Matt Trubac
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A little off topic for this thread… but here we go. The biggest differences between the cameras you mentioned come to sensor size and convenience features inside the cameras. I don’t know that I will hit everything here… but here are a few.
The 5D Mark ii is a full frame sensor. The 7D and 60D are 1.6x crop sensors. This means that the field of view of a 50mm lens on a 5D Mark ii is equal to what you would get on a 35mm film camera. Because the sensor on the 7D and 60D is smaller it doesn’t capture the entire image projected by the lens and a 50mm lens is cropped. The effective field of view is equivalent to a focal length multiple of 1.6x on a 35mm camera. Our example of a 50mm lens on a full frame would look more like 80mm (full frame) on the 7D or 60D.
I haven’t used the 60D, but I think its IQ is very similar to the 7D. I own both the 5D Mark ii and 7D. Both cameras are very good, but the 5D Mark ii has less noise at higher ISO’s. It becomes most noticeable to me over 1250 iso. This is due to the full frame sensor on the 5D. Larger pixels.
Otherwise, between the 5D Mark ii and the 7D, the biggest things that stand out in my mind are… The 7D can shoot 720p60. The 5D does not shoot this format. The 5D has a histogram for setting exposure. The 5D allows you to manually set an audio level from within menus. Not convenient but something you cannot do on a 7D. The 7D has a dedicated switch for video/photo modes. The 5D has a button to enter live view and you need to set the live view mode up within the menu. The 7D has a dedicated video record button. The 5D uses the center button in the navigation wheel thing to start and stop recording.
The 5D is more expensive than the 7D. They have similar build quality. In general IQ is comparable across the line. Fast quality lenses are important. I shoot with several primes that are f/1.4-f/2.0. I also use a few f/2.8 zoom lenses. Mostly Canon L glass.
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Thanks Jon. Are there any 3TB drives that you recommend for that enclosure?
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Just curious, one year later, how the Maxx Digital evoVR has been? I have read about concerns (in particular from Bob) that the reliability of esata is flaky. Some of those comments date as far back as 2008… Maybe it’s getting better?
I have been shooting weddings and events for some time and have been taking on a growing number of commercials. Managing all of my footage across two edit systems and a dozen or so external drives and internal 2TB drives that get plopped into Thermaltake BlacX docks is feeling risky. Not to mention trying to keep backups on 2-3 drives of media and projects becomes a chore. I need something a bit more professional/secure/automated. Raid 5?
As my business is growing I’d love ethernet SAN but know it far exceeds my budget. I am thinking the evoVR fits the bill but wonder about esata raid 5 reliability or if I should be considering anything else on the market?
Matt
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The closest thing I know that is available at this point is “Shift + F” in FCPX.
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Problem seems to be solved.
I logged a new clip, captured, and everything looks fine. I have no clue why FCP botched some of the logged clip settings with 32KHz audio.
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I made a new cable, just the right length, bnc connectors, no adapters or funny business. Tried the down convert process again, and everything looked good!
always use quality cable, and never trust it!
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hey thanks.
I purchased Remee RG6 Quad. Hopefully this will have it fixed.
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99% sure it is a bad cable.
found a spot in the cable that I can wiggle and the signal cuts in and out, the Kona Control Panel flips back and forth between 1080i29.97 on the SDI in, and no video. The audio also pops and crackles.
I’ll be out to purchase cable, bnc connectors, and a crimper in the morning, and will give this another go. I will report back.
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I suspect the cable may be to blame. The cable I am using consists of two of these 25 footers connected with a barrel connector, and then I have BNC adapters on each end to connect to the MXO and Kona.
Trying to do the best I can with what I have available. 🙂
however, I am willing to purchase new cables/gear to make this work reliably.
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I changed all of my sequences back to render same as sequence codec (HDV 1080i60), rendered, and tried another print to video (in other words output MXO to KONA). I still had green flash frames. I actually had more of them than I have seen before, but none of them were full frame. Just the bottom third, or the middle section of the frame, etc.