Ben Chace
August 9th, 2006, 11:19 AM
Hi,
Here's my situation (which I've described somewhat in other posts the past couple days):
I am shooting a short this weekend in the woods. A few days ago (while logging footage I had shot over the past 2 weeks) I noticed a bunch of breaks - blocks of pixelation/artifacts, bad TC etc. As some fellow HD100 users suggested, it may be due to switching a few times over the past couple months - or it may be due to beach shoot I did a couple of weeks ago. I've tried using a head cleaning tape... still no results. So I'm thinking that the video head needs to be repaired/replaced. I call JVC... they get back to me a day later, yesterday, and said the Pinebrook service center doesn't have replacement heads... and won't be able to get them for at least 2 days from California, making it impossible to repair my HD100 before the close of business friday.
So I figure I have two options: 1. Buy an dr-hd100 - which I've been planning on doing anyway for awhile.
2. Record with my BR-HD50 through a firewire connection (I am shooting 720p24)
After several calls to stores around the country (as is also well documented in this forum) the DR-HD100 is on back order everywhere... no one has it, nor do they know when it is coming in.
So that leaves me with only one option for my shoot beginning sunday - to be tethered to the BR-HD50 the entire time... which I've done some tests for, and should work fine, but I'm wondering if anyone has done this before for an involved shoot (lots of different setups... some handheld shots).
Is it a huge pain? Also, what is the longest firewire cable I can use and be confident that the 720p24 info is making it to the BR-HD50 from my HD100?
Any input/ideas on the best way to get good footage would be greatly appreciated.
Here's my situation (which I've described somewhat in other posts the past couple days):
I am shooting a short this weekend in the woods. A few days ago (while logging footage I had shot over the past 2 weeks) I noticed a bunch of breaks - blocks of pixelation/artifacts, bad TC etc. As some fellow HD100 users suggested, it may be due to switching a few times over the past couple months - or it may be due to beach shoot I did a couple of weeks ago. I've tried using a head cleaning tape... still no results. So I'm thinking that the video head needs to be repaired/replaced. I call JVC... they get back to me a day later, yesterday, and said the Pinebrook service center doesn't have replacement heads... and won't be able to get them for at least 2 days from California, making it impossible to repair my HD100 before the close of business friday.
So I figure I have two options: 1. Buy an dr-hd100 - which I've been planning on doing anyway for awhile.
2. Record with my BR-HD50 through a firewire connection (I am shooting 720p24)
After several calls to stores around the country (as is also well documented in this forum) the DR-HD100 is on back order everywhere... no one has it, nor do they know when it is coming in.
So that leaves me with only one option for my shoot beginning sunday - to be tethered to the BR-HD50 the entire time... which I've done some tests for, and should work fine, but I'm wondering if anyone has done this before for an involved shoot (lots of different setups... some handheld shots).
Is it a huge pain? Also, what is the longest firewire cable I can use and be confident that the 720p24 info is making it to the BR-HD50 from my HD100?
Any input/ideas on the best way to get good footage would be greatly appreciated.