Huge Empty Space inside FS700

[yachacha]

So the SD slot on my FS700 lost the pins from someone putting a card in backwards. I was able to track down the SD card module on the phone with sony parts, a little over $110 shipped for the part which I thought was very reasonable. The procedure is moderate, it involved removing the 4 sides of the back "square" of the camera. The SD card module has a small battery on it which I had to replace. Getting the tiny ribbon cables back in was the only pain in the procedure.

Something I noticed while I had the camera apart. There is an empty space, about the size of a large Sony L brick, right behind the spot where the battery goes. It is behind the light gray metal and is completely hollow inside. Just thought this was interesting. Perhaps some other battery was scraped early in the design.



Another thing wrong with my FS700 was the HDSDI port appeared to be broken as it would only work when pushing in a certain spot on the cable. I cleaned the front and back of the HDSDI port with electronic cleaner and then sprayed it out with a lot of canned air. Afterwards, the port is completely solid, it won't glitch at all even when tugging on the cable. My guess is there was a tiny piece of metal shorting the ground and video signal. Those HDSDI ports are build durable in this case it just needed a good cleaning and it was back to 100%.

 

[aly324]

Any chance that empty space could fit a 4k recorder?

 

[Mitch Gross]

That's where the hamster on his wheel goes.

 

[Paul F]

Exactly.

Perhaps its just got to the point where the buttons and knobs on the outside need space and the electronics don't need anymore space.

 

[Marino215]

Air flow? Though I like Mitch's answer best.

 

[slipstrea808]

That's where the hamster on his wheel goes.

Damnnit you beat me to it!

Maybe you can make a secret compartment for Skittles? I mean that could be really fun if you made skittles come out of your camera on a shoot.

 

[Colinelves]

The hole is so the CIA can hide a bomb in there.

 

[CinematicFanatic]

Seeing an FS700 open to the elements like that is making me a little sick in the mouth.

I know this is what they would do to repair it anyway, but I hate seeing such expensive equipment taken apart! with all that said, thank you for the photos.

 

[freiheit]

damn! now i clearly see that reason why its so hard to get balance at 3 axis gimbal!

our baby is not just long, she is empty!!

 

[paulcurtis]

The hole is so the CIA can hide a bomb in there.

Well you've just triggered god knows what kind of Echelon investigation now...

 

[alohype]

Maybe Atomos Ninja Star could fit there? (half joking, half serious)

 

[Andrius Simutis]

My guess is they just wanted it to be a square box, so it didn't matter if there was extra space. Just cause you have a box, doesn't mean you have to fill all of it.
I've always felt that the FS100/700 design was a bit rushed. Why make it a box? It's not that great for shooting while handheld and it makes it difficult to find buttons without looking at their names.

 

[Pgale]

That's where the hamster on his wheel goes.

Oh blimey! No one told me you had to feed it - hope it's still alive. I've pushed some sunflower seeds into the memory slot - hopefully he can get them from there?

 

[Colinelves]

Oh blimey! No one told me you had to feed it - hope it's still alive. I've pushed some sunflower seeds into the memory slot - hopefully he can get them from there?

Don't worry, he's a film maker, he doesn't need feeding. Or paying. He lives on fresh air and his passion for the art form.