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Laurence Kingston
June 15th, 2008, 02:09 PM
I just did a gig yesterday with my Transcend 32GB CF card and a DV tape standing by in case I ran out of memory. I shot about an hour and a half of footage and never used the tape. It felt good to have it there though. The footage was all error free.

I shot everything in full auto. Ever since I turned off the macro focus, autofocus has been much better. I have no idea why that is turned on by default. It was an off-road Hummer event: lots of 4 wheel drive vehicles getting stuck in the mud. The footage looks great.

John Knight
June 15th, 2008, 02:22 PM
I shot everything in full auto.

You HERETIC! Get OUT! :) Just kidding... are you going to post some clips on Vimeo?

Johann D.K. Cerecke
June 15th, 2008, 07:49 PM
Yeah, I'd be keen to see some of that footage as well... purely from a technical point of view... ;-)

Bruce Reynolds
June 17th, 2008, 11:29 PM
when Sony had my camera for repair they tested it with my Transcend 133x card and got the same digtal gliches that I get. They said only to use a 300x card and was just wondering what type you are using. My friend in Ft Lauderdale has 2 Z7's and has the same trouble with the 133x cards. So I only use them for back-up to tape.

Here's is a short 3 minute video of a photo seminar on the streets of Orlando, shot with the Z7 on Vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/1175629

and a wedding shot with the Z7 and Sony FX1 cameras at Disney http://www.vimeo.com/1170164