Mike Kujbida wrote:
> Spex wrote:
>> Matthew wrote:
>>> I handle in-house commercial production for a small retail chain and
>>> we're distributing our comercials to 3 different markets across the
>>> state via shooting on a PD-170 and then mastering to BetaSP (it's
>>> still the one format that every station will take). The owner wants
>>> to go ahead and shift the shooting to HDV so that we can start to
>>> archive some footage of some special events we participate in for
>>> next year's promotion. But he's not ready to upgrade our edit suite
>>> or distribution at this time. I'm currently editing on a system
>>> running Premiere 1.5 with a BlackMagic SD card, firewire into the
>>> system and BlackMagic out to a UVW-1800. I'm looking at possibly
>>> going with a Sony PMX-EX1 or maybe EX3 but am I going to run into
>>> problems dropping the footage down to SD for distribution? Especially
>>> with Premiere 1.5? Also... do you think it's a mistake to go with a
>>> tapeless camera if we do need to archive a decent amount of footage?
>>> I'm just thinking that drives aren't extremely expensive these
>>> days...but I'm still reading up on workfllow changed when working in
>>> a tapeless enviroment.
>> I'm not familiar with Premiere 1.5 but if I were moving into the HDV
>> or XDCAM EX arena then I would upgrade the suite too. Does Premiere
>> 1.5 support XDCAM EX even?
>> How do you propose to drop down the footage to SD? The SD Blackmagic
>> card is unlikely to do it again making a case for an HD version that
>> can cross convert to SD would be a good idea for your workflow.
>> My own personal take on tapeless acquisition is that it is still in
>> its infancy so solid state prices are comparatively high so you'd
>> probably want to capture to a HDD which Sony now have for the EX3. It
>> is an absolute must that you have a bullet-proof media backup system
>> in place as early as possible after shooting. This obviously has a
>> cost implication not only as far as having a backup while in
>> production but obviously long term too. I am completely signed up to
>> the rapid turnaround benefits to tapeless shooting but anything longer
>> term I'm not so sure at this time.
>> Personally I'm still happy to spend next to nothing for a good quality
>> DV tape that records an hour of HDV on my Canon XH-A1 that doubles as
>> a proven reliable archive too.
>> If money is tight I would have a look at HDV (have a good look at the
>> Canon range) instead of XDCAM EX. I'd edit in HDV then render out the
>> completed project to SD, then import back into your system for output
>> to tape via your existing SD hardware.
>> When your company has out grown the HDV solution solid state recording
>> options are going to be so much more affordable. This is exactly
>> where I am now.
>> I'd be very surprised whatever you intend to do if your boss didn't
>> have to put his hands in his pockets to upgrade some software or
>> hardware to accommodate the new workflow.
> I'd suggest reading the thread titled "SONY.... please, please....
> PLEASE....." on the Sony Vegas forum at
> http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&...
> (or http://tinyurl.com/6br3gr if the above link gets wrapped).
> It started off talking about HDV issues but quickly became a tape vs.
> tapeless thread with a lot of potentially useful information.
> Mike
saying HDDs don't fail if little used. Well, last week I had a drive
die on the shelf. It was fine when I used it some months ago but now it
has died, it is an ex-drive. It was an eSATA Enterprise drive from WD
