Leslie Wand
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thanks michael, much appreciated.
i think i’ll probably continue with my ex1 for a while longer – as i wrote, i very rarely have to deal with low light situations, and when i do i actually want that grainy low light look, in fact i’ve even had to add it i post on a couple of occasions 😉
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without meaning to hijack this thread…
michael, how do you find the 150 vs ex1 for hd only?
i should point out i usually shoot doco’s, but i rarely have to contend with low light situations, etc.,
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i have to say i’ve also looked at both, but since i’m not worried about 4k (at the moment) that wasn’t a consideration, what was was glass…
similar to you i’m a hooker, whatever pays the bills, one day short form doco, the next a corporate greenscreen, the next a tvc, though my main income is derived from shooting horses (love writing that ;-)). i shoot horses for the major sales, private sales, stallions, and sometimes stud profiles, so i can’t look to any one situation and plan around it.
so what’s keeping me shooting with an ex1 is simply the fact that the 14x zoom is invaluable to me. if i want similar on either of those cameras it’s going to cost me big time. the kit zoom is useless for MY work, and i’m not that happy trying to adapt a b4 to work effectively.
if i do upgrade it’ll probably be to a 300 once it goes 4k, though i have had a look at the 150, but it’s not THAT much of an improvement over my ancient ex1 ;-(
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it would probably help to know what you’re main use would be – run ‘n’ gun, studio, greenscreen, etc., etc.,
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i think it only affects clips that spread over the 4gb fat32 limit, ie longer takes would show some glitches if transferred incorrectly.-
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all i can suggest is to take it to a competent tech – i know doing these sort of updates appears simple but quite frankly for the few dollars it costs it’s worth having someone else having to pull their hair out, and return to if there’s a problem later.
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i had my ex1 done by a tech who pointed out that it was not advisable to ‘jump’ an upgrade but to do each in sequence and then test camera each time.
hope you get it sorted
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was there no battery level warning?
if not then i would be taking the camera back for inspection. however, if there was and you ignored it… rather like driving a car on the reserve warning and not filling up when you pass a garage – when you’re out of gas you’re out of gas.
you could perhaps try one or more of the various mp4 ‘repair’ tools on the net – a google for ‘mp4 video recovery tool’ returns dozens of them.
good luck
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probably depends where you are – i got sme off ebay from a LOCAL source, though of course they were made in china. i’ve heard good things about https://www.betterbatt.com.au/
i’m not worried about using unbranded batteries as long as they’re from a local source so i sue them;-)
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are they 4k?
what’s your editing system specs?
you could always work with proxies if it isn’t umphy enough.