Tom Laughlin
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Is there an advantage to taking ex3 footage ingesting it and transcoding it to ProRes? Is it a better codec going from MPEG to ProRess, does it affect picture quality or gamma, other than inflating the file sizes?
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Has anyone been able to confirm the wrote speeds of sd cards and how wrote speeds are changed when using adapters?
What I’m referring to is kind of like when back in the day, people were using cheaper non-Panasonic DV tapes to use with their DVX-100s. Few got tapes gummed up, most people used other brands and didn’t care and saved money… So it’s kind of like that…
I just want to know what exactly it is, technically and internally, that makes the SxS cards better or superior to Adaptors? I’d also like to know what is the mechanical difference between one adaptor than another? Quality? Is there one adaptor than performs faster than another? Is it like a Sony DVD versus a jvc DVD? Is it all the same but stamped with a different brand?
SxS cards from Sony, who actually manufactures them, before sony brands them?
Sandisk makes official SxS media compatible with Sony, how does that work? Do they both have their SxS cards made at the same factory? Is the like name brand versus “Western Family” or “Great Value”?
Sd cards create digital data, and SxS creates digital data.
Sd cards create BPAV folders, and SxS cards create BPAV folders… What are the distinctions and other than sony controlling the product and how it’s made, is there some special blend of spices here that I’m not detecting? Any media card of any kind can fail. Failure rates aren’t the question, it’s the sd vs SxS media file creation and optimization process I’m wanting to know more about. If I eject an SxS card out before it finishes writing to the card, of course I’m going to have issues. That seems pretty obvious. Is it a sony loyalist and security blanket thing, or is it something else?Any additional thoughts?
Thanks,
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Brent, I’m looking to shoot another doc using my newly acquired ex1. I’m not as up to speed on this camera as I am others and I’ve shot a ton with ex3 rentals where the cameras were already ready to go. So I’m now looking at shooting the best possible image quality possible and have noticed some noise and grain in some of my shooting tests.
Can you assist me with some advice on maybe sharing some of your ex1 doc settings? This would really help.
Thanks,
Tom
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Thanks Michael.
I know this is another loaded question but, those of you with ex1s or ex3s, over the years, have you developed and could share some of the ways you dial in your own settings or settings that you’ve developed that work for you? Things you change or set and leave, and results or best practices with your camera menu and specs?
Also, there’s a DVD that Doug Johnson did, I wonder since it’s release, if it’s still worth getting or is there more up to date, more current, or just better training available online or on the web?
Any docs that were made that were shot on the ex1 that are worth checking out?
Thanks guys,
Tom
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah
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So abandon editing in 7.2.2 and just start editing with 2014, all edits from here on? Is this like going from avid 6 to avid 7? I’m no longer in between projects, so I guess I’ll start using 2014 from here on, if there’s no need to stay in 7.2.2, am I right everyone?!
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Ian, who do I send it to, how long will it take, and how much?
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Ian & Michael,
You both gave me a lot to think about and coincidentally, many others whom I’ve talked to are all in the same choir, and I think I’ve been over-whelmed at how many are actually against this risky usage of alternative media and why.
I guess now, my question is, how to go about upgrading my PMW-EX1’s firmware, which I checked, and my version is V1.02. So, my guess is, this camera us pretty old, but still a great camera, and what is the best way to update this camera to use the more current cards? I also asked around, and it appears that not only can I NOT use (yet) the SxS-1 cards, but I cannot use the SxS Pro 32GB cards either, only the 8’s and 16’s. I guess this is not a huge problem, but it’s nice to have enough cards right now to get me by rather than just a few 8’s.
eBay?
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Ian, what is the failure rate of these off brand adapters vs the “Sony SD02 adaptor”? If it’s virtually the same thing? Just curious…
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Enrique,
Do have have any comment on the usage of some of the cheaper adapters like he ones made by Digigear or Sonnet, the ones under $30-40? Also, the sandisk extreme cards you use, are they the sandisk sdhc Or Sdxc cards, can you send me an amazon.com link?
Thanks,
Tom
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Ian, one question, after reading up on the “Sony SD02 adaptor”, what the mechanical difference between this card vs any other card, other than the brand being Sony. Does Sony manufactures Sony SD02 adaptors a certain way, or could they be any card under the hood, but with Sony’s brand mark on them, which makes them $134, that’s pretty high, even for the adaptors on the market.
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah
http://www.digitalchophouse.com