QuickStream DV special pricing for DVXuser.com.

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This forum doth rock.

The sheer elegance and completeness of this solution is what you're paying for, and is probably worth it to run-n-gun videographers. I might be able to justify one of these to the Drunkard documentary sponsors. Hmmm....

On a related note, I just watched RUSSIAN ARK, the movie that was shot all in one take. If you haven't seen it, you gotta, just for the Making Of segment on the DVD. I was fascinated with how they rigged a mobile system for the Steadicam operator, who was lugging around an HD camera. I can't tell if the person with the foam-padded backpack was carrying batteries or hard drives, but they had a custom solution going. My girlfriend was saying, 'why do you keep backing this part up about the camera crew?'
 
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I just got it.. and man is it nice. Comes with some very nice accesories as well. I am going to power test it today and hopefully get a review out by tonight.
 
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Great Jared!  Can't wait for your review  :D  Can you puhleeeze check to see if it can capture 24p native regardless of pulldown? i need to purchase before the end of the year!

thanks!
 
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Just a quick update.. I did a very quick test on 24A with the DVX, and the quickstream dumped it into an .AVI file on the quickstream. When I imported it into Vegas... bam... auto detected the 2-3-3-2 pulldown.. so far so good :)
 
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That's my #1 question as well -- does it retain the bits so that Vegas recognizes a clip recorded in 24PA and automatically removes the 2:3:3:2 pulldown.

Question #2: what's with the battery life -- 90 minutes of battery on a 4.5-hour drive? Can it be connected to the camcorder battery, or a larger external battery belt, or something like that?

Question #3: can you fed-ex it to me and then tell them you lost it? I'll even send you my fed-ex number.
 
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Man Jarred, you are FAST -- you sent that response while I was typing my question. You answered it before I even asked!

(okay, so how 'bout that fed-ex question?) ;D
 
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zoom,..BAM does not have a "b" at the end ..from this i have determined that your quickstream is obviosly defective.. send it to me and i will trash it for you at a certified dv equipment dump.
 
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bamb,bam,bamboo whatever lol..

Barry questions:

#1: yes

#2: yes 90 minutes; but;  The thing even has a built in Voltage regulator so you can power it by almost any battery pack you have kicking around. The power jack has a standard mini-power plug that you can buy at radioshack. It does charge via firewire from your pc or laptop though... just like an Ipod. It also includes an Adapter.

#3: Dont think so.. but I have some tasty Fruitcake we got for christmas I can send you.

Hold off on the q&A guys so I can get a review together, most of your questions will be answered I hope.
 
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Here is a little photo to keep you occupied.

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oooooh....it's like teasing a little kid in a candy store! can't wait for the review...
 
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just send me the quickstream and it will be ok.. send it!

lol .. actually ive been debating as whether to get one of those, or a laptop to do direct to disk stuff on .. of course the laptop has some obvious advantages/perks, and obvios disadvantages of size/weight/durability compared to the quickstream. i think ill make my final decision based on the shooting environment of my next big project. ..i dlike to get one of each for whatever suites best at the time, but well see. the quickstream costs less too. defintitly a tastey little morsel.

i like the flowers on the blanket,, very pretty. man that nice..sits right on there.
 
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Nice review Jarred. Thanks for putting it together. The hotshoe mounting is ingenious. Although the following comment seemed a little concerning:

> ...the files on the Quickstream are all AVI/DV or MOV formats, so its not pulling timecode or other data that the DVX would send in record mode.

So is this the case whether the DVX is rolling or not? I'm trying to think ahead to what implications you might have without having any sort of timecode with the file... Although you're not worrying about shuttling / recapturing from a tape it seems like this could be an issue when you are trying to work with the same footage between programs or do any other activity that may require a common point of reference for a frame beside that which an NLE attributes to it temporarily...

Am I understanding what you meant here correctly?

Thanks again,
Clayton
 
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Yes, you are correct to some degree. The files you get are basically the same AVI files you would get if you captured a tape into your NLE.. The AVI files create thier own timcode, so if you distributed the file around it would still maintain it's timecode, but for marking you would reference the clip as well as the time code in the file. MOV files also are capable of generating thier own unique timecode.
 
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Re-Reading my last post I think I may be more confusing than its worth. I will try and explain it easily by one of the tests I did, and I should add this to the article.

To see just what info was transfered to the Quickstream, I preset the timecode on the DVX100 to 00:08:00 and I hit record on camera (so Quickstream and a NEW tape where recording) while it was running I shifted the Iris.. (since the DVX adds Iris settings onto the Data track on tape).

I then took the Quickstream and plugged it into my NLE and dumped the file into my NLE. Without touching the file, I then hooked the DVX to my system and output to a different, new tape the file from the Quickstream.

Thats when I crossed my fingers. I then unhooked the DVX and put it into VTR mode, re-winded the tape and pressed play. The timecode started at 00:08:00 (meaning the file saved timecode) as well as it also played back the iris setting throughout the clip. So basically, all info as far as I could tell that would have been on the tape, stayed in the file.
 
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This looks amazing. Jarred, thanks for doing this. You are the man, really.

Wow. I love technology. Regarding the 2g's; aproximately how long (or short) would you say that is in recording time? I agree with you in that it would be hard to go over 5 minutes at one shot anyway...

Unless your DePalma on Meth.
 
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1.8 gigs, the Fat32 limit, is about 8.5 minutes.
 
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[quote author=Jarred Land link=board=Links;num=1071617666;start=25#36 date=12/30/03 at 23:08:47]...re-winded the tape and pressed play. The timecode started at 00:08:00 (meaning the file saved timecode) as well as it also played back the iris setting throughout the clip. So basically, all info as far as I could tell that would have been on the tape, stayed in the file.[/quote]

That's good to hear - so timecode would likely only be present when the DVX is also rolling tape right? When just going to the QuickStream (manually pushing record on drive) was any of the other camera data still carried across?

Thanks Jarred,
Clayton
 
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Yes. because when you dont press record on the camera, there is no timecode because the camera thinks you are just standing there waiting for something to happen.. The file will generate its own timecode, but wont be what the camera's is because there is none on the camera.

For me, I dont use timecode at all, honestly, ever. The only time I use timecode is when there is a composer or some other audio-related thing, I just put a timecode overlay on the file (vegas and most others do this).. The other rare time is when I am doing multicamera shoots... but that is just so I know which tape is from which camera, but you can just rename the files to tell you.
 
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Hey Zoom, is there anyway to upgrade the hard drive?
 
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