B&H says EX-1 was recalled? No new units till March?

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gbarrenger

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I was in B&H today, I had seen on the website that the EX-1 was backordered, but I was hoping there would be one there on display. When I asked someone, he told me that there were not going to be any new units until March because: Lens problems, Files not being able to be edited in Final Cut Pro, and other issues?

I've tried to find info about this online, is this true? I'm assuming not.

Can anyone recommend an alternate shop in NY that sells video cameras ( EX, HVX )?
 
Files not being able to be edited in FCP is LOL

Lens Problems have been reported, however.
 
I've been editing 35Mb HQ files in FCP for the past week with no problems at all.

And why would that be a "LOL" if it were true?

vince
 
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gaffney film said:
I've been editing 35Mb HQ files in FCP for the past week with no problems at all.

vince
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Well, apparently you'll have to send those files to Sony to be replaced with new files now!
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DCSensui said:
Well, apparently you'll have to send those files to Sony to be replaced with new files now!
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I guess I better.
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There is more disinformation regarding this camera. If the stuff didn't cut in FCP wouldn't that be an FCP problem? oh well, onward and upward.

v
 
Thanks, that's what I thought; that they were just trying to push an HVX while theyre out of stock on the EX-1.

Hopefully I'll be able to find a store with them in stock soon.
 
There are a number of reports around the web (e.g., http://www.sonyhdvinfo.com/printthread.php?t=11721&page=4&pp=10) where people report that Sony is fixing people's cameras that have lens alignment/vignetting problems. So, if the incidence is high enough (which it seems it may be, there are even a number of posts about vignetting here on DVXuser), and Sony is actually doing a lot of repairs, then I think it's likely that they might recall all the unsold cameras and work the problem out...
 
You give little credit to B&H, i dont think they'd need to push any cam, especially the hvx. That said, id wait until the Ex's come back checked than perhaps trying to find one presently (if there is some recall taking place)
 
I was told by my dealer that Sony held all cameras when they discovered the problem. The cameras that were ready to ship to dealers were held and rechecked, repaired if necessary, or shipped to dealers. Mine came in a batch of 28 cameras that were held for extra QC and it was part of the dealers second shipment from Sony.

The owners of problem cameras were provided with prepaid shipping labels to get the cameras sent in and repaired.

That's what I know for a fact. All else is speculation.

v
 
Well, I guess I'm bad luck since I sent mine in for repair and it now appears worse than it was before.
I'm going to have Sony replace it. Also, maybe it's just me, but the barrel distortion appears to be worse after the work. Now I see quite a bit of barrel even zoomed up to 15mm. This was not like this before. I'm not sure why this happened. Very strange.
 
Hrmph thats bad luck steve hope u get that resolved quickly, its infuriating when these things happen. I will never forget, that in 1988 I got an Amstrad computer, and the monitor didnt work, and then they sent a replacement with which the keyboard(and cassette player attached) didn't work!!

However by sticking the working keyboard with the working monitor it did and i sent the full non working computer back!

Ok a bit off topic!
 
gaffney film said:
I've been editing 35Mb HQ files in FCP for the past week with no problems at all.

And why would that be a "LOL" if it were true?

vince
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It's LOL because it does'nt sound like a reason to recall anything. Not the REAL one.

Hope you weren't taking that personal.
 
Actually I thought you wrote LOL knowing that many have already been using FCP for a while with the EX1. LOL!
 
Yeah, I don't know why someone would say it doesn't work with FCP. I've seen someone do it. They had to go online to get a program from the Sony website, and after that they were able to use Log & Transfer to convert the footage to Quicktime files and then edit them.
 
It's hilarious that someone at the Camera store would even state that post workflow constitutes as a reason for recall. Since when?

FCP isn't even Sony related. Maybe if they said something about Vegas.
 
The EX1 works wonderfully with FCP - I've been doing it for a month.

(Barry - it doesn't technically use "Log and Transfer" but the Sony XDCAM Transfer program linked through an FCP menu item - "File/Import/Sony XDCAM..." - same idea)

The lens alignment is certainly an issue. I have vignetting and also noticed that my zoom doesn't track straight. In other words my lens is off-center on the chip. I can see Sony wanting to correct all of the Stateside cameras that have this issue. And it might be more than an adjustment in the end - it could be a design flaw that lets the lens get out of whack to begin with.
 
ohh man i think all that together gt me ready to not order the ex
. just feels strange buying the hvx now
when panny may come up with some improvements on the 200 soon ?!?!
If my situation would allow I would wait at least until the nab is over see what the market scenarios gonna be .
what the big ones bring out in this segment in the near future but unfortunately i can t wait .
 
Sinai,

The EX1 is still an awesome camera and I would recommend it despite all of the nitpicking here.

I don't mean to fan any flames, but it really is ten steps ahead of the HVX. I've owned and shot a lot with both and really believe this.

The HVX is a great camera but I would feel really depressed buying one this far into the product cycle, with the EX1 out there and with so many advances expected this year, including the as yet unknown EX1 response from Panny.
 
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