Posted by bgleason on 10/11/06 18:58

there is a very small switcher from burst electronics, about the size
of a pack of cigarettes, but requires both cameras to be genlocked.

On Oct 10, 6:56 pm, Bob Ford <imagesinmot...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:15:34 -0500, "B. Olson"
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> <reallifevideoNoSpamto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> >> Depends on how much you want to spend. I have a Panasonic WJMX-50 and
> >> those are going for around $1500.00.
> >> I have seen several WJMX-12's for MUCH, MUCH less. I had a 12 for
> >> several years and it worked great for me.
> >> Stay away from the Videonics MX-1 or even the MX-Pro. Pure junk in my
> >> opinion.
> >> Bob Ford
> >> Images In Motion
> >>www.imagesinmotion.com
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> >I have heard this too, re the Focus Enhancement / Videonics switchers. I've been reading about a switcher that Datavideo makes
> >but I have not seen one in person or being used. The Panasonic old switchers mentioned are a pain these days because you'll get
> >glitches on each switch unless you hit a button or two before you make the switch. Hard to explain - but in other words, you have
> >to do more than just hit one button from "Camera 1" to "Camera 2" to avoid the glitch. It's a royal pain. If you're using
> >firewire, then you'd have to use new equipment. Panasonic makes a new digital switcher but it's very expensiveI think you may be suffering from "Operator error".
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> I used an MX-12 switcher for years with no glitches on the cuts
> whatsoever. Switching from one camera to another is quite simple and
> you can even cut from #1 to #2 on the same bus.
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> You can NOT do cuts on the same bus with the MX-50 because it creates
> a momentary freeze frame on the source you are leaving.
> Cuts on the 50 must be made from bus A to bus B but that is quite
> simple to do also.
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> I have never actually used a Videonics but from everything I have seen
> it is far more hinky to set up cuts, transitions, effects etc. than
> the MX-50 is. All those little preview windows are a royal pain in the
> arse and besides that IMHO it is a consumer toy.
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> The MX-50 is a digital switcher and they are currently being sold used
> on eBay from a range of $1500.00 to $2000.00.
> If you are talking about the MX-70 they are much more expensive.
> Bob Ford
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