Shawn Bockoven
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We are still working with Panasonic, but I do not believe that there will a resolution other than different cameras. One of our cameras is being shipped to Panasonic this week and Jan asked to review the scene files. There are times when I have to ride the iris in the truck when a camera is zooming in or out to hold focus. They make a beautiful image in a controlled environment, but not when employed for IMAG and sports. It seems the camera likes to be close to the subject. We are seeing most of the problems at high contrast events, are far away from the action and zoomed in. Our vendor tested with the best Fuji glass available for the 370, image was a bit better, but the focus issue was still present.
We tested the JVC 1/3″ chip cameras and didn’t experience any of the problems we are having with the 370’s.
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Make sure your computer is booted in 64 bit. If you have multiple projects, move them out of the folder they are stored in one at a time until FCP will open. Just went through this a few weeks ago. The editor was booting into 32 bit and creating multiple compound clips.
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Wolf,
Thank you for the information. We purchased these camera without the ability to test them last year on the recommendation of Panasonic and our dealer. We were pressed to purchase do to the flooding in Japan. We also have a few JVC GY-HM100U 1/4″ CCD cameras making better images at full zoom. The 370’s are very difficult to manage at a live event. Our dealer was able to supply us with a $16k Fuji test lens last week. The image is better, but still showed all of the artifacts and softness you mentioned. We are a smaller station and I have dealing with cost-effective professional camera for decades. The 370’s have been the biggest headache of all the cameras. In a controlled environment, the 370 makes a nice image when the subject is less than 20′ away, but on our truck they are almost useless under variable light. By the time we change the filter, white balance, check the f-stop and scopes, the shot is gone.
Buyer beware.
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It’s happening to one of our more advanced editors. I’ll get specifics down in a few days.
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I just had Panasonic over to test what we are seeing. The engineer is aware that these cameras have focus issues under variable lighting conditions. I am very disappointed to say the least.
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I just had Panasonic over to test what we are seeing. The engineer is aware that these cameras have focus issues under variable lighting conditions. I am very disappointed to say the least.
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Stock lenses. Had to remove the doublers, they only made things worse. I’m running into trouble outdoors when the cameras have to change shots quickly. These f’n things are just way to sensitive for us to keep up with in variable lighting conditions. There is no way I can reset the camera fast enough to keep the image sharp when the camera whips a 180. If everything is controlled, and static, things are great. Using all the glass on a tight zoom also creates an entirely new set of problems. The depth of field is like two inches at times.
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These cameras are useless outdoors. If a camera is static you can dial it in, but once the operator moves, or the lighting conditions change, I can’t adjust the camera fast enough in the truck. Just shot an IMAG event last Friday, it was a nightmare and we are very disappointed with the master recording. Panasonic has got to fix this.
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Caught someone for Wolfram & Hart running Mathematica from a remote location last night. I sent Angel out to take care of the “problem”. ;-p
Seems booting into 64 bit has solved the problems on this workstation.
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Checked to see if the computer was booted in 32 or 64 bit mode. Well, she was in 32. Rebooted into 64–I think she’s now in In apple pie order … hopefully.