Michael Palmer
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It is not a ballast issue. I would bet a cell phone may have been the problem. These Kino’s have electronic ballasts and they DON’T cause audio issues.
Good Luck
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Welcome Rafael,
Great to have another team mate here, nice to have you with us.
Cheers,
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My wish is they upgrade the bit rate to 50Mbps with 4:2:2 color spacing. This would be very simple as the encoder is the same as the PDW-700/800 cameras, in fact it is the same encoder used in the Convergent Design Flash XDR and Nano Flash HD-SDI/HDMI compact flash recorders. I’m sure it would end the use of the SDHC cards putting the SxS cards to good use and it would be worth it.
Michael Palmer
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If you think about it the only issue may be with the contacts of the Express 34 slot contacts as Craig has advised. 500 hours could be from someone constantly keeping the camera on and you know the record time must be a small fraction of this time. The good thing is that it is only about 1 year old and that is not enough time for any tapeless camcorder to fail. Someone spoke of a 3% per month from release date depreciation for the XD Cam 700 HD cameras, so you must decide what is a good value for yourself.
IMO Items for sale are only worth what someone is willing to offer, not what sellers demand.
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I would hope that the imager size of 1/2″ isn’t the reason, I hope they are rating it based on the resolution of the sensor, the recorded bit rate and color space. I wouldn’t see why a Sony EX series camera HD-SDI (10 bit) signal recorded with a Convergent Design HD-SDI Compact Flash recorder at even 50Mbps bit rate with 4:2:2 color space would not hit the Gold status.
Michael Palmer
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I wanted to address this but haven’t found the time this week. NAB I glad Rick did
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Take a deep breath, You most likely have a new Mac that needs a new driver for the new PCI Express slot Mac changed on there newer units.
Try downloading the latest drivers and software.
https://www.sony.co.uk/biz/view/ShowContent.action?logicalname=ssw-bc-xdcamex-0807&site=biz_en_GBGood Luck
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Here is where I purchase my cards. Yes they have gone up in price by $10
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208377Good Luck
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These negative subject lines need to end. Speculation is like gossip.
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Along with all the great books on lighting that have been advised Bob brings up a great point,
SAFETY FIRST
Yes you can get hurt even placing the bulb into the lamp, this should be done with safety glasses on and you must clean the bulb with an alcohol wipe to remove any grease from your hand before you try using it, or it may explode.A book on basic ohms law is also in order when use professional lighting gear. You must know basic electrical priciples . I wouldn’t advise more than 2 of these units to a single 20 amp circuit. You may get away with all three on one 20 amp circuit but then there is always someone else who will find that same circuit and suddenly it trips right when you are shooting. If you do run all 3 units from one circuit make sure to use an extension cord rated for 20 amps (#12/3) and not any of those Home Depot orange cords.
Also start coiling these extension cords the same direction (Clockwize in 2′ circumference coils) as this will make it easier to consistently lay them nice and flat so people won’t be tripping on them, never coil them around your elbow or use those construction coiling knots your framer friends use. Chances are you will need to find dedicated circuits from rooms up to 150′ away and you will be responsible for this. Always run these cords to the side of the hall and tape them down when crossing any paths.
These lights get frikken hot and they WILL set off fire sprnklers and they can start fires when set to close to ceilings or walls.
And you will want some sand bags to secure them to the ground when someone does trip over the cord.
I’m sure you will learn a lot from these units and it will inspire you to purchase even more lights.
Good Luck
Michael Palmer