[Klaas Van urk]

Joe, Sony solved already jour problem. On a Mac, do this: make a new folder and name it BPAV. Inside this folder make folder named CLPR. Place the numbered folders inside the CLPR folder. Now open XDCAM EX Clip Browser. In the explorer window look for your new BPAV folder. XDCAM EX Clip Browser ‘sees’ the folder and repairs it for you. Quit XDCAM EX Clip Browser. Now you can use XDCAM transfer or FCP to import the clips.

[Klaas Van urk]

The Nexto has a USB port that makes connection to a computer. The EX3 has also a USB port that is suited to make connection to a computer. Both having a USB port doesn’t mean that they can be connected to each other (or ‘see’ each other). The Nexto is suited to offload cards in the field. As far as I know it doesn’t have a SXS card slot. A workarround may be using a MXR card adaptor (or alike) plus a SDHC card in your EX3 and then offload the SCHC cards in your Nexto. But offloading cards in the field is not seen as a safe way of working.

[Klaas Van urk]

The BNC connector gives SD-SDI or HD-SDI signal. If you need an analoge composite signal you should use the analoge out connector hidden behind the grip. There is a cable supplied which has in one side cinch connectors. The cable will hinder your hand on the grip.
An other option is to use a small serial digital encoder like the AJA D4E. It takes SD-SDI input and gives composite or S-video out. I use one when I need a more ‘robust’ output.

[Klaas Van urk]

Interesting specs, super hi speed card reading. But 1000 dollar is 4 times more than I’m willing to pay for a product like this. If your interest is SXS card reading, there are more valuble options. They will be slower but you must do a lot of card reading to justfy this investment.

[Klaas Van urk]

I was in the same situation a few month ago. Desperate. I bought CardRescue did a low level scan searching for mp4 files. I found nothing. Then did the same search to .mpg files. I found some .mpg files of approx 1 Gb. They contained video, but no sound. I was relieved anyway because all other methods found no files at all.
Maybe a low level search to .mpg files will help in your situation too. It seems to me that the camera writes data to the card during recording. When the limit of 3,5 Gb is reached, the file is closed into a mp4 wrapper. Succes!

[Klaas Van urk]

I use them on regular basis. Lots of light. Buy the one with the dimmer or your subject will be blown away by the light output. The color temperature is my only concern. I have two 1800’s and they have two different color temperatures. One redish and one greenish. The light is in between daylight and tungsten. Under tungsten I still prefer my halogen camera lamp. In mixed light and daylight they work pretty well.

[Klaas Van urk]

We have to shoot sometimes NTSC for an American company. Living in Europe we have to shoot 30 fps under 50 Hertz lighting. The use of high frequency fluorescent lights didn’t help much. We found that using the shutter at 1/100 gave the best results. Maybe this trick also works the other way around. Try shutter speeds at multiples of 60 Hertz like 1/120 and 1/180. And try multiples of 30, like 1/90. Also try to ‘search’ with ECS ‘around’ these frequencies. Sometimes you are just 0,1 Hertz/shutterspeed ‘off’.

[Klaas Van urk]

There’s a simple solution. The Libec ZC-9EX remote controller. Use your left hand just for focusing. Especially on long shoots, zooming with your left hand is very tiresome on any camera. I bought one for 157 euros, so the price won’t stop you. Works nice. I use it on my PDW F330 to.

[Klaas Van urk]

Yes you can…

First flip the switches from both channel 1 and 2 to manual and external.
Then press the menu button and go to the bottom of the audio input menu.
Choose EXT CH Select: CH-1
By doing this mic input 1 is directed to both channels.
Now you can perform your trick.

Note: If the switches for both channel 1 and 2 are not switched to manual and external, the menu options are grayed out.

[Klaas Van urk]

The 9 pin male is moulded to its wire, so I couldn’t open it. I think you buy it with the wire already attached. I could open the 8 pin female connector, the pins are marked with letters. These are my findings:
The white wire is connected to pin A, gray to pin B, red to C, blue to D, black to E and G (bridged), yellow to F, orange to H. The brown wire is ignored.
So if you find a 9 pin male connector wired according this colorscheme, you’re set.