Posted by Spex on 01/06/08 13:30

nappy wrote:
> "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:
>>
>>> 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)
>> 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.
>>
>> 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?
>
>
I think he was... :o

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