Recent content by jmarkham

Just thought I'd give a quick review of the SoundDevices 688 recorder. The 688 can record to either a CF or SD card .. and you can configure to fall over to the second card if you so choose. It has 6 mic pres .. and they are spectacularly quiet and transparent. Very accurate to the sound...

Hi, I have scoured the SD forum .. and couldn't find the answer to this question .. hopefully you can help. If one is using a SD 702T (timecode) with a C-LINK to a 722, do the BWF files on the 722 have the timecode info in the header? (I think the answer is "yes" .. but I'm not sure and the...

So .. you get to know how much people stand behind their gear when things go wrong. Our Sound Devices MixPre developed some noise in the channel ... called .. got an RMA .. shipped it off to Wisconsin .. they fixed it .. sent it back .. it's perfect again .. total cost $0. Our Tascam HD-P2...

Is pretty freaking cool! :-) We're really happy with it. I will have to admit that a capacitor fried on one of our control units.. but Redrock was quick to help us out with a replacement. That said, it's very smooth and precise and if you operate a remote rig ( Jib or have a focus-puller on a...

We had a lot of fun working on this production .. Puppet High. This episode was shot by my colleague Charome with our gear .. A different dynamic working with puppeteers .. but a lot of fun! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6RW1DNRfwk jeff

Next time (or if you roll another firmware update for the AF100).... Please consider continuous LTC sync on the AF100's S/PDIF input Thanks jeff

A side note: running the Movieslate LTC line to the AF100 will sync it like a champ. http://onthemarkmedia.net/video/OTMtimecode_web.mov If it downloads too slow .. see : http://www.facebook.com/OnTheMarkRentals Jeff

So .. like many after NAB were all high on the hype of the BMD camera. Keep your AF100. Be happy with your AF100. It works .. it's reliable. Jeff

Hi, I know it's still early in May, but is there an availability date for the firmware upgrade? Also, are the terms per user/company or per camera? I assume this will be downloadable and will not require a service center to install. Further details would be appreciated. Thanks jeff

So, if we have more than one AF100 .. do we have to buy the upgrade for each camera? Or is it per customer? jeff ps: I can't find diddly about the upgrade on the website.

http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/panasonic-to-preview-avc-ultra/212926 LonG should make the news guys pretty happy. Does this suggest new P2 based media? I'm not sure the current Type-II cards can sustain a datarate necessary for 4:4:4 4K? Interesting that the compression chips won't be...

Very interesting .... http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/25/nhk.33mp.sensor.shoots.8k.at.high.speed/

Hi, I would like to request that the pertinent meta-data be able to be set and edited on the AF100 rather than having to ingest via an SD card. I realize this is can be tedious (via the "joystick" and using a virtual keyboard), but in the field, this would be invaluable. Basically, all I...

When confronted with these dilemmas, I refer to my mentor .. I tend to choose both :-) jeff

Hi, Just an FYI .. if you want extra caddies for the Sumarai and Ninja, B&H is now shipping them. Got mine today. Jeff