Recent content by jimmyb248

I'm having a bit of a problem here, it has been a few months since I used the firestore with the HVX200 and I cannot for the life of me remember how to get the camera to recognise it. I have put the settings on the Firestore into tapeless mode, Camera is on P2, no P2 card in there, and this is...

Hi, I've got an HVX-200 that was bought in the UK, and when attempting to shoot onto P2, I have several options: 1080i/50i 1080i/25p 720p/50p 720p/25p 720p/25pn 576i/50i 576i/25p I see no options to shoot in 24p/pn? Is this possible? Is this ability only available in the US? It seems bizarre...

Hi guys, I'm looking into finding a top-notch HD production monitor, ideally around the 15"/17" area. I'm going to be using it both on the shoot for focus and lighting and probably in the edit as well for grading. I've had a look around, and came across the Panasonic BT-LH1700W. It looks like a...

Is there any way to plug in, through the component jacks, a VCR and record from the VHS tape onto the camera onto either MiniDV or P2? Can't seem to find any way of doing it, and I'm pretty sure you'd need an analogue to digital converter, but if you guys know a way around then I'd be very very...

Hi guys, I've been doing a lot of editing on several different drives. We've got a couple LaCie's going through Firewire 800 and two internal drives. One of the internal drives just has the software and the other has a load of media. The other day the media internal drive failed on me. I...

Hey, I've been looking into portable hard drives that offer some more reliability than the usual ones. I found a hard drive by Olixir 3DX (http://www.ipexpress.co.uk/3dx_products.asp) and they look pretty good. I just wanted to know if anybody has had any experience with these drives before, or...

Having looked at the Focus Enhancements website, I can see that in the US version 3.0 of the firmware is available to buy, and ship to the UK. However on www.focusinfo.com there is no mention of it, the latest version is 2.0.3. Any idea why this is

I'm looking at different ways of shooting at the moment, and one way that seems to be quite a neat and easy way of doing things would be to get myself a MacBook Pro, an eSata express card, plus one of Lacie's Two Big 1tb eSata drives. This would allow for a fast enough speed to shoot directly...

Hi guys, I'm trying to do a few sums for what I'm going to need storage wise, and I was wondering if anyone knew exactly the ratio of MB's per Minute when shooting in both 720p and 1080i on the HVX200? I would be shooting onto the Firestore if that makes any difference.

Hi there, We're shooting a low budget feature and are looking at ways to get a video assist. What we've got at the moment is the HVX200, a Firestore FS-100, and an 8gb P2 Card for backup incase we lose the Firestore. So basically what I was wondering was whether there was any way to view the...

Hi there. I've just received a Focus Bebob box for mounting the FS-100 Firestore to the bottom of my HVX200, and I was wondering if anybody knows where I could source a Firewire cable to connect the two that is around 5cm or 10cm long? The one I use currently is a lot bigger and is getting in...

Okay so what I'm trying to do is shoot onto a Firestore FS-100 while having an external monitor at the same time. Because the shooting is going to be moving around a lot we will be offloading onto a laptop (preferably MacBook Pro, but am open to suggestions, cheaper the better). Is it possible...