AF100 Upgrade Equipment

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lawrenceingram

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Ok,

I want to upgrade from my HVX 200, and I have about 10,000 total. I was thinking of this:

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Along with something like the Birger mount for my Canon L-series lenses I have (if they ever make such a thing). Do you guys have any comments or suggestions on any of these items?

Thanks,

Lawrence
 
Well, you're probably going to want a couple more batteries.

Looks like a killer setup, but $1000 for two 64GB CF cards?! Ouch...
 
Just so you know the AF-100 will record to sd cards and not cf cards. At least sd cards are a lot cheaper :)

Sorry, I think you had the cf cards for the kipro?
 
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I wouldn't spend that money on the Ki Pro or the CF cards, until you've tried out the native codec and you decide whether it's adequate or not. No doubt the Ki Pro Mini will produce higher-quality results, but at 10x the filesize or more, and for an additional $3,000 total (or so), it will likely not prove worth it for a whole lot of buyers.
 
I would not buy the Ki Pro or Nano for this either. See crews.tv test. "In split-screen tests between the 4:2:2 AVC-Intra and the camera’s native AVCHD it was virtually impossible to distinguish between them. "

Especially if you're on a tight budget and most of the stuff will end up on the web, I'd put the $3,000 into a better lens.
 
811productions said:
Just so you know the AF-100 will record to sd cards and not cf cards. At least sd cards are a lot cheaper :)

Sorry, I think you had the cf cards for the kipro?
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Yes, the CF cards were for the Ki Pro Mini. Man, you guys are fantastic! Thanks for the feedback on the codecs. I really was going for the Ki Pro because of my past experiences with DVC ProHD and the HVX200 when doing chroma keying. I never was really happy with the results, and I had a lot of people telling me that uncompressed would really help. . . and that the ProRes codecs would be very close to uncompressed quality at a much smaller file size. Since the Ki Pro records in those codecs, I thought it would be a good combo. But you guys have definitely given me some good info.

Oh, and yes. . . batteries would be a great idea! ;)

Thanks again for the comments guys!

Lawrence
 
I will also not be worrying about an external recorder. I was thinking of maybe capturing it out the camera to my mac pro when and if I do some greenscreen.....
 
After reviewing those test frames you guys showed me, I think I will try the camera's AVCHD internal compression. I suppose I can always sell the memory cards and re-buy CF if needed (oh, and the price for those CF cards was more expensive because I've used that brand and feel more confident in their reliability).

Now if Birger Engineering would just make that mount for the AF100 so I can use the aperture controls (and programmable rack focus :love4:) for my Canon lenses, I'll be set!!!!

Lawrence
 
Its not a dig at the AF100. Actually I was shooting at CML studios last weekend and a card glitched on a long complicated take. Fortunately I was running my Nano and had a back up file. I lost nothing.

That's one of the big advantages of an external recorder is a back up of both the video and audio, so don't discount that idea. Its actually a great way to operate if you can afford it.

Also consider having 16 or 32Gb cards instead of 64Gb, and swapping them out. There's less chance of a bad card wiping out an entire days worth of shots.
 
lawrenceingram said:
After reviewing those test frames you guys showed me, I think I will try the camera's AVCHD internal compression. I suppose I can always sell the memory cards and re-buy CF if needed (oh, and the price for those CF cards was more expensive because I've used that brand and feel more confident in their reliability).

Now if Birger Engineering would just make that mount for the AF100 so I can use the aperture controls (and programmable rack focus :love4:) for my Canon lenses, I'll be set!!!!

Lawrence
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Even if you go with an external recorder use the AVCHD as a backup, you get to record to the SD cards at the same time you record via HD-SDI
 
Duke M. said:
Its not a dig at the AF100. Actually I was shooting at CML studios last weekend and a card glitched on a long complicated take. Fortunately I was running my Nano and had a back up file. I lost nothing.

That's one of the big advantages of an external recorder is a back up of both the video and audio, so don't discount that idea. Its actually a great way to operate if you can afford it.

Also consider having 16 or 32Gb cards instead of 64Gb, and swapping them out. There's less chance of a bad card wiping out an entire days worth of shots.
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All excellent ideas.

Redundancy is a good thing.
 
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