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Kevin Brusie
May 16, 2009 at 5:07 pm in reply to: SERIOUS P2 Transfer Data Corruption Issues.

Stephen,
I agree that the EMF theory seems like “passing the buck”.. But… it was the only variable in the mix. I have since shot another three hours of footage and have not had an issue… (not a lot of time, I admit)… I have also switched from the XP based transfer system, which was using the Panasonic software, to a G4 Mac Powerbook, using ShotPutPro to an external HD via FW800. This is the same HD I had been using but I have formatted it to Mac os ext now in lieu of the PC format (not FAT32 but the other… whose acronym escapes me now…)

I, too am curious as to what the REAL culprit is…

kevin

Kevin Brusie
https://www.kevinbrusie.com
https://www.wonderdogfilms.com
DVX100A & HPX170
Kevin Brusie
April 29, 2009 at 2:10 pm in reply to: SERIOUS P2 Transfer Data Corruption Issues.

ethan,
Thanks for responding. Yes, that is exactly what I am seeing (your frame on productionmeeting). After an exhaustive analysis of everything around that footage… especially since it did not happen again since on other shots…I have a theory: electromagnetic field interference. Now I am not a physics sort of guy…nor an electrical engineer, but it appeared at two different times. It was during a shoot for a medical center. Turns out the footage was shot either while or right after being very close to MRI and Radiation therapy equipment. Both of these use massive amounts of power and I can feel the charge in the air when I am close by. (The rest of the folks present thought I was bonkers, but I feel strong EMFs) I have shot digital still many times near this type of equipment with no ill effects. But for some reason…. This appears on cards that were exposed to these fields. Interestingly even if the footage was shot after we left that zone (or at least I thought so).

So any techno wizards out there care to comment on my theory?

kevin

Kevin Brusie
https://www.kevinbrusie.com
https://www.wonderdogfilms.com
DVX100A & HPX170
Kevin Brusie
April 20, 2009 at 11:22 am in reply to: SERIOUS P2 Transfer Data Corruption Issues.

And I forgot to add that a test from the P2 copying to the XP laptops internal drive via P2CMS yielded the same problems.

kevin

Kevin Brusie
https://www.kevinbrusie.com
https://www.wonderdogfilms.com
DVX100A & HPX170
Kevin Brusie
November 20, 2006 at 10:27 pm in reply to: Captured 24pa incorrectly

I should specify this is in FCP 5

kgb
Kevin Brusie
March 29, 2006 at 1:41 am in reply to: Serious Aliiasing on DVX100A

Thanks for the tips… I ended up getting chamois head cleaners and fluid from a local electronics wholesaler and cleaned the head myself. Took the protective plate off the cassette mechanism and cut the handles down on the swabs. I was able to get right in there, and be perfectly aligned with the drum… then spun it a round with a nother swab from above.

It seems to have fixed the issue. I’ll have the camera serviced asap… once this shoot is done.

Thanks again!

kevin

kgb
Kevin Brusie
March 27, 2006 at 9:48 pm in reply to: Serious Aliiasing on DVX100A

Interestingly enough… I hadn’t cleaned the heads in a while (like ever!) I ran the head cleaning tape through as I was shown the evil red cirlce X of death. Then it still was the same (aliasing) and I ran it through again.

Still there. I am afraid to run it through a 3rd time! Should I use a wet cleaning?

Thanks Noah!

kevin

kgb