Michael P Clark Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 It was a matter of time I guess. I've seen the color changing slate, but this one looks more authentic to ours. I don't have an iphone so not sure how well it works. http://slate.gravitropic.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 dont know if anyone has mentioned the islate here http://www.apptism.com/apps/islate which seems (at first glance) similar. would be nice if there was some way to get timecode in to the iphone so the timecode display was more than a neat gimmick. but i wonder how accurate the clock on the phone is compared to a lockit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Trew Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 I am using this one but it really doesn't do anything for me. Until you can feed it timecode they aren't doing anything for sync sound. It can still be very useful, even though it cannot take external timecode. For example, you can set your recorder's timecode to match, easily within one second. Once this has been set, the offset can be noted during transfer, which should hold for at least a few hours. Also, all iPhones should automatically be in sync everywhere within a region, which saves a lot of jamming when multiple slates are used. Glen Trew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 It can still be very useful, even though it cannot take external timecode. For example, you can set your recorder's timecode to match, easily within one second. Glen Trew You are so right that it can be very useful ... not a substitute for a proper timecode slate, Lockit boxes and so forth, but very useful in those situations where the alternative might be NO slate. This reminds me of a 21st century version of a rudimentary sync system I used on a concert movie in 1980 something. We had several handheld watches, actually I believe they were stopwatches, with numeric readout --- we set several of them as close as we could to the time of day and then each camera "shot the clock" as best they could. Far from a perfect system but it did expedite a somewhat smoother workflow in editorial. - Jeff Wexler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Parra Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 http://slate.gravitropic.com/ Wow, that looks very similar to a TS-1! Pretty interesting though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 I'm not a trademark attorney (though I've hired a few in my day), but I think Charlie's got a possible case of "look and feel" infringement if you wanted to go after those guys. I think it's a little too close to the bona fide Denecke slate. The iPhone slate is amusing, but no way can it take the place of the real thing. It's fine as a dumb slate with no TC, though, and even that can work just fine in a pinch. --Marc W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael P Clark Posted February 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 I would say that this is actually useful. I just sent my trx900 up to NY for the weekend to be used for a small 1/4 page of dialog in Little Italy, with a Panasonic AVCHD camcorder. Using this slate will help sync up the trx900 audio much easier than by hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bash Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 I did a LOT of concerts here in the UK in the 80s. On my very early ones we used to take a feed of the TC from the multitrack truck, and then point a video camera at a TC reader. We would then distribute the video signal to loads of TV sets, carefully placed such that the cameras could take a peep at the TV (the TC) at the start of each roll. Somehow it generally worked, and not a moment too soon Denecke invented TC slates. Kindest regards, Simon B You are so right that it can be very useful ... not a substitute for a proper timecode slate, Lockit boxes and so forth, but very useful in those situations where the alternative might be NO slate. This reminds me of a 21st century version of a rudimentary sync system I used on a concert movie in 1980 something. We had several handheld watches, actually I believe they were stopwatches, with numeric readout --- we set several of them as close as we could to the time of day and then each camera "shot the clock" as best they could. Far from a perfect system but it did expedite a somewhat smoother workflow in editorial. - Jeff Wexler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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