[Johnny Clark]

Dave, thank you for your post. Do you just carry the camera un-bagged onto the plane? Interesting. And that’s ok? What did you do with it once you were on the plane? Thanks in advance.

Johnny C

[Johnny Clark]

Thanks for the great advice Dave and Ed. Ed, what is the model of the portabrace case that you use? Would an HD250 with a 13x lens fit? Or if you have any suggestions for me I am certainly more than willing to hear.

Johnny C

[Johnny Clark]

This should help:
https://camcorder.jvc.com/product.jsp?modelId=MODL028148&pathId=141&page=14

Johnny C

[Johnny Clark]

I would say use what you have and find some low contrast settings for the camera’s you listed to match in post. Just do a google search for ‘scene files’ or ‘recipes’ for those cams and try them out.
Don’t use any stylized settings! (bleach bypass, invert, warm, etc.)
Use a low contrast setting as it will be the easiest to match in post.
Let us know what you decide and how it works.

Johnny C

[Johnny Clark]

CCD cameras can develop CCD blemishes where a pixel or two can appear white in the image. These may be caused by atmospheric radiation and also by manufacturing impurities that begin to show after years of use.

This is so common on CCD cameras by all manufacturers that we all build into our pro cameras the ability to detect and correct these blemishes.

On the GY-HV100U camera this process is provided in an advanced Menu accessed while in 24p mode by holding the Focus Assist button (the one on the camera body) when you press and hold the Menu/Status button for at least 5 seconds. You must be in 24p mode for this operation.

You see an advanced menu where the second line says CAMERA1. Move the cursor down and push the shutter wheel to enter that menu and now you have a list with the sixth item being PIXEL COMPEN. Move down to it and select that item, the word CANCEL blinks. Change it to EXECUTE and push again. It takes about 10 seconds or so to perform the operation and then tells you to power off the camera. You are done. Make sure Focus Assist is now OFF and exit 24p mode if desired.

However there are a few things for you to note about this process:
1. The process only conceals blemishes that show at 0db of gain. Blemishes that only show at 3dB, 6dB, 9dB or 18dB will not be corrected. Also there is a threshold that the blemish must be above to be detected. Over time those blemishes may become greater and then show at 0db and then will conceal.
2. Because of a good reason that would take too long to explain, the process can “miss” a blemish. It is absolutely likely that you might have to run the procedure a few times to find the blemish and conceal it.
3. Warming the camera makes the blemishes brighter and easier to correct. Some people wrap the camera in a blanket or coat to help warm it up. We DO NOT recommend warming your GY-HD100U in a microwave oven.

[Johnny Clark]

You will need something like this:
https://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3584104&Sku=D10-2164&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=TBBTkwCjCVyBpAgf%20mwzygtCjCVRqCjCVRq

This is just the first thing I clicked on. It will take the Svideo from your camera and feed it to you PC and you can capture that way.

Johnny C

[Johnny Clark]

Please read page 44 from the user manual.

https://www.jvc.ca/manuals/GR-DVL505U.pdf

Johnny C

[Johnny Clark]

The 6.0.2 update included the JVC ProHD 720p60 codec and works great.
I use it all the time.
As far as FC breaks go I think there is an option to ignore breaks during capture, not sure where that option is though… Try a google search or on the FC forum here on the CCow. One thing someone said was that it might be a Quicktime issue which inherently would cause problems in FCP. I’ll see if i can find something, let us know if you get something going.
Do you have a firestore or anything like that?

Johnny C

[Johnny Clark]

Hey Rick,
Sorry to hear about your problem. Unfortunately 6.0.3 has some JVC ProHD Bugs. Not Cool.
You’re not the first person with this kind of problem, maybe there is a fix but…..
The only real solution I have heard is for JVC ProHD users to go back to 6.0.2.
If there is a fix out there we would love to hear it here at CCow.

Johnny C

[Johnny Clark]

Final Cut Pro 6.0.3 has some serious JVC ProHD bugs.
6,0,2 works great but if you have updated then go back to 6.0.2.

Johnny C