Posted by Rick Merrill on 01/05/08 01:12

nobody special wrote:
> Focus has gotten all the bugs out and their product now works well. If
> you wand a cheaper alternative, try the Citidisk, works the same
> pretty much. The handy thing with these is, while the tape rolls
> internally as a backup, you can pop the drive off the back of the
> camera and hook it to the edit system and edit right NOW, no
> transferring, no re-digitizing, which is handy for news especially.

I agree!
The FS-4 is direct to edit: plug in the drive and edit!
The FS-4 has 6 second retro-record - very cool if you keep camera
on the action!
The FS-4 is direct to playout ...

it is MUCH simpler than a laptop: (one plug for camera - another for
computer)

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