Michael Pruitt-bruun
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excellent, thanks for the help.
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thanks Craig.
i’ve been warned against the 3rd party solutions for writing to NTFS from a mac, though i understand many people use these without issue. i was told (by someone who writes code for apple) that the efforts to speed up the 3rd party applications add a certain amount of instability. i’m sure they work fine, but that was enough for me not to want to find out.
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thank you, Ian. that’s a very thorough answer.
you have brought up another issue i had some concern over though – your mention of the SMI files to rejoin sub-clips. i have always dumped bpav’s into a common folder (say, for a given day’s shooting) through Clip Browser. however the producer for this job wanted different folders for each card off-load. will this create issues with re-joining sub-clips that span cards?
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FAT32 is much more trouble than it’s worth for a few reasons:
FAT32 has a 4 Gbyte file size limit. That’s the same as the SxS cards but you have to make darn sure that the BPAV folders are successfully transferred. I’ve never been able to transfer a BPAV folder over to a FAT32 drive without my Mac telling me that the files didn’t transfer properly.
You can format a hard drive in FAT32 using your Mac but I’ve never been able to get a Windows machine to see the drive properly. Maybe I’m doing something wrong but the Paragon solution is seamless, quick and easy. Surely there must be someone close by to you with a Windows machine that can do a low level NTFS format on a small USB hard drive. You only need to do it once then you can use it over and over again to transfer files to a Windows computer. You could even use a USB thumb drive to transfer files and mail it to the client. I’ve done that, too.
– Don
hmm. i’ve been told by someone fairly high up in the apple food chain that osx does not support writing to NTFS. while he acknowledged that there are 3rd party applications that make it possible he stated that if it were his data, he would not do it.
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the vf gadgets plate covers the entire base of the camera, but it’s a semi-permanent install. you can leave your tripod wedge-plate in place all the time.
with a battery mount and a v-mount or AB battery in place, it’s very comfortable and balanced for shoulder-mount shooting.
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many thanks, Ian!
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ah, i see now they have a rush service.
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i have a bpav for a 13 minute clip, that should be a 25 – 28 minute clip. i need a complete deliverable, not just an .mp4.
yes, i need a faster turn-around, if possible.
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i have been on shoots in the 20’s where the ex3 did just fine. but to be safe, if you aren’t burning the battery i would keep it in an inside pocket, one that gets a little body heat or is otherwise protected from the worst of the cold.
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what about “rolling” and “roll cameras?” or “speed?” what can we replace those with? “recording” doesn’t really have the same, uh, snap.