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Sony PXW-Z280, Z190, X180 etc. (going back to EX3 & EX1) recording to SxS flash memory.

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Old December 24th, 2009, 12:09 PM   #16
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To enable SD you must by the SD option which is a hardware dongle. Without the dongle the camera does not do SD.
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Old December 25th, 2009, 03:48 PM   #17
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Another question...
Does the sdi output sound as well or only video? THX.
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Old December 26th, 2009, 08:56 AM   #18
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SDI contains sound and timecode.
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Old December 26th, 2009, 09:53 AM   #19
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So, I can run simple BNC from camera to an uplink unit that will contain
video and sound, right? No need for xlrs? What length can I run? Is it safe to say 60 meters
without quality loss?
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Old December 26th, 2009, 11:27 AM   #20
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Yes, but this is very dependant of the HD/SDI cable quality you will use. With proper cabling, you can safely do 50 meters and quite more.

Here is a bit more background info on this:

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Old December 26th, 2009, 02:02 PM   #21
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To enable SD you must by the SD option which is a hardware dongle. Without the dongle the camera does not do SD.
Thanks for that. Okay, I've got a PMW-350 and I've got a hardware dongle. Can I still record SD in the camera onto the SxS cards, or does the dongle mean that I have to record the SD externally, say onto a Nanoflash or similar?

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Old December 26th, 2009, 02:40 PM   #22
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With the optional dongle you can record sd dv to sxs media as avi files.
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Old December 26th, 2009, 03:05 PM   #23
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Thierry Humeau thank you so much for those links. It is exactly what I needed.
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Old December 27th, 2009, 03:11 AM   #24
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Just to clarify the SD situation once more.

With the dongle you can record the cameras output as AVI files on the SxS cards or other internal media. The camera will output SD over SDi, component, firewire, composite or HDMI. It will not record SD or DV from external sources including firewire.

HD in is possible using the 1440x1080 SP mode and inputing HDV over firewire.
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