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Ted Ramasola
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Perhaps John Brawley or anyone who tried the cam can chime in as this was something that was an issue in early BM cameras.
1. If recorded via external SSD drive can the footage be a: played back and viewed via cam lcd? b: can this clip be deleted?
2. In internal cards, SD and Cfast, can individual files be deleted?
Sounds trivial but this was an issue back then.
1. If recorded via external SSD drive can the footage be a: played back and viewed via cam lcd? b: can this clip be deleted?
2. In internal cards, SD and Cfast, can individual files be deleted?
Sounds trivial but this was an issue back then.
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The last line on that vid was great. A bit misguided rant but at least he has a sense of humour unlike Andrew Reid. Hey Mr. Brawley. Good on ya putting that entitled whiny egoist in his place.
John Brawley
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Playback yes. Never believe that’s ever been an issue ?
Deleting clips has never been possible as a choice.
JB
John Brawley
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It takes all types I guess. He’s angry about not getting an invite to an event and for some reason thinks that I had something to do with that. When I posted about likely truth of the situation he decided to take a swipe at me.
JB
Ted Ramasola
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Thanks for the info re ssd clip playback John.
And as follow up question on this.
While you can't delete clips on the SSD, can the camera format an attached ssd?
And as follow up question on this.
While you can't delete clips on the SSD, can the camera format an attached ssd?
John Brawley
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I don't see it as a flaw at all, considering it's the first camera that allows you to record direct to a tiny edit drive like the Samsung T5 for $120.
Ted Ramasola
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I've been burned not having redundancy with my GH4.
I am thinking if with an SSD attached if we can record via hdmi a backup with a recorder like an atomos?
Though IIRC hdmi out is only HD?
I am thinking if with an SSD attached if we can record via hdmi a backup with a recorder like an atomos?
Though IIRC hdmi out is only HD?
Thomas Smet
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I don't view that as a flaw at all. The attached SSD is not meant to be just a secondary recording method but becomes the primary recording method to replace the SD cards. While redundancy can be nice I have shot video for over twenty years and never had redundant recording with any consumer or professional video camera. The addition of dual recording is more of a cake icing thing and not a "major flaw" when a particular camera doesn't have it.
For those of you that were "burned" by not having dual recording what on earth were you doing to cause such a epic failure?
Ted Ramasola
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The sd card's write protect tab got pulled off when I removed the card from the camera. It damaged the card that it was unreadable.
Thomas Smet
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The sd card's write protect tab got pulled off when I removed the card from the camera. It damaged the card that it was unreadable.
I would consider that an exceptionally rare circumstance and not one that warrants a camera as having a "major flaw" because it doesn't have dual recording.
I understand the desire to have it but I just don't see the practical need given that I have shot hundreds of thousands of hours of footage over 20+ years on everything from VHS to a giant PC on a cart with a BMD Multibridge and have never lost material at that magnitude due to media.
That has happened to me too! I could no longer write to the card.
It was an extremely rough and tumble TV doco shoot outdoors, I guess I banged against a tree pretty hard? But still no idea how the card got damaged while INSIDE the recorder!
Anyway, it just meant I couldn't write to the SD card. As it was locked into write protect. We could still read the card just fine.
It was an extremely rough and tumble TV doco shoot outdoors, I guess I banged against a tree pretty hard? But still no idea how the card got damaged while INSIDE the recorder!
Anyway, it just meant I couldn't write to the SD card. As it was locked into write protect. We could still read the card just fine.
" The attached SSD is not meant to be just a secondary recording method but becomes the primary recording method to replace the SD cards. "
That arrangement (cable tethered external device) might be a good reason for internal redundancy.
And if you got through the tape era without incident, count yourself as lucky.
That arrangement (cable tethered external device) might be a good reason for internal redundancy.
And if you got through the tape era without incident, count yourself as lucky.
For the most part, I have not had issues either. However, just last week I had a green screen corporate shoot and one of the files was corrupt for some reason. Luckily the camera had dual sd slots and I was recording simultaneously which saved the day.