While reading some PR material from Sony on the EX1, I came upon this quote:

"The SxS PRO cards are designed to speed up post-production by improving workflow and import times. Portable hard drives can also be attached to the camcorder."

(here's the link: http://www.sony.co.uk/biz/view/ShowContent.action?site=biz_en_GB&contentId=1201538211586&sectiontype=Home&preserveContext=true)

Has anyone attached a portable drive to the EX1?

Thanks,
Alex

There are several threads already about this. Basically you can attach any external recorder for the supported interfaces/output modes.

Some recent developments are the Convergent Design Flash XDR which can capture the HD-SDI 10bit 4:2:2 output to (cheaper) flash cards, and the CineForm HDMI recorder mentioned here (http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=107885&highlight=Flash+XDR).

Firestores and the like are reported to work as well, but are limited to the HDV modes.

George/

I wonder if it is possible to capture the 25mbps stream to a device like a Firestore, while simultaneously recording to SxS cards at 35mbps (I seriously doubt it).

I wonder if it is possible to capture the 25mbps stream to a device like a Firestore, while simultaneously recording to SxS cards at 35mbps (I seriously doubt it).

No it is not - once set to any HQ mode, the EX1 simply disables i.LINK.

In spite of this limitation, I decided to keep my DR60 drive. The 25Mbps is still of great quality thanks to the imagers and lens of this camera, so should need arise for a long recording I can always use it (I have tested both 1080/50i and 24PsF with pull-down, and both look better than those from the V1). Also, I'm going to always take it with me each time I carry my laptop for in-field HQ stuff off-loading; the material will go the Vaio's internal drive AND the DR60 as a temporary backup (in data mode, of course - it'll spare me buying a separate portable drive).

It's a real shame that the firewire is disabled in HQ mode. Firewire is certainly capable of transmitting data at 35mbps.

It's a real shame that the firewire is disabled in HQ mode. Firewire is certainly capable of transmitting data at 35mbps.

Or porting eSATA out directly from the camera.

will the Sony EX-1 work with the Cineform Portable Recorder?