Canon XF105 timecode drift

[Elliott Balsley]

I have a shoot coming up mixing RED Scarlet and Canon XF105. Having never used the Canon, I'm looking for opinions on the quality of its internal clock. I'll definitely put a lockit box on the Scarlet, but if the Canon clock is very stable, I'd prefer to just plug it in and rejam when changing batteries.

 

[Aar5]

I have a shoot coming up mixing RED Scarlet and Canon XF105. Having never used the Canon, I'm looking for opinions on the quality of its internal clock. I'll definitely put a lockit box on the Scarlet, but if the Canon clock is very stable, I'd prefer to just plug it in and rejam when changing batteries.

I just recorded an entire concert on the xa20. When syncing it up with the zoom h4 sound it was about 4 frames out of sync after an hour. That has probably to do with the h4 that is known to be about 4-5 fames out of sync per hour. I'd therefor say the xa20 is pretty stable.