Recent content by cowbananas

Does anyone have any good ideas about batteries for the AC 130/160 cameras? I've been using the one that shipped with the camera (VBG6 5400mAh) and I get about two and a bit hours recording from it. Compared to the six hours on the Sony NP-F970 battery that powers my Z1 (2nd cam) , it's not...

I use the AC160 and a Sony Z1 and both use similar looking batteries. I can pick up the genuine Sony batteries for around £40 (US$62) but the genuine Panasonic equivalent costs £185.($290). How do Panasonic justify this outrageous cost while Sony can still make a profit charging what they do...

Can anyone tell me for sure if recording 1080P to SDHC cards (Class 10 Sandisc) works well without any write errors. I'm concerned because of the higher resolution and I wouldn't want to find that out recording a wedding, for example? I've only just done the 1080P firmware upgrade to my 160. The...

Is there a way to have the numbering of the clips continue from one card to the next when in relay mode instead of the second card starting at 00000.MTS again? It gets confusing on the timeline when editing. Thanks!

Can anyone tell me if shooting in HE mode on the AC160 at 1440 x 1080 would make it easier on an NLE (Sony Vegas 8c) in comparison to PH mode at 1080i? I ask because I don't always need the best qualiy that the camera can put out and also because my second camera is a Sony Z1 that shoots 1440i...

can anyone tell me how to change the default 60i factory setting to 50i in the menu so I can set my frame rates to 25p? I'm in the UK and have just bought the 160 and can't access the CD manual at the moment. Thanks

I'm 5 days away from picking up the AF100 or Pani AG AC160. I'd like to go with the AF100 but am not in the position of being able to try it out beforehand as the camera I buy is overseas and I leave on Sunday. If I had the Af100 with a fast autofocus lens, do you know if this would be a...

Hi all, I've just signed up. I need your advice here....I'm upgrading from two Sony Z1 cameras and while keeping one of them, I've been looking at the AF100 or the AC160 as my main cam. Here's the dilemna, I shoot 2 cam weddings mainly and sometimes need the auto-focus on the run, (my eyes ain't...