Pedro Van der Eecken Posted July 28, 2013 Report Posted July 28, 2013 Hello all, has anyone experience with the F55? We are going to shoot a TV series with 2 of those cameras for the first time. In the last few years we worked a lot with the Arri Alexa and this camera has a stable timecode generator (build by Ambient) Our workflow with the Arri is to sync them regularly (2 to 4 times a day or when there is a TC drop after a battery change) with our Aaton Cantar recorder that runs as TC-Master. The sync is done using a Denecke Syncbox. The Camera than runs in free-run synced on the incoming TC. This works very good and is really stable. I was wondering if the internal generator of the F55 is that stable. Or do we have to provide a Denecke Syncbox on every camera permanently connected to them? We know these sync-boxes do the job, but does the F55 it? Thank you in advance for the input! Kind regards from Belgium, Pedro Quote
TimPitot Posted July 28, 2013 Report Posted July 28, 2013 I have been a on job using one since early this year. I have not done any tests re stability but assumed its probably about as solid as the F800 etc - ie not massively stable. Syncing a few times a day, or if I'm feeling diligent ill slap on an SB-T. No complaints from post as yet. Quote
RadoStefanov Posted July 28, 2013 Report Posted July 28, 2013 As stable as ex3 I use jamboxes to be sure . Quote
John Blankenship Posted July 29, 2013 Report Posted July 29, 2013 I just put a sync box on both F55s. See page 62 of the F55 manual for settings: 1 Set “Timecode” in the TC/UB menu as follows: Mode: Preset Run: Free Run 2 Confirm that the TC IN/OUT switch (page 13) is set to IN, then supply an HD or SD reference video signal to the GENLOCK IN connector (page 13) and the reference timecode to the TC connector (page 13). Quote
studiomprd Posted July 29, 2013 Report Posted July 29, 2013 " Thank you in advance for the input! " you could do some testing... or just be 'safe'... Quote
Pedro Van der Eecken Posted July 31, 2013 Author Report Posted July 31, 2013 Thank you all for the replies! We will do some testing, but to be safe we'll provide 2 sync-boxes on this shoot... please do not hesitate to post your personal experiences here... Kind regards from Belgium Quote
studiomprd Posted July 31, 2013 Report Posted July 31, 2013 " Kind regards from Belgium " send chocolates... Quote
John Blankenship Posted July 31, 2013 Report Posted July 31, 2013 " Kind regards from Belgium " send chocolates... Only to those who actually helped. Quote
LuisT Posted October 25, 2024 Report Posted October 25, 2024 On 7/31/2013 at 12:43 PM, Pedro Van der Eecken said: Thank you all for the replies! We will do some testing, but to be safe we'll provide 2 sync-boxes on this shoot... please do not hesitate to post your personal experiences here... Kind regards from Belgium Hello Pedro, did a shoot today using a tentacle into the timecode input of an old F55 going external TC and freerun. Apparently the editor says timecode is changing all the time, even going backwards Nothing i can do about it really as i never had this issue in my life. I just wondered on your series if you we're just plugging 1 TC into the TC in and another TC into the Genlock? Did it worked properly? Quote
RadoStefanov Posted October 25, 2024 Report Posted October 25, 2024 1 hour ago, LuisT said: Hello Pedro, did a shoot today using a tentacle into the timecode input of an old F55 going external TC and freerun. Apparently the editor says timecode is changing all the time, even going backwards Nothing i can do about it really as i never had this issue in my life. I just wondered on your series if you we're just plugging 1 TC into the TC in and another TC into the Genlock? Did it worked properly? No need for both. Gen lock black burst is a different beast and syncs the fields. for your needs just time code should be good. Have you troubleshooted? Quote
LuisT Posted October 25, 2024 Report Posted October 25, 2024 26 minutes ago, RadoStefanov said: No need for both. Gen lock black burst is a different beast and syncs the fields. for your needs just time code should be good. Have you troubleshooted? The Dp just told me after the shoot that his TC is not working properly so there it is. He needs to send back his camera to sony to be fixed. I just did a 4 month shoot with 2 cameras with Red Komodos with 0 TC issues and tentacles. Quote
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