Tom E

I was there a couple of months ago for a gig. No issues with customs- but we had a local fixer and Carnets. It's a crap shoot to go in under the wire. They were pretty by-the-book.

I may have been lucky, but my HHB was more or less flawless in the years I used it. The biggest hurdle was a good battery solution. Going from a nagra that would run forever on 12 D cells to batteries that got a couple hours max was painful...

Thanks Cody- that’s a good place to start!

Anyone have current info/experience? Much appreciated!

Lav everyone. And go with hardwired lavs. Take RF/frequency coordination out of the equation.

I had the same thing happen with my 664. I was able to pull the pop up pan knob out using a toothpick with a drop of hot glue on the end. Could work for a stuck battery too.

Just shot for a week with this camera and had the same issue. Also, I couldn’t adjust levels. The side level dials did nothing. (Everything set to manual, etc.) Don’t think I missed a menu setting, but who knows… just a scratch track, so no worries. Had timecode and slated. But it all sounded good on playback.

I’ve been having the same issue with my Src for as long as I’ve had it (since 2018). It’s back at lectro now, so I’m hoping it gets better. Same results with whips, bowties, ratio or switch diversity. And I mostly use smart tune and coordinate all wireless with FreqFinder. manual scan and tuning doesn’t help either.

Interesting to hear y’all’s experiences, but now I’m glad I waited a bit. DCHR is now where I’m setting my sights, as I was primarily looking for a new camera hop setup. We’ll see how that shakes out.

That’s great hear- thanks!

I know things were a little rocky with this setup at the start, but I’m wondering if anyone’s stuck with them and worked through the kinks. How are you liking them these days? Im considering making the switch to them and I’m curious who’s got them working in the wild. Thanks, Tom

I remember paying about 450 dollars for a 40 MB hard drive back then for my Mac. I’ve still got it too- though I haven’t fired it up in quite a while...

I got the etymotic er4pros with custom tips for a specific job. The sound was great, but the cable noise drive me crazy. I then got some Westone es50s, and it was a revelation. The sound is amazing, and the isolation is too, and zero cable noise. They’re not so quick to put in and take out, so I only use them occasionally for production. But on an airplane, everything fades away and I’m in my own very pleasant bubble...

I recently had a similar problem and was able to recover the files using sandisk rescue pro. Worth a shot.

Update: sandisk rescue pro was able to recover all the files, with all metadata intact (as well as a whole bunch of files from years ago and many many format cycles on the card). Thanks for the suggestions!