XDCAM EX Info
By Guy Barwood
www.xdcamexinfo.com
Welcome to XDCAMEXInfo. At the moment a pretty bland site with some
pretty interesting stuff on it for XDCAM EX shooters. I hope this site
helps you in some way and over time I hope it will mature into something a
little prettier!
I don't pretend to present these articles as master works of the English
language. I am sure you will find many spelling and grammatical errors in
them. The are in a way, my version of a tech blog on a specific subject.
If the spell checker doesn't flag it I probably won't correct it ;-) I'm
an Electrical Engineer who has migrated his career from Engineering, into IT,
and finally landed many years ago in Video Production, more recently I have also
begun to establish my photographic career (which has been a move I wanted to
make well before I started Video Production). I'm most certainly not a
high school English teacher... I am also not a fancy web designer so these
pages are pretty simple and old school in their layout. I prefer to
concentrate on content with my limited time resources.
These articles are often put together quickly and are about as scientific in
their analysis and results as Mythbusters. Still, I believe the
information they serve as valuable to many. If I had more resources (money
and equipment) I could do a lot more...
- EX-5 - What is should be...
No it doesn't exist, but here is my take on what the
EX5 should be
- UxX USB Mass Storage Recording Solutions for the
EX1/3
How would you like up to 14 hours of unattended record
time. Recording to external USB hard drives and solid state drives.
Even more options for EX shooters!
- Dolgin EX-V Battery Adaptor Video Review
My first ever video review of the simple but effective
Dolgin EX-V Battery Adaptor plate. Best suited for use with the Nexto
Video Storage it also has a few other uses that might come in handy.
- Sony EX1 vs Sony Z7
A brief comparison of the EX1 vs the Z7 with its stock
lens. A quick look at sensitivity, noise and basic quality of the Z7's
stock lens vs the EX1s fixed lens.
- KxS, DxS and other SDHC solutions for
XDCAM EX users.
SDHC cards as SxS media, want to know more, this is
hopefully a great place to start.
- OverCranking with XxS
Sure its a bit of a work around but if you really need
to leverage KxS for helping you with a lot of over cranking support, this
should help.
- Shaving KxS
It's risky but for EX1 owners it could be just what
your KxS is looking for but not really needed now with the availability of
DxS/Mxr/MxM.
- JonyJib Remote Zoom Controller Adaptor for EX1/3
Keep using your professional remote zoom controller with the EX1/3, no need
to buy a new expensive proprietary controller.
- Comparing EX Gamma Curves (picture
profiles)
A simple comparison table presenting the differences between the different
picture profile gamma curves.
- Demonstration video
of EX1 being upgraded to firmware 1.11
Want to see an EX1 being upgraded. Sorry, its not
a polished video but it gets the point across. Links to my Vimeo video
page in a new window.
- What were they
thinking?
Stupid design decisions, none of them there to
help you, the producer...
- Coming Soon, Review of the Nexto ND-2725 Video Storage portable
data storage back up device
Designed specifically for video producers, is
this a device you should be interested in?
- 720 vs 1080 for analogue SD
output
If your using the analogue SD output, what mode should the camera be in?
Top Items on my B&H wish list to own/review:
I do not write these articles for payment, and at least at the moment there
are currently no adds on these pages. All images are my own and all products are
either mine or ones used in a shop showroom (i.e. the Z7 was in the
VideoCraft showroom). I'd love
to receive equipment for review but I am not in a position to purchase equipment
for review.
Copyright (c) 2009 Guy Barwood
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