Video Productions
https://www.lenicamvideoproductions.com