Cameras... love them, hate them
- either way, we are doing "sound for picture"
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I just worked on a shoot with a prototype Panasonic Lumix S1H, which is their newest full-frame offering. It's designed primarily for video production use, competing with the Sony A7s series. It is designed to be timecode capable, but requires a special cable: BNC-F to a locking flash sync connector. Can't tell you how well it works, because the camera owner didn't have one( I think the idea of using the flash sync input is actually OK, as you will never be shooting video and using an external flash system at the same time). This was, of course, problematic for me, as it was a doc style shoot. I contemplated using my Tentacle sync unit (the camera has a 3.5 mm audio input…
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Well we have a new camera player against the RED for Movi, drone and even 3D potentially. All I’ll say is its £25k, poor camera guys. What we care about is how to get sound and timecode in the bloody thing. Had the chance to play with one (and a prototype running Amira software) and here we are. Being just a body they have kept things very tight. First let me say the fans are as low as the Alexa but exposed like the RED, again because of the small body. It even goes into a “quiet mode” when recording. I was yet to get out of them if it would slowly get louder or how it prevents overheating. The timecode is like the Amira, BNC. So nice and easy for most. No talk of thei…
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Can anyone tell me if the timecode input for the arri sxt is the same as the mini?
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I did a two day job with an Amira a little over a month ago. Suddenly, the camera owner is saying that I fried the audio board on it with my ERX-2. Is this even possible? I mean, even a short to put Timecode over there at full voltage shouldn't fry a board, right?
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Heya! I am doing a project now where we use an Ursa Mini. There is a ticking noise when the camera is recording about 75% of the time. It goes away if I unplug the Tentacle. Has anyone experienced something similair and what could be a solution?
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Hello, Just finished a week of shooting with Sony FS7, the camera man do not want to have the extension module because of size and weight, so we have to go for AudioLTC. I was today in the editing room to sync the files, even FCPauxTC or TatancleSync can not read MXF Files.. I am very thankful for every tipps, otherwise we have to convert the all MXF files to ProRess, which the camera man do not prefer to.
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Hi There Just wondering have any one experience this error message from Alexa sxt(latest firm ware) running 3.4k raw file. Picture attached below.any way to work around it. Thank you Wp
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I am having a running battle with the 1st AC and how noisy the Preston motor is. He says it is within spec and I say I'm not sure what spec is but I'm telling you it's noisy when we swing any where near the camera. It's not a case of it belongs to him and it is part of his kit rental because it comes from the rental house. We have changed the A camera motor with the B cam one and there is a marginal difference. I will contact the rental house on Monday and have this discussion with them. I guess I'm really just venting and wondering if anybody else has had this problem and what your solution was. Bill
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Hi, Anyone knows what type of TC connector does it use? Can tell that it is a Lemo but google search/manuals did not give me any specifics about the pin type. Appreciated. Engin
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I did a ton of googling trying to find out how to set up multiple cameras and record multi mics to a separate recorder , that were all recording the same timecode that could be used to synch everything easily and automatically, that didn't require spending close to $1k on hardware.Why I couldn't find a single post describing the following very simple, and cost effective solution, that I would think most budget filmmakers would have figured out long ago, is confounding to meIt's quite easy.You will need the following:A computer with multitrack software. (Free version of Protools)A multichannel interface.Long, balanced 1/4" cables. (make your own) And a copy of the Horae so…
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Be aware; GH5 has 8 frames of silence at the beginning of each clip. (At least in the 4K material I got.) Now, Avid MC can read AUX 'sorta kinda' from these clips (it's hit and miss), but it will set the start TC to the first found LTC frame, thus being off by 8 frames. Other applications (including mine) are smarter, but do warn your clients if they are on MC (Not sure if that is a fixed offset though, but a quick and dirty fix is to (positive) offset the BWF's by 8 frames.) How do I know? <rant> Got a job to convert 5 shooting days of GH5 material to something else, since MC cannot natively read these files. No…
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Starting a project using Alexa LF cameras. Anything unusual about the Time Code connection, or is it just the usual 5 pin Lemo? I looked at Arri's website and only came across the usual sales info, but nothing specific about TC connections. Best Jim Rillie
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Have coming up soon my first shoot with Super 35mm film. And am wondering what should I do and recommend for ease of post for them afterwards? (of course there is always the slower manual way of lining up slate IDs for each take, and we'll of course do that as a back up resort but hoping we can use a better option?) I've been doing research myself, but it seems there are a fair few variations/opinions here. (and I should get in touch with their development house as well? To see if they can handle AatonCode or ArriCode or whatever it is that the camera has as an option, which I'll spend a tech day on next week to see the cameras in person so I can get a better feel …
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I'm starting a movie in a week that is shooting on the Alexa Mini. I'm going to be using my ERXs for TC sync/ scratch audio. Does anyone have experience with the TC clock on the Mini? There are a lot of Movi shots they are trying to do and wanted to know if they needed the sync box. I told them yes for now, but if the TC clock is the same as the Alexa, then it shouldn't be much of an issue.
