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February 16th, 2023, 08:59 PM | #1 |
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Moving to XDCAM HD
Having shot various formats down the years , both at work and at home , I was latterly using HDV ( both Sony and JVC ) at home , and XDCAM at work .
I recently noticed how affordable some of the XDCAM kit was becoming on the used market , so just picked up a PDW-F350 , and a PDW-F70 for bargain prices . I'm already familiar with both since we have had the same units at work since new - when they were far from cheap . I got the deck through the post yesterday , and other than the exchg batt ! warning , which isn't a big deal - I have the service manual and have ordered a battery for it - until then I can't save system settings , but it already works in FAM mode and discs appear nicely on the desktop of my Mac ; then I use Edit Ready to convert MXF to ProRes for ingesting into FCP7 . I'm going down to London next week and will collect the camcorder then ; alas I couldn't afford to buy the lens as well , but for now I bought a throwaway Canon 1/2" lens until I can get a lens adaptor for my 'good' Canon 2/3" lens which I will then use with it . I'll report back once I get it and get set up , but looking forward to having a 'proper' camera again . |
February 18th, 2023, 02:08 AM | #2 |
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Re: Moving to XDCAM HD
You're going to love the upgrade to XDCAM for home use. To save yourself converting to ProRes, you can download (for free) a copy of Davinci Resolve and edit direct with the files from the camera.
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April 10th, 2023, 03:20 PM | #3 |
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Re: Moving to XDCAM HD
Yes , the camera is great for my purposes - I shoot a fair bit of motorsport and both real and miniature railway stuff ; also do odd jobs when they come my way but don't go looking .
I'm very familiar with XDCAM , having used it at work , where we paid £28K for the same camera about 15 years ago . The camera i collected works great , although I had a mishap the other day when I tripped over a cable in my living room and landed on top of the camera , knocking the LCD screen out of place . The screen still works , but the backlight is now dead . The camera viewfinder is still fine and recordings are OK ; I also have a separate LCD monitor I can use n the meantime . I've had the LCD panel out of the side of the camera ; no obvious fault , so I guess I'll be looking for a replacement part .... My own stupid fault , so I can't complain . |
April 18th, 2023, 01:59 AM | #4 |
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Re: Moving to XDCAM HD
As you say this older kit can be had for bargain prices and it still shoots full HD so is still perfect for most jobs.
I personally still use my trusty Panasonic HPX-371 P2 cameras and picked up a second one for £1500 and a Fujinon TH13 wide angle lens for just £200. Also use Edit Ready too and the cards and USB adaptors are also cheap as chips these days.
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May 19th, 2023, 11:56 AM | #5 |
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I just did my first biggish job with the camera , which was recording a three day conference ( well just parts of it as requested by the organisers ) still , I now have 14 discs , mostly with close to an hour of material , always recorded in a single clip .
What I am finding is that , whenever I put a new disc in , the filename is C0001 . This is a nuisance since , when ingesting , I end up with lots of files with the same name , which I have to subsequently change . Is there a setting in the camera somewhere , that I can alter so that the filenames continue in a sequence , even after I've swapped discs ? I had a cursory look in the user manual , but there was no obvious answer . It was never a problem in the past , when I was always recording short clips and often one disc was enough for a given job . |
May 19th, 2023, 05:19 PM | #6 |
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Re: Moving to XDCAM HD
Sorry, the F350 is not full HD. The best resolution the camera can do is 1440x1080.
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May 19th, 2023, 05:21 PM | #7 |
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It's been a long time since I looked at the menus of the F350, but I think you want to go to Operation Page 5: CLIP TITLE.
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