Shooting with 2 HVX200 How to synchronize Time Code

[Cooki]

Hello,
I am going to make film with 2 HVX200 in the same time, please help me in explaining how to adjust both HVX200 to have the same Time Code in shooting.
Thank you very much
Cooki

 

[adanac]

Cooki:

You cannot jam sync the HVX so the easiest way would be to use a timecode slate.

A.

 

[kgimedia]

This is a link to how Barry Green recommends synchronizing Time Code between 2 HVX200.

http://www.dvxuser.com/articles/sync/

 

[NoahK]

Yeah it can be done as Barry shows with free run timecode and remote controls. But that said, it's incredibly easy to post sync cameras with software these days. Just make sure both cameras are running sound. How is of course -depending on your NLE. FCP X has this built in. And then there's apps like Pluraleyes for the many of the other NLEs:

http://www.singularsoftware.com/pluraleyes.html

-Noah

 

[groveChuck]

Can you jam/sync HPX170 and HPX370?

 

[Barry_Green]

The 370 has the capability for actual jam sync'ing. The 170 doesn't. So you could synchronize the timecode presets between them when in free-run timecode mode, but you can't continuously jam-sync them.

 

[groveChuck]

Thanks Barry- meaning no sync through cabling?

 

[Barry_Green]

You can cable a 170 to a 370 via firewire, put them both in "free run" mode, and sync the 170's timecode preset to the 370's. They will then be in sync and stay in sync as long as their clocks don't drift apart from each other.