Mitch Ives
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Yes… HP printer. They said end of December. It’s kept a lot of people from going to Leopard. Not being able to use the network printer is kind of serious…
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[Steve Wargo] “Chad – I think you’ve walked into a Corvette Club meeting and asked if Corvettes were going to be around for a while. I think you need to take your question to those who are buying the footage, not selling the footage. I’ve been in business for 25 years and have never had a client ask for P-2. Several have had us shoot and transfer their stuff to an external, portable drive, though. “
I think a better approach would be, how is your company positioned. Some clients don’t ask those questions at all… they buy into your deliverable product… sort of the “it ain’t the piano, it’s the piano player… always has been” sort of view. If you’re a strict freelance shooter, then your focus is different. etc.
Nothing is forever, but HDCAM tape is no bargain either. What are they, $60 still? Something that costs $600 and gets used 100,000 times strikes me as a better investment than a one-time $60 expense. Others may disagree. Whatever your view, as long as you’re still in business and thriving, it must be working. There is less than five companies still around in my market that were here when I started, so whatever I’m doing, it’s working.
Everyone knows that you are not a P2 or HVX200 fan. That’s fine, because I’m not fond of anything that isn’t true I-frame, yet you’re buying some of those cameras. To each his own.
As for your comment on veterans, that’s a bit condescending, since myself and all the news stations fall into that category. I think it’s just best to state your preference and leave it at that. It shouldn’t need any defending… it’s your money and your wager… time will bear out the wisdom either way for all of us…
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[Steve Wargo] ” What client wants to leave a shoot with his footage with the possibility that the shooter has a copy of their footage?”
This hasn’t been an issue for us. I suppose it depends on the reputation/relationship you have with the client? Ours like the idea of it being here until they arrive back safely and get it loaded. After that, we’re happy to get rid of it… too many terabytes of stuff around here already…
Perhaps we should ask how many clients have had problems with the tape after they leave with it. That’s happened more often then them being concerned about us having the footage temporarily…
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[Barry Green] “I’ve dealt with too many threads where people with Macs end up with glitched/ruined footage, so I do not care how many people chime in and say “it works for me, I’ve never had a problem” because that DOESN’T help the people who end up screwed over because of glitched footage. “
You really should care, since it’s probably at the heart of your eventual enlightenment…
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[Emre Tufekci] “I have to be more carefull reading your posts barry because I fell off my chair and hit my chin when I read your review of the jvc lens. LOL!!!!!! Right on…. “
Barry’s sense of humor aside, it’s funny to those that haven’t seen it. To those of us that used the lens, it’s not so funny… Barry’s right, it’s best use is as a wheel chock for keeping the equip cart from moving…
Lens aside, Barry’s comments about HDV vs. HVX and the true I-frame vs. mixed compression HDV will go largely unnoticed, which is too bad. This is huge and so many people seem to miss it’s implications. It’s unfortunate, but we are in for a proliferation of non I-frame formats… the Sony XDCAM’s like the EX-1 is the next one coming.
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Have been using them in Arizona since they were released. We’ve shot outside all day without a problem. In your case, I’d shield the camera if possible (just in case), since you may not have an operator standing there…
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[Jeff Carpenter] “I’m guessing Mitch read an article somewhere that sort of made it sound that way since it was among the last things they worked on before shipping”
Yep.
Thanks for the link… it’s got more detail that I had seen elsewhere…
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[Ken Latman] “What type of HP printer? My personal deskjet appears to be working ok. I’ve been able to continue to print on CD/DVDs.
“LaserJet P2015dn… it’s an ethernet networked printer…
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[zrb123] “Never heard that one, I don’t see how it would hold up Leopard, as it is HP’s responsibility to update there drivers to work with Leopard and NOT Apples.
It is ENTIRELY up to HP to update THEIR drivers.”
Apple has always provided drivers, though not as sophisticated as the ones from HP. In several releases to the beat team, they listed the printer driver problem on install, listing HP drivers specifically. They had a work-a-round of not installing the drivers on the initial install, and then installing them in a separate install. They were asking testers to specifically test HP drivers, so yes there was a well documented issue.
In Leopard it appears that all future printer driver updates will be accessed through software update and not by downloading from the mfg site. In addition, HP has now informed that the end of December is when they will have Leopard drivers…
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I wouldn’t expect it to transcode between component and SDI. It should pass through a component signal though…