Les Wilson
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I have used high density 3 inch furniture foam under each tripod leg to great effect in attenuating floor vibrations. YMMV.
Your point about affecting storage is a good one. I would not expect a problem with solid state media but wouldn’t be the least surprise to find out there are problems with hard disk based storage.
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If you read up on this, the consensus is to use a workflow that has FCP do the scaling from HD to DV. I experimented with various approaches and concluded that’s the best approach. Rafael’s approach is pretty much the easiest way to do it. Create a timeline that standard def but uses Prores as the codec. Don’t let FCP change the timeline to match the footage. Your DV and XDCAM footage will all have to be re-rendered on the timeline.
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If you have a video camera that you use with your Macbook, then as has been said, dub the VHS to your camera and then capture to your computer as usual. Some cameras allow play-thru and you can then skip the recording on the camera and capture from the camera.
If you do not have a video camera from which you can capture video on your MacBook then dubbing to it as advised above isn’t something you can do.
That said, your question was difficult to understand. What you need is a USB video capture device that supports the Macintosh. That totally separate from burning video to a Dual Layer DVD. I see several USB capture devices out there (XLR8, PInnacle….) but I can’t offer a recommendation. Hopefully this post will clarify what your question is.
One bit of suggestion tho, if you don’t want to edit the video, then don’t bother capturing it onto your computer. A DVD recorder is about the same price as these capture devices. You can dub straight from your VHS tape player to a DVD. Going the computer route is much slower.
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The SxS technology, like any SSD based technology, lasts but a certain amount of time as measured by reading, writing, formatting etc. According to Sony the SxS-1 won’t last as long as the Pro model. The statistic I hear the most is if you used it every day for 8 hours a day, it would “only” last 5 year. There is some kind of “gas gauge” that shows the remaining “life”. I haven’t seen them in 64GB.
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According to the NexTo site, it’s supposed to work by connecting the camera to the device via the USB. From their site for the NexTo Video Storage model: “With NEXTO Video Storage, you simply connect the device to your camcorder via USB port ”
https://www.nextodiusa.com/product_info.asp?nexto_product=2
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The EX series has built in time lapse and long shutter that should be useful when the sun is just at first light. Also, I believe the EX’s TLCS can help you by adjusting the exposure as it gets brighter. An HDSLR is going to require some serious ND.
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I last did this when I was on SD and an XL1s but I let the sun blow out and exposed for the sky effect I wanted. The ocean fell into place. I moved the iris as the sun rose and you can see in the attached how the effects of the small aperture kicked in as I cranked it down.
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How did it work out?