External recorders for the AF100 any info please :)

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Been using standard din to bnc but have ordered the right angle din connectors as the cables have been giving me the irrits.

 

[XSVpro]

I like that setup, technically removes the battery plate as its now a part of the recorder. I know what you mean about the cables, right angle cable connectors should be perfect.

I was looking into mounting the Hyperdeck on the right side of the Af100 to be even more compact but I don't think a cheese plate exists for the AF?

 

[EndCredits]

Yeah I was thinking of the same thing but the Hyperdeck is a bit to big to be practical there imo.

 

[Vultch]

Interesting device on the lens, some sort of focus pulling kit , but what exactly is it.

 

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Its a Focus Marker: https://vimeo.com/52379116
I use it on some one man band jobs where I don't want to use rails & follow focus. Its very easy to use and make my tamron zooms a lot easier to rack focus. The 70 - 200 especially was tricky to use by hand. Its a bit over priced though, if it was metal it would be a different story but its plastic.

 

[chris_videomi]

We're looking at getting the Samuari recorder but I've read on a few posts (here and other places) that you can't record 60fps slo-mo out of the AF100 to it. My question is why is that? I suppose if I think about it when I'm shooting and monitoring via SDI, what the monitor sees is "real-time"....and I can't see the slow-motion effect until I play back the clip. So guess I sort of answered my own question, which is I assume the camera is doing some internal electronic "wrangling" of frame rates. But I'm curious if there is any technical way to send the slo-mo out the SDI feed...sort of like how VTRs had the E to E and the VTR switch...one of which showed you the straight pass-through of the signal, and the other which showed you what was actually being laid onto tape.

Probably a stupid question, but we shoot a lot of slow-motion and would be great to be able to record it to something higher in quality than the built-in AVCHD.

Chris Blair
Magnetic Image, Inc.

 

[John B.]

It doesn't improve the quality, but the way to record slo-mo to the Samurai (and probably other external recorders), is to play the clip back on the camera, and the Samurai will record it as it's being played.