Rennie Klymyk
Forum Replies Created
-
Just a shot in the dark but because it is a brand new cam on it’s first usage, does it have the correct firmware for 16 and 32GB cards? Could that be the issue?
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
-
[Pat McGowan] “I don’t want to get caught in a “end of life” scenario”
OUUUUCH… While I get what you are saying “end of life” scenario” is too harsh a phrase to use.
We all remember when Sony intro’d the VX1000 – the 1st 3 chip digital camera that recorded betacam sp quality onto ¼” wide tape in those mini cassettes. The VX1000 was followed by the VX2000; VX-2100; PD-100; PD-150; PD170; and the list goes on and if we add Panasonic, Canon and JVC models it gets huge. My point is I know people who used their VX1000 for about 10 years (even after all these “new and improved” better cameras came out).
Like that 1st mini DV cam of the 90’s the HVX200 is another 1st., a rebel, a pioneer in a new frontier and it will stand the test of time with all the multitudes of followers for the next 10 years. (it’s already served 3 years concurrently although it’s 1st. competitor has only recently shown up on the scene). All the amazing things it does today it will still do 10 years from now.
While I take offense to the phrase “end of life” scenario” I know what you really mean (so sorry for the rant), it’s no fun buying a DVX-100 when next week a DVX-100a is introduced. There have been murmerings of the possibility of sdi added but these are entirely speculations by other people like us – OUTSIDE THE LOOP.
NAB is just around the corner and last I heard Panasonic and Sony are both still going! :‹)
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
-
Thanks for the post but it’s fletch.com for their web site not fletcher.com which takes you to an investment company. (we have better things to invest in)
https://www.fletch.com/images/HD_Camera_Comparson_Chart.pdf
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
-
[Lars Wikstrom] “I got to say that I don’t think I would buy a 64 gig card.”
Agreed in many situations 64gb may be more than necessary but, Justin is shooting long form and multicam. Early on with P2 you could barely do that work with this system and then with a dedicated assistant running around swapping and dumping cards it became feasible. There is enough chaos and confusion going on on some sets that remembering which cards were off loaded and which ones weren’t could be a hazard too. With 64gb cards this is a non issue. Even with 64gb or 128gb cards installed there is nothing stopping you from pulling and dumping the card at 16gb or 32gb capacity unless you need to continue shooting because your assistant hasn’t shown up with your fresh card on time. Acquisition is #1 and Archiving is #2. Any tools that aid in trouble free acquisition are good things. Underwater, air to air, feature films, war zone shooting, or any other hostile environment will all benefit the bigger cards for acquisition. I have a long form multicam shoot coming up and I wish I had some 64Gb cards for it.
My 1st CF card was $450.00 and it was 96MB. Today I can get several super high performance 8GB cards for that money. Do I shoot till they are full? No, I dump the files off after the shoot and often don’t bother re-formatting them unless I know I will need all the space for the next project. I’ll probably do similar with the 64 and 128GB cards (we can actually set the cam to rewrite the earlier footage). I also have new uses for my CF cards. I transport files to labs or other workstations.
The cards are continually getting less and less expensive so hopefully someday 128gb cards will be a few hundred bucks. Maybe they will reach 1 TB and are so cheap we can use them for archiving. Don’t forget the 1st 2 and 4gb P2 cards were $2500.00 ea.!
Your solution will work for backup in these capacities as will more solutions as they emerge. Many folks have been backing up to bluray for some time now and hopefully DL BE discs will come down in price to where DL dvd discs are now. I’m currently using HDD’s.
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
-
Sorry, I misunderstood. You actually can get 2 hours per card with the AVC-I codec @ 50mbs so this whole capacity thing is getting confusing.
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
-
[Jim Carswell] “64gig cards are coming out in the fall. That’s your two hours at 1080p or 1080i”
You only get 64 min. at 1080/60i/30p and 720/60p on a 64gb card.
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
-
What’ is your budget? I’d get an EX1 before spending about the same amount of cash on a Sony Z7. The EX1 has ½” chips and likely the better picture all around. Your final output will be dvd anyway which you can kick out of the edit system so why do you need hdv, dvcam or dv? You’ll be ready for bluray in the future.
If an EX1 is not in your budget you should look for something with widescreen so most the old dv cams are out.
You should get something with balanced audio inputs as well.
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
-
[brad hebert] “Sony DCR-SR42, which records to internal hard dis”
So this camera encodes mpeg2 to disc of the chip and you re-encoded it to dv for the edit and now have re-re-encoded to mpeg2 for a 3rd generation of encoding (and probably a different gop structure than the 1st). Aside from the mpeg2 compression process being a lossy process there are other options for error such as field dominance.
I’m not sure exactly what is happening but at this point I would try to lay your timeline off to dv tape since it looks good playing out to a monitor, then re-capture it all as dv and then export to compressor for the encode. You could try a 3 minute segment to see how it looks.
There is no generation loss going from dv to dv as there is no re-encoding.
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
-
AG-HSC1U
I’m no expert with these but from what I’ve read they do a good job for the price. The AG-HSC1U is considered the “industrial version” and it differs from the consumer version in 3 ways:
1> it is Black instead of silver
2> it comes with a 40 GB portable hard drive (which B&H sells separately for $170.00)
3> it costs about $1000.00 more that the consumer version.These cams record to s flash memory card which can be plugged into a USB card reader and loaded to the computer. They record mp4 compressed HD at 1920X1080. This model has 3 1/4″ ccd’s while the new ones have 1/6″ ccd’s.
I think the consumer version is this one: HDC-SD1 and it should be the same inside except for the above noted differences. My niece just bought one a month ago for $999.99. new.
Panasonic uses ccd’s while sony and canon use cmos chips. I have heard of problems with cmos chips causing wavey lines and problems with images when the camera is moving.This is the consumer one I think but check to see if it has the 1/4″ccd’s and uses flash memory for recording. (I would stay away from dvd disc recording) Make sure it is AVCHD.
Panasonic HDC-SD1
https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-HDC-SD1-Definition-Camcorder-Stabilized/dp/B000LO92EK
These are low end cameras and not great for recording audio with pro mics etc. You only get what you pay for.
Maybe some one else knows of something better and can chime in also.“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan
-
What is your budget?
Most AVC-HD cams import files through USB as files. It is faster to transfer files that to capture through firewire.
You should fill out your profile so we can see what your system is, it helps a lot.
The older (last generation AVC-HD cams) seem to have bigger chips than the newer ones.
“everything is broken” ……Bob Dylan