Paul Hudson
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The local commercial business is only a memory. You have to look to corporations that will not settle (KRUD) and their Beta SP camera.
Paul Hudson
Lizardlandvideo.com
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I must have one! Zacuto is sold out! I think I will DYI my own.
Paul Hudson
Lizardlandvideo.com
Phoenix Video Production -
Employed in conjunction with a drawn reduction dingle arm!
This is going on my letter head.
Paul Hudson
Lizardlandvideo.com
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Have you tried repair clip in the camera?
Paul Hudson
Lizardlandvideo.com
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I have an older Mac Book with a slot that I keep around to download with.It works great. I also have a Duel Adapter for my MacBook Pro and have never had an issue with it. I guess I must be the lucky one.
Paul Hudson
Lizardlandvideo.com
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We had the same sort of thing happen recently. The following was very helpful:
am assuming that you have write protected your card when inserting into the Apple computer. If not, there might be the begining of the problem.
But before you go rearranging things, please contact Panasonic Broadcast Service and ask for guidance. Something indeed has gone wrong, I don’t believe it is the camera.
One last idea is to put the card back into the camera, go to the thumbnail mode and do a repair clip. This is under the operation menu.
Best,
Jan
I went to the thumbnails in the camera viewfinder, clicked on the blanked out clip and did a repair. REPAIR CLIP was greyed out and wouldn’t work, but REPAIR CLIP (LOOP) did work. The icons restored in the thumbnails and I was able to upload to my computer through the Final Cut Log&Transfer window. It was a slow process with the beach ball spinning for a while, but it worked.
I’ve got my footage back and I’m a happy camper.
Please write protect the cards ASAP. Any manipulation through L/T or other where the card is not write protected will do further damage. Just because you’re not filming to the card, does not mean nothing is doing a Volume Check/DiskRepair/Spotlight Search Index Do not use the cards if there is empty space on em, you’ll be overwriting data. Looks like your cam never completed writing the tail end of the file.
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After you do all this (write protect the card), could you output the file-structure on the card in question.
There are a few folders/directories like CLIPS/VIDEO/AUDIO inside the CONTENTS directory.
The Icon in the Log and Transfer is a BMP file on the card (just a still thumbnail). Located in ICON directory, those are 16KB a pop (not 32kb).
You’re most interested in (in this order)
1. P2/CONTENTS/VIDEO/CLIPNAME.MXF
2. P2/CONTENTS/AUDIO/CLIPNAME00.MXF (00,01,02,03) – postfix to CLIPNAME for audio channel number.
3. P2/CONTENTS/CLIP/CLIPNAME.XML
(the thumbnail you’re seeing is P2/CONTENTS/ICON/CLIPNAME.BMP)
And the sizes on those where CLIPNAME is the unique 6 digit name.
Then take a look and see if the MXF filesize is appropriate while the XML is missing or indicating improper length or the wrong clip name.
Basically your camera failed during a write operation to the card. Whether the DATA or the the definitions on where the data is are incorrect.
Meaning something may say, there is only 1sec of footage there, while there is 10 minutes (like the XML)
Or it may say 10 minutes, while the MXF and the FAT32 filesystem report otherwise.
I don’t think its a FAT32 filesystem failure, but rather the MXF structure/metadata failure.
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If you do a “Get Info” on the volume when the card is mounted, what does Mac OS report as free space/used space on the card?
Just because L/T in FCP report something DUMB does not mean its all gone, L/T and the In Camera thumbnail viewer don’t really like “bad data”
and don’t know how to handle it – so they just thow up an error. By bad data I don’t mean corrupted DVCPRO HD streams, just sillly stuff like XML file errors (HUMAN READABLE in TextEdit).
Or LASTCLIP.TXT missing or other snafu.
If indeed the 00XXXX.MXF in the VIDEO folders are missing, then the entry for them was deleted, while CLIPS/ICONS still exists, then you need a FAT32 recovery tool.
Does not look like they are from the L/T window you posted, but it’s pix is too small for me to read – also missing is the preview window from the L/T screen-shot.
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Paul Hudson
Lizardlandvideo.com
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A very old trick we DP’s use is to have your talent close there eyes and then look right at the keylight for about 30 seconds. This usually works. Also works very well for the sun.
Paul Hudson
Lizardlandvideo.com
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Most like to light cars with a very large soft source. when I do this I suspend a 20X20 silk as low over the car as possible. Above the twenty by I use Space lights.
The lighting may not be an option with your budget but use the sky lights through a nice soft translucent cloth.
Paul Hudson
Lizardlandvideo.com
Phoenix Video Production -
For all the reasons Adam stated plus a much wider selection of specialty lenses.
Paul Hudson
Lizardlandvideo.com
Phoenix Video Production -
The Dual adapter will work for this, perfectly.
Paul Hudson
Lizardlandvideo.com
Phoenix Video Production