Are you looking for different file support, Avid etc., and retro cache which is the upgrade for FS-4 to FS-4 Pro. Or, are you looking for HD support?

It appears to me that the FS-4 can not be upgraded to FS-4 Pro, just FS-4 HD. Either way, this is the website and they can answer all of your questions.

http://www.focusenhancements.com/

Mike

I can confirm that an XL-1 works fine with the FS-4 in the slave mode. I do it all the time.

-vic

FS-4 Firewire Connection Issues
 

Hey all, my team have all been experiencing issues with the 4 firestore FS-4s we've bought. Every now and again we end up with whole sequences corrupt which the FS-4 doesnt manage to repair. After a lot of fiddling it appears that the problem seems to lie with the conenction between the FS4 and the Sony PD 170 cam. The 4-pin firewire connecter is not as secure as a 6-pin and thus if the pin moves event slightly it seems to corrupt the rest of the sequence. Has anyone had experience with this? If so what have you done?

M

Marc...

yeah, this seems to be one of the problems with the 4-pin firewire connector...it's totally worthless. the only solution I've found is that by trying different cable brands, I managed to find one that fits rather snugly.

Hi Marc,

Contact tech support. If a cable looses contact with the 4-pin FireWire port, it shouldn't corrupt the clip the recording should just stop (the TC on the display will stop incrementing. The 4-pin FireWire connector on most cameras is delicate...and we always advise people to be very careful with it. Our original FS-1 product had a 4-pin connector and we moved away from it pretty quickly and have not standardized on the 6-pin.

Thanks,

Matt

Will the FS-4 Pro HD get the 720/24P MOV Update?
 

Matt, someone on the JVC forum was wondering if the 24P MOV patch that was just released for the DR-HD100 would also get added to the FS-4 since it already can do 30P?

HDV 720p24 support is for the DR-HD100 (JVC version of the FS-4Pro HD) only.

Matt

quicktime 2,1
 

There are users as it is my case who we bought FS4 HD before left the version JVC. It means you to me now that for us there will be no support to 25p?
If they do not update frimware for FS4 PROHD, because they removed a version for 30p?
It means to me with that the European clients we are despised by Focus? thanks for its answer

QuickTime HDV 720p/25 (in addition to the already shipping 720p/30 support with version 2.0) will be released for FS-4Pro HD. However, QT HDV 720p/24 support will only be available on the DR-HD100.

Matt

FS4pro FOR SALE
 

I'm not sure if this is the right place to place an add, but I have a lot of equipment for sale, must sell quick, so if you interested in any of these items, please call me or email me 956.333.5018 or papoyan@msn.com

FS4 PRO (40gb) Almost brand new.
Boegen Tripod with fluid head
Wireless Microphone with receiver (almost brand new)
On Camera 50w light with dimmer and double battry with belt clip. Almost brand new.
Matrox Rtx 100
Cobra 1 crane.
Hard case for Canon XL h1

Please explain. !s this a permanent descision?

Hi again Matt,
That does work; how does one deal with shooting over a period of time, especially, when you have to turn your camera off for a little while? Seems like it has to be reset to Synco Slave mode every time. Is that the case?
Thanks again!
David

Shot 1080i/60i but the FS-4Pro was set at 24f
 

Will this have any effect on my footage?

Not sure I understand what you mean.
Matt

FS-4 and External HDD's
 

As far as I know something like this doesn't exist, but I thought I'd be nice to mention. Since the FS-4 has such a nice firewire interface that lets you daisy chain FS-4 drives, why not add a lovley interface option that lets you 'dump' files on it onto an external HDD. For example; Lacie has nice and fast portable drives for sale that would do the trick. How nice would it be to take your full FS-4 and just dump the data onto a 600gb HDD? Just a thought...