Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Reality TV Formats

My favorite workflow right now uses another option. For under a grand,
the 120GB Sony HD recorder on the back of an EX3 gives around 7 hrs of
35Mb record time. You mount the USB2 device via AMA for instant editing
or transfers.

You can still opt to use SxS or cheap flash at any time, in a pinch.
Back up to Bluray,.. Bada-Boom! Go home early.

http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/cat-recmedia/cat-recmediahdd/product-PHU120K/

Tom McDonnell wrote:

>
>
> On Cops I shot with a PDW-355 XDCAMHD with a Fujinon 4.5mm superwide zoom.
> While an EX-3 would be more maneuverable once you figure it out you
> can work
> a 355 in the front seat of a police car with no problem. There are guys
> taller than me, 6ft, who could easily maneuver in a police car. The
> biggest
> issue with the EX-3 is going to be extended camera takes. There where
> instances where I was rolling 30 minute takes on Cops. That would be
> brutal
> on an EX-3 unless you bought a modded shoulder mount. And then the
> advantage
> of the EX-3's small frame would be moot. Then there is the CMOS rolling
> shutter issue. With flashing police lights and strobes the rolling shutter
> effect is going to look really ugly.
>
> As far as file based workflow goes P2 or SxS cards would be impractical on
> COPS. Some nights I shot 4 60min discs. That's 92 Gigs of data. We where
> using single layer discs not dual layer like the 355 can record on. P2 or
> SxS would never work. At the end of the night I turned in my discs and hit
> the sack. No data mangling or downloading and backing up cards. Discs are
> your archive not LTO's or endless portable hardrives. Just because
> some big
> name company uses a product means absolutely nothing. What works for Bunim
> or Langley may not work for you. Hey NBC invested into MII and that was a
> disaster and then there was SX... You can blame CNN for SX.
>
> In the end you have to pick you're your own poison just remember to stay
> away from the cool aid drinkers.
>
> TMcD
>
>

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