Recent content by jcmontero

Hi, as per title, I have set my 250 to scene F5 in order to shoot @ 24fps. When I switch to that setting a barred A.REC alert appears and no audio is recorded. Is this correct? How to avoid this issue? It also happens on both my 250's and on my 171. No problem on the DVX100. Thanks for the...

HI there, I have a HPX171E (PAL) and want to shoot a music video in the highest resolution possible, that is 1080i for this model. I also want to have a "film look", so I want to shoot at 24 frames per second. Problem is, when I select the CINE D scene in 1080i, the camera doesn't switch to...

http://vimeo.com/24046997 A rap music video for an Italian emerging artist. Done with a DVX100B. Edited in FCP 7. Added Sepia tone during exporting, but still to be graded in Color. Since I never done something like this before, a feedback is highly appreciated. Thanks for watching it. JC

Is it possible to guess the manufacturing date by the serial number? JC

I've heard that it's possible to tweak the operating hours counter in order to show less usage than reality. Since I bought a 48 hours DVX recently and had servo zoom issues lately, I'm inclined to think I've been frauded in someway. Any opinions? THX JC

Hi, new here and solution searching... I have a DVX100BP bought used from Adorama last October with 48 hours on it. Everything fine until three days ago (two days after warranty expired): The servo zoom stopped working. The motor didn't give any sign of life. Until this morning when I...