That's the one that I first looked at. Unfortunately it has no included means of powering the FS700, and buying a Sony adapter off Ebay and splicing the male end onto one of the included cables is not really an option for me. Curse Sony for putting such a lame power input on this camera :thumbdown
Urgent: How to mount V-mount plate to 15mm rods? Would this work for FS700 and 7q?
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That's the one that I first looked at. Unfortunately it has no included means of powering the FS700, and buying a Sony adapter off Ebay and splicing the male end onto one of the included cables is not really an option for me. Curse Sony for putting such a lame power input on this camera :thumbdown
sunnyjimfilms
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I use this one. Works a treat and cables are readily available and reasonably priced : http://www.fvlighting.com/v-mount-battery-adapter-system.html
austinmartifilms
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I can't find a FS700-specific DC cable on their site..
sunnyjimfilms
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I use it with one of these: http://cvp.com/index.php?t=product/hawk-woods_lr-05
austinmartifilms
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Oh, okay. Thanks. I think I will opt to go the DC cable route rather than the "cable/dummy battery" route. One person said if you put a battery in the slot but use DC power, the battery will keep the camera on if your external power runs out.
sunnyjimfilms
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Don't Westside do the cable?
Thanks for throwing another option into the mix, sunnyjimfilms. I was previously thinking along the same lines as austinmartifilms regarding the dummy battery, and how it would be nice to have a backup NP-F in the camera.
In reality though, if your AB/IDX dies, you're probably screwed anyway. At least I will be, since that means the Odyssey won't be recording anymore, and potentially something else of importance is gone too, like an audio recorder or a light. I guess it could be nice if you're recording internally (eww) and only powering the camera itself, but won't your AB/IDX last quite a bit longer in those cases? Hopefully you have the opportunity to swap it out before it dies.
Westside has a D-tap cable but I think it's meant to be used with a battery plate that somehow limits the output to the 700. I think it needs to be converted from 12v to 7.3v or something.
In reality though, if your AB/IDX dies, you're probably screwed anyway. At least I will be, since that means the Odyssey won't be recording anymore, and potentially something else of importance is gone too, like an audio recorder or a light. I guess it could be nice if you're recording internally (eww) and only powering the camera itself, but won't your AB/IDX last quite a bit longer in those cases? Hopefully you have the opportunity to swap it out before it dies.
Westside has a D-tap cable but I think it's meant to be used with a battery plate that somehow limits the output to the 700. I think it needs to be converted from 12v to 7.3v or something.
austinmartifilms
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The FS700 OEM DC cable has a 7.6V output.
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I just checked the Westside site again to see if maybe I got the number wrong, but those are the numbers listed in the item description. Link: http://www.westsideavstore.com/index.php?p=product&id=63
Seems like it could be problematic if it's not sending enough power to the camera when it really needs the extra juice, but I really don't know enough about nominal voltage to question Olof's design. I'm sure there's a good reason for the difference in numbers.
austinmartifilms
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I seem to remember seeing that 7.3/7.4 number a lot.. so I'm sure there's a tolerance range.
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Mitch Gross
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Woden Camera also offers a complete solution with multiple outputs, including a cable to plug into the FS700 (into the AC power socket, the cleaner way to do it).
The Odyssey7Q uses at most 15w during operation, but the initial startup and at certain high-task moments (like starting to record 4K) it can momentarily spike to 25w. It is just for a moment but that overhead is necessary.
The Odyssey7Q uses at most 15w during operation, but the initial startup and at certain high-task moments (like starting to record 4K) it can momentarily spike to 25w. It is just for a moment but that overhead is necessary.
sirspencer
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I recently bought this one for my FS700 and 7Q:
http://www.thecinecity.com/eshop/CA...litter-For-V-Mount-Battery-CH-LEMO-SV-19.html
Works perfect for me. An cable fpr the FS700 is included and I also bought the D-Tap cable for the 7Q.
http://www.thecinecity.com/eshop/CA...litter-For-V-Mount-Battery-CH-LEMO-SV-19.html
Works perfect for me. An cable fpr the FS700 is included and I also bought the D-Tap cable for the 7Q.
olof
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The standard FS700 battery delivers about 8.4v when fully charged, as it discharges the voltage drops, the FS700 stops working and gives a warning at about 6.8v. This is the nature of batteries, voltage drops as they discharge. Also voltage is lower when you are drawing power than when you just test the battery leads.
So having voltage supplied by an external source for the FS700 at 7.3v is fine, as is 7.6v or even 8v.
The plates I use supply 7.4v from AB and IDX, this is comfortable within the range needed, they also deliver more wattage so they can withstand spikes in draw better than smaller batteries. The AB plates have a cable with FS700 plug. And the IDX has a D-tap with 7.4v for the FS700 and I suply you with a cable that uses this D-tap. Both also have a free 14.8v (this actually varies from 16.8v fully charged to 12v or so when almost depleted), and some bricks like the Swits I now like have a D-tap as well so you actually have 2 free D-taps if you use these batteries.
Just bear in mind that the max draw should be 55w using these plates. So budget your watts.
I make custom cables, D-tap to whatever connector you like, and these can have multiple ends so one cable can power several accessories. Call or email me for price quotes on cables if you like. These can also be any length combinations you like.
I hope this helps clarify some of the questions I read above...
So having voltage supplied by an external source for the FS700 at 7.3v is fine, as is 7.6v or even 8v.
The plates I use supply 7.4v from AB and IDX, this is comfortable within the range needed, they also deliver more wattage so they can withstand spikes in draw better than smaller batteries. The AB plates have a cable with FS700 plug. And the IDX has a D-tap with 7.4v for the FS700 and I suply you with a cable that uses this D-tap. Both also have a free 14.8v (this actually varies from 16.8v fully charged to 12v or so when almost depleted), and some bricks like the Swits I now like have a D-tap as well so you actually have 2 free D-taps if you use these batteries.
Just bear in mind that the max draw should be 55w using these plates. So budget your watts.
I make custom cables, D-tap to whatever connector you like, and these can have multiple ends so one cable can power several accessories. Call or email me for price quotes on cables if you like. These can also be any length combinations you like.
I hope this helps clarify some of the questions I read above...
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