fs700 using external power/v-mount risk

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Alan Ting Judson

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I would like to ask how many voltage can fs700 actually handle? i know the manual had written DC7.2V (battery pack) and DC7.6v (AC adapter) but wonder if fs700 can handle more than that without any problem?

Cause i found that many external power of fs700 come with 8 Volt supply, which is higher than 7.6V. Personally i'm using this:
http://www.linkdelight.com/330703039W-Tilta-BP-FS700-Power-Supply-System-for-Sony-FS700.html

other example:
http://cvp.com/index.php?t=product/hawk-woods_lr-05

My fs700 suddenly occurs some error 2 months ago, and now still fixing by sony. Nex lens cant working properly with my fs700 (cant use auto focus or adjust aperture those)
and i got report back by sony/my seller "Items need to replace Mounted Circuit Board MT-076 & VC-650"

I still waiting reply from them what cause it to be spoiled. Myself wonder if there is anything related about external power? want to buy voltmeter to test with my tilta next time.
Whoever using external power solution for fs700, any problem so far and what external power solution you all using?
 
What output are you using from that Tilta battery plate? I'm assuming the 7.2V output? 12V would probably damage your FS700.

Anyway, over on the BMCC forums, there has been some lengthy discussions about this particular plate's regulator. That they are crap and don't maintain a good, clean voltage it says it should. There have been some BMCC with burnout DC power connections and several of them used this plate.

So it IS possible this plate has sent some voltage spikes to your FS700.

My question is why use a Vmount battery with the FS700 at all? The last NFP battery lasts for hours and hours of recording use.
 
seanmc said:
What output are you using from that Tilta battery plate? I'm assuming the 7.2V output? 12V would probably damage your FS700.

Anyway, over on the BMCC forums, there has been some lengthy discussions about this particular plate's regulator. That they are crap and don't maintain a good, clean voltage it says it should. There have been some BMCC with burnout DC power connections and several of them used this plate.

So it IS possible this plate has sent some voltage spikes to your FS700.

My question is why use a Vmount battery with the FS700 at all? The last NFP battery lasts for hours and hours of recording use.
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I would use mine as 1. a counterweight for shoulder use. 2. to power camera + 7Q + EVF from a single battery. No more charging 3+ batteries! I't s a win-win for shoulder use if you need to power multiple things.
 
sure,for counter balance. I actually do the same thing. Power the 7Q or Alphatron, but not the FS700. I don't trust the voltage control. haha
 
seanmc said:
What output are you using from that Tilta battery plate? I'm assuming the 7.2V output? 12V would probably damage your FS700.

Anyway, over on the BMCC forums, there has been some lengthy discussions about this particular plate's regulator. That they are crap and don't maintain a good, clean voltage it says it should. There have been some BMCC with burnout DC power connections and several of them used this plate.

So it IS possible this plate has sent some voltage spikes to your FS700.

My question is why use a Vmount battery with the FS700 at all? The last NFP battery lasts for hours and hours of recording use.
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Tilta battery plate there written 8V output. So i use that hole for power my fs700. I had read many post about the tilta plate. There are switch on/off for the tilta plate, must on it to output the voltage correctly. But for safety i would like to use multimeter or watever to test the voltage coming out for safety. I want use V-mount for powering out 7Q and fs700 at the same time also act as a counter balance. I place my tilta plate quite near to the fs700 body, so it is very hard to swap in and out the battery inside the fs700, so i rather power via V-mount and also slightly lighter weight.
 
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