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Hey everybody! I have a shooting soon of some short documentaries and I am deciphering the best way to set the sound. So, we're going to work with an Alexa Mini (already that's a problem). The director wants a reference to the camera and I was thinking of creating a Wireless Hop with a sennheiser G3 (it's what I have on hand and there's no budget for something better). I have a sound device mixpre 6 with output 3.5 jack to which I want to connect a 3.5mm Stereo Splitter, 3 Males, to connect 2 G3 transmitters, one that goes to the receiver connected to the Alexa Mini with a male adapter xlr to 5 pin lemo. And another to the receiver of the director …
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I have heard that it is next to impossible to get sound onto a Red Epic. What is the deal with that? Has anyone succeeded? If so, then how did you do it? I would like to attach a Lectrosonics IFB to the camera, seta level, and walk away. Is that possible ? ? Somebody suggested that I try this adapter: http://actionproducts.ch/shop/product_info.php?products_id=157 Action Products Epic Audio Adapter
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I've been trying to resolve an issue on a shoot where I've been getting interference on my wireless boom setup. I'm using 2 x Schoeps CMC/MK into Lectro HM and UC400A on block 24. It doesn't seem to matter what channels are selected but it only occurs on the HM not the UC400A. I've tried an alternative HM but the problem persists which sounds like an induced low frequency buzz like you might get from a light on a dimmer. The only piece of camera gear that I haven't come across before is a cine RT focus bug - its only on the B camera and when we use the A camera only there is no problem. Has anyone else experienced similar issues ? Thanks in advance.
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Doco shoot, happening in 2 adjacent rooms at the same time. Me solo on sound. I work with the A cam doing interviews, verite etc in one room, B unit is a solo shooter with a...Red Epic in the other. Ok--so in addition to recording the wirelesses from that set on my rig and a 2nd rig, we need a mic on the camera as well. Lots of emails re: ref-track hop+TC box+mic mounting on the camera. On the day: oops! The brand new RED firmware has eliminated P48 mic powering! So....Mozegear PAPI to the rescue again--plugged into the back of the mic and powered off of DTap. Be warned, folks: it's now not just the Alexa Mini that needs phantom+preamp love when the client asks fo…
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Did my first shoot with a Tentacle Sync E, a Canon EOS 7D Mk 1 and a Sound Devices 10T. All went well until the import of the video and audio files into Tentacle Sync Studio. The software checks that the timecode is correct and shows that the audio and video are in sync. Except that they're not: the video lags the audio track, on which the LTC is recorded by, according to some research that I did on the internet, "1-2 frames" and you can correct for that that in the Tentacle software. However, clips from later takes still looked to be out of sync and needed 4-5 frames of correction. As this was a quick and dirty session, there was no slate (I don't normally do this kind o…
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I use a Lectro UCR100 for standard link. Camera has to use a box as I only have mini to xlr cables. Direct for line and the gray padded (-45db) for mic.
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I have made a (hopefully) useful list of different connections that popluar cameras have for jamming timecode and for scratch tracks etc.. For the Full List visit: http://wp.me/p2Vzd6-fk at www.soundrolling.com If you want the newest cameras including Amira and Sony F7 then get the offline PDF version that you can use offline : http://soundrolling.com/sound-products/camera-timecode-tutorials/ Arri Alexa (and all versions of it like Alexa XT.. isn't that nice of them!) see on http://wp.me/p2Vzd6-fk RED Scarlet / RED Epic / RED Epic Dragon see on http://wp.me/p2Vzd6-fk RED One Timecode - LEMO 5-pin Timecode In/out (TC) Audio IN - 4x 3-pin mini…
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On a shoot with FS7 at the moment. Timecode via bnc fed from Ambient Lockit Box. Drift from fs7 of a few seconds in afternoon possibly after battery change. Didn’t think this should happen if fed continuous TC from lockit? Cam on preset and freerun and accepts Timecode when rejammed. Anyone else have any issues with this please? Using 688 to jam lockit thanks
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First units appear to be shipping, so I thought I'd worth mentioning the interesting points for soundies: Audio in through unbalanced 3.5mm stereo jack or one channel balanced TA3 with 48V phantom. According to the manual it also accepts TC through the 3.5mm jack real timecode camera metadata (like the MixPre-3/6) If anybody gets a hands on with one of those let us know how it works : ) chris
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I need an answer for a question which may come up soon. Possibly up to 4 presenters on handheld stick mics, feeding 2 radio receivers on the back of an RF camera on an OB. Is it possible to feed those 4 channels into the camera (no, I don't know the camera model yet) and have them fed over the digilink via SDI, to the truck, so the audio mixer can control the levels independently? Or I give the audio assistant following the RF cameraman a simple mixer and 4 channels of radio, and have him mix them and give the camera a mono feed.
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