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Shawn Kessler · April 10th, 2006, 01:17 AM

Hello all! just thought ide let you alll know just got the JVC hard drive in
last week. Wow!! works great!! i was impressed eerything triggered to
the camera just as they said it would. Im doing a couple of more test
runs with it tonight before i start work on my new short film. Wish me luck
all.

Steven Thomas · April 10th, 2006, 11:31 AM

Great!
Please let us know how it works.

Also, do you have to have a tape in the camera in order to use the firestore drive?

Shawn Kessler · April 10th, 2006, 11:48 AM

Steven, you can trigger it direct or via slave very awsome recorder i will say
no dropped frames what a dream:)

shawn

Tim Holtermann · April 10th, 2006, 12:24 PM

What is the battery life like with the included battery and what is the replacement battery / addtional battery?

Shawn Kessler · April 10th, 2006, 01:49 PM

the battery life is terrible from what i heard only used it briefly. As I use anton bauer
hytron 120 battery exclusively for most of my work.

Tim Holtermann · April 10th, 2006, 01:58 PM

Just to make sure I understand - The HD Recorder battery is horrible or are you talking about the JVC GY-HD100 stock bettery (As we know that is bad)?

Shawn Kessler · April 10th, 2006, 06:01 PM

I guess i shouldnt say both are horriable its just the length in time they hold a charge isnt that great. sorry for the confution.

Dave Beaty · April 15th, 2006, 07:16 AM

I am curious about using the DR-HD100 with external power from Anton Bauer power tap. It's always an issue using 14.4 v with many devices so I don't know if it would work or not. The stock DR-HD100 battery is a small lithium batt that snap into the back of the unit. Much like a cell phone batt does.

Have not tested the life yet.

Bart Walczak · April 15th, 2006, 10:14 AM

I am also interested if DR-HD100 can be plugged into Anton Bauer's battery. The manual says nothing about it, but 90 min. of working time is just not enough for us. Other firestore drives can be powered this way though, so maybe there is hope.

Edit:

Ok, I found on Anton Bauer's website that they have a special cord and a special mount for the thing:

http://www.antonbauer.com/pdf-files/ProHD%20Sheet.pdf

April 10th, 2006, 01:17 AM	#1
Shawn Kessler Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ofallon missouri Posts: 123	Dr-hd100 Hello all! just thought ide let you alll know just got the JVC hard drive in last week. Wow!! works great!! i was impressed eerything triggered to the camera just as they said it would. Im doing a couple of more test runs with it tonight before i start work on my new short film. Wish me luck all.

April 10th, 2006, 11:48 AM	#3
Shawn Kessler Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ofallon missouri Posts: 123	tape firestore Steven, you can trigger it direct or via slave very awsome recorder i will say no dropped frames what a dream:) shawn

April 10th, 2006, 01:49 PM	#5
Shawn Kessler Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ofallon missouri Posts: 123	battery life the battery life is terrible from what i heard only used it briefly. As I use anton bauer hytron 120 battery exclusively for most of my work.

April 10th, 2006, 06:01 PM	#7
Shawn Kessler Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ofallon missouri Posts: 123	jvc camera batery and the drhd 100 I guess i shouldnt say both are horriable its just the length in time they hold a charge isnt that great. sorry for the confution.

April 10th, 2006, 11:31 AM	#2
Steven Thomas Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,896	Great! Please let us know how it works. Also, do you have to have a tape in the camera in order to use the firestore drive?

April 10th, 2006, 12:24 PM	#4
Tim Holtermann Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 184	What is the battery life like with the included battery and what is the replacement battery / addtional battery?

April 10th, 2006, 01:58 PM	#6
Tim Holtermann Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 184	Just to make sure I understand - The HD Recorder battery is horrible or are you talking about the JVC GY-HD100 stock bettery (As we know that is bad)?

April 15th, 2006, 07:16 AM	#8
Dave Beaty Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ft. Myers, FL Posts: 240	I am curious about using the DR-HD100 with external power from Anton Bauer power tap. It's always an issue using 14.4 v with many devices so I don't know if it would work or not. The stock DR-HD100 battery is a small lithium batt that snap into the back of the unit. Much like a cell phone batt does. Have not tested the life yet.

April 15th, 2006, 10:14 AM	#9
Bart Walczak Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Warsaw/Poland Posts: 716	I am also interested if DR-HD100 can be plugged into Anton Bauer's battery. The manual says nothing about it, but 90 min. of working time is just not enough for us. Other firestore drives can be powered this way though, so maybe there is hope. Edit: Ok, I found on Anton Bauer's website that they have a special cord and a special mount for the thing: http://www.antonbauer.com/pdf-files/ProHD%20Sheet.pdf