Recent content by beetstooth

So I have my first Firestore 100 problem. Lucky me. We were shooting 720p(n?)/30fps to the Firestore and all seemed to be going well. Sadly when I tried to pull up the footage all I have are black files w/o audio. They have the right length and size but they won't open in FCP 6 or FCP 5.1...

I'm trying to figure out what the difference is between tripods with a Head Mount Thread size of 3/8" and those with 3/8-16". I'm looking at getting a Cullmann Titan (mainly b/c of its weight bearing capabilities) for a Glidecam 200 Crane & Vista Head. The Glidecam 200 requires a 3/8"...

Putting together a little video studio using 3 P2s. I want to output HD either 720 or 1080 directly from the cameras into a computer or server, don't need to switch live as I want to archive all angles for posting later. I will however need to monitor all feeds. I will have 1 Duo-Core and two...