John Lenihan
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Here is the link to it on Schneider website.
Looks like it has a different stock number than the number stamped on my lens.
https://www.schneideroptics.com/century/dv/sony/HDR-FX1000/HDR-FX1000.htm
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I uset the Schneider Optics C157899.
It is a 1.6x
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Do not simply place the individual files into the timeline.
I used to do that, thinking I was saving a step in the process. The problem is that at the end of each of those clips, it is missing between 1 and 5 frames. Those frames are stored in the metadata. If you use the sony utility software it creates those frames as it concatenates them, and you are good to go. If you simply place the raw clips from the storage media together you will find yourself dropping frames. You may not notice it unless you are doing multicamera shoots or precise orchestra recordings, but it is there.The SXS cards do the same. The deal is this FAT32 is the only non proprietary file format. That means, Apple, PC, and Unix can all read them. If they went to a file format that would allow longer files, then they would have to pick Apple or PC or Unix.
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Tony,
There is no way to change this, it is a function of the FAT32 file system file size limitation on the SD card.However,
When you use the software supplied with the camera to bring the files into the computer on a pc, it will concatenate them into one long file. I have shot as long as 5 hours and when it comes into the computer it is one file.If you use final cut on the mac, then it will concatenate the little files into one big one as you log and transfer.
John
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Regarding the 4:2:2, someone else on this forum will have to answer you, since I don’t have the fs700. Do a search for fs700 on this site. You may need an external recorder device to get the super high bit rate.
Regarding shooting verite style, I do that every day. I shoot events like weddings, corporate, stage, and sports. When I am shooting weddings, I have microphones all over the place, lights, when possible, and am blowing and going when needed. Then tell the story that emerges from it all.
I purchased a dslr last year to get some great videos. I worked with it for a couple of weeks before sending it back.
My conclusion was that the greatest thing that dslr was good for were staged, set up, well controlled scenes. NOT blow and go video shooting. In other words, not in real live situations.
So, if your problems with getting verite style b-roll are similar to the problems I had shooting real life, then YES, virtually any camcorder in the $8000 range is better than any dslr.
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Since you are in this forum, I assume you are considering one of the nxcam series.
I think the Sony FS700 is what you are looking for.
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Now that you are talking about the autofocus itself, I will point out that several years ago I documented that in a thread on this forum. Uploaded a dozen pictures where the subject was in the foregraound, takeing up the middle third, and the camera focused on wheat stalks 100 yards behind.
I call it the antiface detection. Since there is no vertical lines, it prefers anything vertical line to a face, especially many vertical lines.
I have gone round and round with the Sony product manager and I believe some of the newer models like the 700 started incorporating the consumer face detection. Someone with a 700 can let me know if I am correct on that point.
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Glad to be of some help.
I have been out of the consumer camera market for some time, so I cannot comment on those.
I have personally stuck with sony when I was in consumer gear, and now that I am in pro gear.
I often see professionals using Panasonic gear. I would recommend one of those two brands.
The other approach is to buy a dslr and shoot videos with it. If you go that route, I would recommend Cannon. But if you are really doing videos, using a dslr camera for videos only works if you are in control of the shots. Not for live events.
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Wow, That sounds like a question that could take an entire book to answer.
I will give you my recommendations, behind which there are many subtopics.
I assume you want a general purpose camera.
1. You definately want to go tapeless. I recommend sd card or similar. Avoid internal hard drive, tape, cd rom recording, those are ancient.
2. You want mp4 compression. This has the following synonyms: h.264, avchd, are the two most popular. The compression of the video comes in a wrapper, like a letter comes in an envelope. Those are minor because most editors know how to open all the different wrappers.
3. You want it to allow remote control of things like zoom. Typically this is called LANC by sony and panasonic.
4. If you are serious, you want xlr audio inputs.
5. Besides that, you can choose Sony, Panasonic, JVC.
6. You should be able to find a high end consumer camera in the under $2000 range. The most important difference is actually the glass lens. The better the lens, the better the picture over a wider range.
John
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The answer at that time was no, maybe sometime in the future.
Now, 3 years later, the answer is, no, maybe sometime in the future.
In fact, because of the new way the titling has been rewritten, it is even harder to do. I still use what is called legacy text. At least I can copy and paste the prototype and just change the words.
John
John Lenihan
LeniCam Video Productions
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