[Mccaincow]

I just read the Panasonic White paper. I just chose the 720p24 easy setup and the problem is gone.

[Mccaincow]

I approached the school and got the tapes back. However they showed me the contract that specifically stated no video reproduction could be made including reporduction for personal use.

Is this a legal statement to put into a contract? I wonder how I fit into the scheme as I am not affiliated with the party who signed the contract?

[Mccaincow]

I tried that and it didnt seem to work. I’ve downloaded a program called force delete 1.2 (from versiontracker) and it works great, you just drop the files on the program in your dock and they disappear.

[Mccaincow]

Here is a followup. I am shooting a documentary overseas. I plan on dumping p2 cards with my powerbook with hard drives attached (I need at least 1 TB which will be redundant so I need a total of 2TB). I want to have one usb and one firewire drive at a time, becuase I have had problems connecting multiple firewire drives at once. Would you all buy one usb enclosure and one firewire enclosure, and swap out drives, or would you recommend a big RAID solution? My understanding is if you remove one of the raided drive it screws everything up. I think I will be safer with smaller drives becuase if one goes bad you loose more information than if you have a big 500GB crash and loose the whole project.

Any ideas on specific solutions from the IT savvy would be greatly apprciated.

[Mccaincow]

Can you give me some more information on PD? Is it availabe right now? How much are the disk, where can I get the PD recorder. Do you have any links where I could do some reserach on this foramt?

[Mccaincow]

This guy has lots of great stuff
https://www.motivitypictures.com/hvx200/

Amzing stuff here
https://www.silverphoenixllc.com/wolves.mov

So many samples here:
https://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=46093

https://www.richard-darge.com/HD/differences.mo

[Mccaincow]

I didnt take your comment as rude, I am glad you mentioned it. I responded to it I simply to explain my decision. Others will have differnt reasons for using differnt cameras however I wanted to explain why I chose the HVX.

[Mccaincow]

Few few more I thought of:

8.) The P2 cards will force me to be more disiplined while shooting. Often Times I leve the camera rolling when it should be cut, for example I “practice” a move with the camera rolling. While somewould say I should be disiplined anyway, this forces it. This waste hard drive space and time.

9.) I will be in 130 degree heat for one day during the trip I think this camera will preform better than the HDV cameras.

10.) I can easily playback the clips for my clients at the end of the day without having to jog through tapes potentially damaging them.

[Mccaincow]

I am the guy shooting the 11 day documentary. I am shooting with this camera for several reasons:

1.) I Like panasonic products the best. I only want to buy one HD camera, and this is the one for so many reasons: variable framerates, I like panasonics colors better, no moving parts, tapeless is the way of the future, DVCpro codec (no matter what the critics say Barry Greens greenscreen test proves it is 4:2:2 or very close, I would NOT trust HDV for green screen), my current DVX100 batteries (I’ve got 8) work with this system, no tape dropouts (which have been a probalem for me in the past), I believe it will match my current DVX100A and on and on.

2.) I shoot with the P+S technik Mini35 and I believe the DVCPro codec will hold up better than HDV.

3.) If I shot 4 “HDV” tapes a day for 11 days at $25 a pop It would cost $1,100. For just a little more I can purchase hard drives that can be used for projects for the next year or two.

4.) You might say use the right tool that easiest for the job. If I rent an HDV camera for the 3 weeks I am going to be gone I could pay for at least half of this camera. Not to mention the codecs that are not ready for FCP, or the decks I would have to rent to play the footage back when I return. While it may be slightly more cumbersome I still believe the picture will be better from this camera, especially variable frame rates.

5.) When I get back I will save 3 days it typically takes to digitze, which improves my post production workflow.

6.) I can selectively arcive the footage I want on a Hard Drive and stick it on the shelf. Eventually I can burn Blu Ray disks or what ever technology becomes available.

7.) Everything will get easier with time, bigger P2 cards, Blu Ray disks for archiving (or whatever comes in the near future)

Is it EASIER than tape right now?? Probablly not, if I wanted it to be easy I would stick to my DVX100. But were talking about taking the game up to a new level and all things considered this is the best way for me to do it.

[Mccaincow]

The problem I see with the Seritek drive is how to I get it to interface with my powerbook, because I need the PCIMA slot of the P2 cards. I guess I have to get a USB 2.0 or Firewire enclosure?

DAN