Recent content by jackfate

I am shooting a doc on the HMC and am finding it hard to manage all of the footage. Two or so hours of footage wind up being 150+GB of QT files. I am having to buy HDD's over and over to back-up the footage. Any suggestions on how to manage the size of these files. BTW, I am cutting on FCP6...

shooting my first commercial on my new HMC-150 in a few weeks. will air on local cable TV. just trying to gather some tips/ hear you experience in terms of format, delivery, camera settings for a :30 second spot. the location will be an interior retail store with some exterior shots of a strip...

Looking for a good camera bag for my new HMC150. The porta-brace I use for the HVX is a little big; I've been stuffing it with padding so the camera won't shift about. Anyone know of a good fit for the 150? Thanks!

What is the point of a mini dv deck. Is it simply too much work for the HVX to log hundreds of hours of mini dv tapes. How bad is it for the cameras heads? What else does a mini dv deck do? And if one is necessary which should I get? Thanks for the help, as always.

I'm having trouble formatting my camera to accept the 16GB card. Basically I dont know what I am doing. Im working on a macbook pro...do I need the duel systems adapter....

I hope to add two 16GB cards to the 8GB that I already have. This will give me 100 minutes of 720p/24N. Is there anyway device field aside from an HDD, to download and clear the cards. The P2 store can only store 60GB's which means that if I only take that out into the field I can only get 150...

is the general consensus for shooting a doc in the field the firestore. will it really give 4 hours of 720p/24N? How rare is it crashing? and how long does it take to dump to a HDD? I am shooting a doc that I want to eventually print on 35mm and am looking for the best option. Even if i just...

I have been hired to shoot a long form documentary with my HVX. I normally shoot on P2, but because of the length I will be shooting on tape. What is the best bang for your buck on tapes. I will eventually want to print on 35mm and need a good enough quality for festivals, distribution etc...

What mini dv tape stock do you all reccommend for the HVX? Is there any real difference?

im trying to figure out if i should buy another lens for the hvx. does anyone know the basic advantages/disadvantages, prices etc. i dont know much about lenses, but i think a wider one would be good...thanks.

I have 2 8gb cards and a macbook pro, along with some external hdd's. are there any suggestions of how i can continously record an event. I think I have to be able to hot swap the cards while keeping them in the camera, because without a p2 store I have nowhere to put the p2 card to...

Is the P2 Genie a good tool, I have only just head about it? Is it worth $40, how much time does it really save?

I have my footage downloaded from P2 to HDD, and I want to back it up on DVD. What is the best method for this. Do you all make quicktime movies and burn them, or the .XML files? Thanks for the help

When using an HDD for P2 download, how big of a drive would you need? For example with 2 8gb P2 cards... If you download the footage onto an HDD then delete the P2 cards, could you keep dowlonading more footage onto the drive. Meaning could you potentially have 500 GB of footage from the same...

I keep reading about an inability to transfer 24P native over 1394. What is that all about?