[Nick Righton]

I have the 50mm 1.8 lens and love it. It is by far the best value in Canon’s lens lineup. You will achieve great lowlight footage with this lens. You also will get a fantastic shallow depth of field for some very nice shots. For less than $100 you can’t beat the Canon 50mm 1.8.

I wish I was good at one thing rather than average at many, but oh well.

[Nick Righton]

I use the 17 with the express slot and it crushes the usb transfer to my old Mac Pro. Via usb I would transfer about 40 minute of footage in about 15 minutes. Via express can I can transfer the same footage in about 5. Another benefit of the 17 inch monitor is the ability to view 1080p video in pixel for pixel accuracy. Don’t forget about the 17″ MBP’s better battery life as well. If you really want portability have you considered this : https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/659880-REG/Sony_PXU_MS240.html#specifications ? I have not used it but it looks interesting.

I wish I was good at one thing rather than average at many, but oh well.

[Nick Righton]

I believe that DSLRs have a place in digital cinema but not necessarily live / reality / documentary type video production. These cameras require manual focus and exposure control. For planned shots with marks, lighting, and environmental control I believe the DSLRs can create an amazing product. Throw any “Live” video variables in the mix and the video cameras (EX1) will reign supreme.

I wish I was good at one thing rather than average at many, but oh well.

[Nick Righton]

I use this method and it works great. You are limited to 4gb file sizes (about a 14 min timeline) due to the SXS card being FAT32 formatted. Follow the directions below.

EXPORTING FCP TO SXS CARD:
Use XDCAM TRANSFER PDZK-P1 (Version 2.9.0) software from the Sony site.
Use the SBAC-US10 Sony Card Reader or connect your camera via USB by ejecting all cards, turn off your camera, connect the USB cable, turn on the camera to Media, you should now be asked if you want to connect to USB, select execute and the viewfinder should now show a USB symbol. Insert the card you want to export to.
Start FCP and select the timeline to export and choose “EXPORT”>”Sony XDCAM”.
The “Sony XDCAM Export” window will open.
The “Exporting ‘sequence name’ to:” should be something like “Untitled” which should be your camera connected via USB or your SBAC-US10 Sony Card Reader.
The “With filename:” should be checked and use an eleven character name such as “EXP_0001_01”
The “As format:” drop down should be set to “MP4 (XDCAM EX)”
The “Using settings:” drop down should be set to the the format of your time line (assuming that it is a XDCAM EX format).
Make sure the drive where the “Create intermediate files in:” has enough space to write the temporary files or you will get a failed export notice.
Make sure that the file you are exporting is not larger than 4GB in size.
Now you can click the Export button.
After your export is complete, properly eject your card.
(If you are using your camera via USB, “eject” (or unmount is a better term) the card in the Finder, turn off the camera, disconnect the USB cable from the camera.)
Turn the camera on to the Media setting. (Insert your SxS card if it is not already in the camera.) You will not see your exported clip until you go into the camera’s “Others” menu and select “Clip” and then “Update”. Choose the card and execute. You clip should now show up in the thumb nails and play properly.

I wish I was good at one thing rather than average at many, but oh well.

[Nick Righton]

When shooting 720p60 on a 8 GB sxs or 16GB sxs the cards become about as warm as they would if you held them in your fist for a few minutes. I have shot continuously for hours and it did not change the amount of heat.

I wish I was good at one thing rather than average at many, but oh well.

[Nick Righton]

Hi There,

I have not used it but Kona released the KiPro. It may do what you want.

https://www.aja.com/products/ki-pro/ki-pro-connectors.php

NIck

I wish I was good at one thing rather than average at many, but oh well.

[Nick Righton]

I have not had any success with runs that long. However 50 feet seems to be the limit with HDMI 1.3 spec cable according to wikipedia article on HDMI. That was news to me. My last install would not tolerate a run that long (probably due to the quality of the cable).

I wish I was good at one thing rather than average at many, but oh well.

[Nick Righton]

HDMI will not work over 35 feet without a inline amplifier. Analog video can be sketchy towards the 100 foot mark. I would suggest a balun. Intelix has a HD component video balun for $75 per side. You could then sent the HD component video signal over cat 5. I have used this product for the exact same purpose (video overflow with an EX1) and it worked flawlessly. They also have an HDMI balun but it costs $100 more and requires 2 cat 5 cables. Here is a link to the balun https://www.markertek.com/CATV-Headend-Interface/CAT-5-Transmission-Systems/Component-Video-Over-CAT5/Intelix/AVO-V3AD-F.xhtml.

I wish I was good at one thing rather than average at many, but oh well.

[Nick Righton]

No Jay, Question 1 reads…

1) I’m thinking of getting a new iMac. But it doesn’t have a slot for the SxS card. I heard the new MacBook Pro 17″ still has the slot. But I want an iMac with a big screen for editing. If I get a new iMac does this take the Sony EX1 out of the picture for me in terms of a streamlined workflow?

Nick

I wish I was good at one thing rather than average at many, but oh well.

[Nick Righton]

Hi there,

The USB reader is available but is just plain slow. I would encourage a 17″ MBP. The native resolution on the MBP is 1920×1200 the same as the 24 inch iMac but in a smaller package. Using the express card slot on the MBP is way faster than the USB reader.

I wish I was good at one thing rather than average at many, but oh well.