Recent content by Michael Johnstone

Well - on the advice of some of the more learned minds around here, I acquired what I think is the best possible and most fool-proof rig for off-loading P2 cards in the Host mode. What I have is an HGST 1 TB 5400rpm Hard Drive mounted in a Panasonic AG-MBX10G Disk Tray - powered by a Tekkeon...

OK I've got me an HPX250 and after trying a couple different USB bus powered drives - a USB2 Touro 500Gb and a USB3 Toshiba 1 TB - neither of which will light up, spin up or be recognized - and yes I'm in "USB Host" mode. So can anyone point me to a particular brand & model drive (1 TB if...

I hope this a good place to post this - I’m getting ready to upgrade my gear from SD. I’ve been shooting depo videos for years and have been quite satisfied with a Sony PD-150 and a Panny DVX100b for that. But I’m sick of lawyers; it’s time now for art and beauty. So I’ve decided to get a GH3 &...

Hello all. I’ve been lurking for the last year or two and finally decided to join DVX User only to find that I’d already joined up back in 2007 and forgotten about it! Of course I’d forgotten a lot of stuff since suffering a massive infection and lapsing into a coma in 2011. It’s a long story...