Continuous Record Times

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dtocco

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I think this has been covered on the board, but I'm having trouble finding the proper info. In a few weeks I'm shooting a symposium and will be hoping to record tripod for what could be 5-6 hours. If I'm using the AC adaptor to power the camera does anyone know of any issues I might have outside of card space? (I'm only shooting 1080/30 @ 50mbps)

Appreciate any info!
 
As in: will the camera catch fire? It most likely will not. If you don't have a gigantic SDXC card (should have two in dual mode so you have an automatic backup), then you can always use two smaller ones in relay mode and dump to your laptop. I don't think you'd be able to reformat the card whilst the camera is recording, so get several cards...but relay mode is great for that.

Have a fully charged batt in the cam just in case ac mains goes out or someone trips on a stinger. Bring a foldable high bar stool. Get a nice fiz controller on your pan bar so you dont hurt yourself. Have cumfy studio cans so your ears dont hate you. You can use the digital zoom to punch in with 1080 and it looks fine but have it set or not before recording because it is a noticeable jump.
 
JRJphoto said:
As in: will the camera catch fire? It most likely will not. If you don't have a gigantic SDXC card (should have two in dual mode so you have an automatic backup), then you can always use two smaller ones in relay mode and dump to your laptop. I don't think you'd be able to reformat the card whilst the camera is recording, so get several cards...but relay mode is great for that.

Have a fully charged batt in the cam just in case ac mains goes out or someone trips on a stinger. Bring a foldable high bar stool. Get a nice fiz controller on your pan bar so you dont hurt yourself. Have cumfy studio cans so your ears dont hate you. You can use the digital zoom to punch in with 1080 and it looks fine but have it set or not before recording because it is a noticeable jump.
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Haha, no I just know that on my GH4, sometimes it will cut recording after a lengthy amount of time and start recording again on it's own. Just wanted to see if there's a possibility of this on the DVX. Thanks for the advice!
 
dtocco said:
Haha, no I just know that on my GH4, sometimes it will cut recording after a lengthy amount of time and start recording again on it's own. Just wanted to see if there's a possibility of this on the DVX. Thanks for the advice!
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Oh, wow. If you mean it makes split files, then yes DVX200 will do that. But, it's incredibly seamless and a painless process to work with in editing.
 
JRJphoto said:
Oh, wow. If you mean it makes split files, then yes DVX200 will do that. But, it's incredibly seamless and a painless process to work with in editing.
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It is also incredibly less frequent if you're using SDXC cards. It splits files much more frequently when using SDHC cards, but with SDXC cards it can record 48 gigabytes consecutively all to one file. At 50 megabits that's around 100 minutes of continuous recording with no split files.
 
JRJphoto said:
Oh, wow. If you mean it makes split files, then yes DVX200 will do that. But, it's incredibly seamless and a painless process to work with in editing.
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Oh ok I see. I haven't had to timeline those files together so I wasn't sure how seamless it was. Thanks for the info!
 
just be sure to format your cards in the camera. During one of my test records, I used a new card and just started recording. It split the recording, like every 4 minutes, or something like that. I use two 256GB cards, and filled up one and used haft of the other. UHD @150/sec 60fps. All worked well.
 
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