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Posted by nappy on 10/05/07 15:17
I use a FS-100 with the HVX200.
It is a bit clumsy. I have a mount for it on the camera for when I am NOT
using camera mics. The belt clip is ok. But the 4 pin firewire connector is
indeed the weakest link. Gotta be careful.
Transfer rates are going to be the rate of a firewire interface.
The battery on the FS-100 last just about 7 hours or so. If you are
espeically efficient you can get a full day of shooting out of it.
We've had no problems uploading the footage. The FS will break files at 2GB
and chain multiple segments together so they look like complete files to the
upload.
"Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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>I just took my first shots with the Firestore FS-4HD and transferred the
>shots to the computer.
>
> This is one weird critter, but it works. It only uses FAT-32 for the file
> system, but there is no real limit to the shot length. They just go
> seemlessly together on the timeline. Haven't tried it yet, but that's
> their story.
>
> I'm using a Sony VX-2000 and a Matrox/Premiere 6.5 editing system. The
> Firestore can shoot Matrox AVI files, and they work great - they even have
> separate audio files associated with them, but you don't need to import
> the audio file to your editing program. Audio and video are still married
> together just fine.
>
> I shot with tape in the camera and controlled the Firestore with the
> record button on the camera. This gives you a backup on tape if desired.
> With no tape in the camera, you start the recording manually with the
> Firestore. If you wish, you can set the Firestore to begin the recording
> six seconds before you press the button. This will be great for dance
> recitals where you don't want to leave it running during every blackout
> between numbers. Just stop it after one number, then wait until the next
> one begins, then press record, and it will start the recording six seconds
> ago. Neat.
>
> Transfer wasn't as fast as I thought, but it was faster than real time.
> We'll see as I get more experience. All I did was select all in the
> Firestore, then copy and paste onto my hard drive.
>
> Main reason for buying it was that I have been experiencing sound dropouts
> on my tapes, probably due to less than competent alignment during the last
> maintenance. With the Firestore, no more tape drive problems.
>
> Mine will record for 3 hours, which should be enough for any wedding or
> dance recital out there.
>
> Anyone else have one of these things?
>
> Gary Eickmeier
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