HPX250: Simultaneous Recording?

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I just bought a HPX250 last week and though I've only used it a couple of times and produced some beautiful images I haven't been able to figure out how to do simultaneous recording to both P2 cards in order to have an instant backup. That was one of the selling points for me on this camera over the PMW200. Does anybody know how to do this?

I'd appreciate any insights.

Thanks
 
Dual recording is on the AC160 and AC130 I think. That's an AVCHD feature on SD cards. P2 does not need it. I'm very happy with my 250, beautiful pictures and I never have to worry if my footage is recording correctly.
 
Hum, I noticed that it does list it as a feature in some website. I just flipped through Barry book and dont not see it, I also went over the menus of my camera and dont see that feature. I dont remember it as part of the camera, with P2 cards you shouldn't have to worry. I know that do-sent answer your question.
 
Huh, that's weird as it's clearly advertised on B&H and other websites as having dual recording... I'm confident in the P2 cards, but this was part of the reason I bought the camera. I went over Mr. Green's book and couldn't find anything in there about this feature either so I guess it's really not a function on the camera. Thanks for the advice. I really like the camera so far anyhow.
 
It most definitely doesn't record simultaneously to both P2 cards. Some P2 cameras can make a proxy to the SD card while writing out the full-res version to the SD card, but it requires you to have a proxy card in the other slot.

So basically, no, simultaneous recording is not possible.
 
~$680/64 Type F P2 card is not cheap. People are paying a heavy premium for that extra added peace of mind on data reliability. It's smart enough to count how many cycles you've used or partially use. If you use only 30%, then it won't be counted as a cycle. It'll outlive the HPX250's life span. If I'm not mistaken, there's no known 3rd party P2 card that I can see on the market. Only Panasonic. Advantage here is strict quality control vs. generics. If there's 3rd party, P2 cards will probably be $200-300, but quality of the P2 suffers. Also, there's some sort or internal RAID 0 that talks to the cams & the 4 SD memory modules it to make it extra reliable vs regular CF/SDHC media. Only time I'd worry is removing the media while the orange/amber LED is flashing. Happened to me w/ couple of other cams. Didn't wait for it to stop flashing and ejected the card. Big mistake. I don't like spanning to 2nd card for non-continuous shoot.
 
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~$680/64 Type F P2 card is not cheap. People are paying a heavy premium for that extra added peace of mind on data reliability. It's smart enough to count how many cycles you've used or partially use. If you use only 30%, then it won't be counted as a cycle. It'll outlive the HPX250's life span. If I'm not mistaken, there's no known 3rd party P2 card that I can see on the market. Only Panasonic. Advantage here is strict quality control vs. generics. If there's 3rd party, P2 cards will probably be $200-300, but quality of the P2 suffers. Also, there's some sort or internal RAID 0 that talks to the cams & the 4 SD memory modules it to make it extra reliable vs regular CF/SDHC media. Only time I'd worry is removing the media while the orange/amber LED is flashing. Happened to me w/ couple of other cams. Didn't wait for it to stop flashing and ejected the card. Big mistake. I don't like spanning to 2nd card for non-continuous shoot.
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I'd heard that someone had made a P2 card but allegedly was taken to or threatened with court and made to stop production. Not sure if this is true or not.
 
I emailed B&H Photo they have since changed their description and corrected the error.
 
MikeD said:
I'd heard that someone had made a P2 card but allegedly was taken to or threatened with court and made to stop production. Not sure if this is true or not.
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Both Fuji and Maxell have produced P2 media, and there may have been others.
 
Jarek Zabczynski said:
In comparison to how much was paying for 4GB cards several years ago, this is a steal. Do the math on how much you would be spending on tape and be happy these cards are so cheap.
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Ditto. I remember my first CF digital camera almost 10 years ago. A non-raid 1GB CF card cost over $200. In 2013 dollars ~$650 for 64GB is a steal compared to just a decade ago.
 
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