[Paul Anderegg]

I currently use a Lowel 100watt ID light, for camera battery powered illumination. I also have a Comer 1800 zoom LED.

Specifically for my HPX600, I bought a Paglight system. It is a focusable light head that can do 12v, 24v, 30v up to 250watts, as well as 12v HMI arc and LED modules. The system is really versatile, you just pull the bulb module out of the back to convert the light to another type!

I have my HPX600 in front of me now. Going to do a write up review on it’s features since nothing exists really online. Playing with the 2/4x digital extenders.

Paul

[Paul Anderegg]

I jus bought a used HPX600 for $6000, P2, 1080p, f12@2000, standard B4 mount. I put a $1000 Fujinon 22x lens on it, and the camera has a digital 2x extender. You can even activate the 4x extender,a nd still maintain SD quality with NO LIGHT LOSS. You say you shoot night END, that is all I do as well. Anything that can be done to not allow the camera to physically loose light is a big deal for us. Most of the people on these forums do not appreciate what living and working in the dark in an uncontrolled environment puts us through.

I also had an HPX2000, which you can snag for under $5000 these days. It has a digital extender as well, and looks sweet with cheap SD glass on it. It gets noisier faster than newer cameras though. It goes to 42db gain, and also to like 1/4 sec shutter. The HPX600 will only go to 18db, and 1/15 shutter. HPX600 sucks 18 watts, HPX2000 43 watts! HPX600 is also very light weight.

Other cameras on the good in low light include the PMW320 with Canon HJ21x lens, constant f1.4 aperture, the PMW350, also f12@2000 with a 2x digital extender, but more expensive, and the JVC HM890 with Fujinon HTs18 lens, which is f11@2000 with a constant f1.4.

Paul

[Paul Anderegg]

I just picked up a used HPX600, basically a 1 chip PX800. I actually live stream from every camera I own, every time the camera is on. Using a Sony X180 and X70, and also had a streaming X200. My research into the Panasonic live streaming function seems to indicate that it is limited to streaming to a phone or tablet, a PC app, or “live streaming” proxy video files. Your question indicated “from the field”, so i assume you are not looking to beam video to a monitor within WiFi range.

Now, I am not sure you can call proxy video files live, but all the literature for the HPX600, PX800, PX270 etc, words it that way. The other “live uplinking” references seem to indicate connection to an external LiveU device, and simply allows communicating information and status.

I would love to be able to live stream out of my HPX600 natively. I am purchasing a small Teradek Cube 205 HDMI steaming encoder to live feed out to my station. The HPX600/PX800 have a spare HDMI for this model Teradek, as well as the DC out socket to power it. The Cube 205 also has a USB port on the top to plug in a 4G or XLTE modem. I will be mounting mine on a wireless mic bracket off the right side of the battery, like a Lectrosonic.

If you figure out how to do this, please let me know!

Paul

[Paul Anderegg]

Old post, but it just happened to me, in my brand new $320 reader! There are like little tabs like fingers on the side that is on the top of the card in the slot. I ended up tearing a business card in half, and working it in the slot on the top side of the card, pulling the card in and out to work the business card across and deeper than the card. That worked, sort of like using a slim jim on a car lock!

Paul

[Paul Anderegg]

Old thread, but I just tested a 32GB E-Series card against an old 4GB A-Series one.

I rolled 5 minutes of color bars in DVCPRO50 on both cards, then transferred from my camera via USB.

4GB H-Series = 20MB/s
32GB E-Series = 7MB/s

WTF?

[Paul Anderegg]

The first digit, the letter, is the MONTH, A for Jan, B for Fed, etc. The second digit is the YEAR. 7 for 2007, 8 for 2008, etc.

My HDC27H begins with C6, so it’s a March 2006 camera. My viewfinder is also dated march 2006, but you never know if the viewfinder on a used camera shipped with it.

(serial number decoding info courtesy of Greg Capelo, GRC Electronics)

[Paul Anderegg]

Jeff, since I am currently not a FCP user, would I be able to “import from camera” the MXF files from the HDD folder directly onto the timeline without them having to be converted first? My main concern is not having to rerendering multiple times.

Paul

[Paul Anderegg]

I uninstalled that update, and it still renders at the same speed.

Paul

[Paul Anderegg]

Just lost GPU acceleration again, the system is back rendering identical GPU/CPU times of 56 seconds per minute……..there is something going on with Windows 7 where it changes after a few hours being installed….infuriating….I know it can be faster, and I have no idea what the OS is doing without my knowledge.

Also, gave Adobe Premiere a try….horrible interface, couldn’t figure the damn thing out…..too difficult, not worth any time savings it may have provided, especially not for $800!

Paul

[Paul Anderegg]

I don’t think the HDD went bad, I just think there was some glitch during the reinstall process……you know how finicky Windows can be! I performed it the same time this time…..install, Windows Updates, browsers, then Vegas…..but better results.

Explain more about this RAM disk option! 🙂

Paul