| HDV Hard-disk options?
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 | HDV Hard-disk options?
by Chris Browne on Mar 11, 2008 at 6:58:52 am |
Hello folks,
I've recently purchased a Sony HDR-FX1 and am pretty happy with the camera. Unfortunately the interlacing causes frame drop-outs to be fairly distasterous long pauses. I was wondering if anyone here had any experiance with a portable hard disk or hard drive system with an HDV camera. Any suggestions of something that would be effective for 1080i and wouldn't completely destroy my budget.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
--Chris
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by Jeff Carpenter on Mar 11, 2008 at 2:35:18 pm |
Not that I'm trying to keep you from getting a hard drive (it's a good idea) but may I ask what kind of tapes you are using?
I ask because I haven't had any drop-outs with my V1Us using either Sony HDV tape or DVCAM tape. I did some early tests with different pro-DV tapes and did get drop-outs a fair amount.
So I wonder if you could perhaps improve your tape experiences. Even if you do get a hard drive you may need to shoot tape for some reason some day, and it would be nice to be able to trust that if you need it.
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by Chris Browne on Mar 12, 2008 at 12:25:35 am |
Thanks for the help. The brand recomendations are a good starting point.
--Chris
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by Zane Barker on Mar 11, 2008 at 4:18:17 pm |
[Chris Browne] "Unfortunately the interlacing causes frame drop-outs to be fairly distasterous long pauses."
They are long because of the GOP structure of HDV not because of interlacing.
[Chris Browne] "Any suggestions of something that would be effective for 1080i and wouldn't completely destroy my budget. "
Well sense we don't know what your budget is thats difficult to answer.
Look into the Firestore or CitiDisk
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I would avoid the Shining Technologies Citidisk at all costs. I've yet to see a constantly functioning unit.
Sony, Firestore, Nnovia...all good products. The Convergent Designs product is a good one, and now that Sony is releasing their CF drive...that's another good option.
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