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Posted by nappy on 01/06/08 00:02
"Jacques E. Bouchard" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:Xns9A1BDBF45F043jebouchard451yahooca@193.201.53.67...
> Rick Merrill <rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com> wrote in
> news:v96dnZGRJLPqROPanZ2dnUVZ_jGdnZ2d@comcast.com:
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>> 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 ...
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>> it is MUCH simpler than a laptop: (one plug for camera - another for
>> computer)
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> The reason I prefer a laptop isn't just that I can hook up any external
> HDD to it, but with Adobe OnLocation it also serves as a calibrated
> field monitor, waveform monitor, vectorscope, audio spectrum analyzer,
> etc. Plus, I can review and organize clips right as I record them.
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> I understand the usefulness of the FireStore, but given its limited
> features I think it's seriously overpriced, especially since most people
> already own a laptop - which, incidentally, runs off a rechargeable
> battery just like the FS.
You can't seriously be suggesting a laptop is a replacement for a firestore
mounted on the camera can you?
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