Posted by Rick Merrill on 01/11/06 11:46

Martin Heffels wrote:

> On Tue, 2 May 2006 11:22:17 +0100, "Pat Horridge"
> <pat@remove-spam.vet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>The main issue with them seems to be battery life. 90 mins or so per battery
>>(when new) as they don't power down in pause there's a real risk of the HDD
>>dropping dead mid shot.
>>So spare batteries and chargers needed. All adds to the cost.
>
>
> Next step in the development of these drives would be a model which has a
> 10 second buffer, so the drive can spin down to save power, and when you
> forget to switch it on, it simply records to memory, boots up the drive,
> and then starts dumping.
>
> cheers
>
> -martin-

FS-4 Does have Retro Record of 6 seconds, using the disk itself, which
is perfect for recording things like sports.

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