[Ryan Brown]

Thanks guys for your help and yes I own an EX3…

As far as editing these clips do I need to do something special in order to use the 720 clips in the 1080 24p timeline?

Randomness keeps things interesting…and certainly welcome with me… =)

Ryan Brown
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[Ryan Brown]

Just wanted to give all an update. After spending much time resetting the camera and going through all the menus for about an hour last night the camera finally booted up and didn’t ask for D/T after setting it at boot and turning OFF then On.

Finally! Very exciting I won’t have to send it in. Now I can really start getting proper use out of the camera.

Thanks for the reponses!

Ryan Brown
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[Ryan Brown]

Thanks for the instruction on how to check my firmware. My is…

Version: V1.02_0078

Ryan Brown
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[Ryan Brown]

Thanks for the response!

Well I was in vegas for my first shoot out of town. I sent a message to my dealer and they gave me contacts at Sony. I described the issue to them and they said nope doesn’t happen to the one they had to troubleshoot.

I mentioned the possibly issue that the battery was bad and he was like no that should not be an issue.

I unfortunately had got another call I had to take so I wasn’t able to push the sony tech. to help me more.

I got some new batteries at Radio Shack and replaced the ones that came with the camera. Nothing changed!

So I guess it sounds like I’ve got a problem with my camera. I’ll just have to let my dealer know and sony to see if they’ll stand behind this issue and hopefully get it fixed.

Thanks again. If anyone else is having this problem do let us know…maybe I’m just the unlucky one…

Also how does one check to see what firmware the camera has. I thought maybe it needs an upgrade.

Ryan Brown
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[Ryan Brown]

Thanks Noah and Michael for your input.

Noah how does the Aja stuff compare to BMD? I was looking at the Decklink HD Extreme with the hdmi in/out.

Michael that new box and flash sounds pretty darn cool. I’ll have to take a closer look at it.

I appreciate the feedback guys.

Ryan Brown
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[Ryan Brown]

the red scarlet is their camera they had behind a glass box on display at NAB in the Red booth(Red.com). It’s supposed to be an pocketcam that will shoot 3k. So it comes with a fixed lens and has various outputs. Not sure how the outputs are intended to be used but it shoots raw to two compact flash. The compression is much better I understand than others on the market. so basically it’s like the RedOne that they currently have on the market that is body only at $17,500 but in a pocketcam form factor likely to target anyone with $3k and wants to work in a raw workflow environment. The Red One is out of my budget but I’ve had one in my studio and shot some green screen shots and saw some great stuff in the Red booth and at the supermeet. Gorgeous looking footage. Of course the workflow is a lot different than anything else but I’m sure that will be optimized and developed over time…

since i don’t own a red i’m not the best person to ask technical questions…if you want to find out more go to reduser.netscarletuser.com or red.com is probably a good place to get more detailed info…

hope that helps and was the response you were looking for…?

Ryan Brown
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[Ryan Brown]

Craig-

Wow that is a really great breakdown. Thank you for creating the detailed comparison.

I own a macbook pro and a macpro. Is it true that I can just slide the card in the express slot and ingest via my laptop with no adapter like the duel for P2? Also my macpro 2008 w/8 gigs should work pretty well for editing footage created from the ex1? Other big reason I’d get this camera is for the sdi out for uncompressed capture for green screen. What are my options to capture uncompressed and end up with it on my macpro or even macbook pro on location where I can’t haul my macpro(is this even possible)?

I’m becoming more and more sold on this camera. I’ve been using panasonics since ag-456 and supercam…I really like them but I may just have to go with the ex1. The idea of larger sensors is a huge benefit and better low light shooting for any kind of shots is always a plus!

As for workflow premiere pro can ingest files natively I believe. So with final cut is it a log and transfer process like with P2 and can I convert it to prores if I want to do cc or green screen. Is this what you were referring to in a previous reply to my post?

Thanks again!

Ryan Brown
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[Ryan Brown]

Yes certainly the proof is in the pudding!

Have you shot with an hvx before and you prefer the ex1?

I’m close to sold and ready to sell mine…but I’m still a bit unsure of what I’m losing with 4:2:0 and ex1 overall to hvx…is the trade of inaccurate editing due to gob editing, lack of color space, jittery footage do to cmos(rolling shutter)…please let me know…am I going to go out and not have what I have my next run and gun action shoot or am I pretty much able to do everything I’d expect to do with the hvx and more not too mention the excellent sdi output for my green screen shot.

Sorry if these questions seem dumb but it almost sounds too good to be true…kinda like scarlet 3k @ $3,000…if it was out I’d buy it…sounds like it would be great for my green screen shots(maybe not my live shots and run and gun but definitely sounds exciting for the gs)…

Please let me know what you all think…

Appreciate all the feedback!

Ryan Brown
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[Ryan Brown]

The “Hawaii Goes Fishing” clip I posted the link to before is Dean’s. Shot with EX1.

I figured they must have been but I thought I’d ask just to be sure…

Ryan Brown
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[Ryan Brown]

Hi Dean.

Good points.

Btw what camera are you shooting your green screen shots with?

Ryan Brown
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