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| | | | |  | Best Lens for PMW-EX3?by Randy Burleson 5 years agoWhat would be the best lens upgrade for the EX-3 I am looking for a ENG style Zoom lens in the 18X plus range with great wide angle capabilites as well. | Re: Best Lens for PMW-EX3?
by Ron Shook 1 year ago
Grillo, I don't know if you'll see this or not, but posting on this over 3 year old thread is not such a good idea. Copy your post and start a new thread. Good Luck! Ron Shook Ron Shook Shoulder-High
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| | | |  | Microphone mountby Marc Chapuis 5 years agoHi all, I just got a Sennheiser 416 shotgun mic. I've discovered that is too skinny to be held in the microphone mount on my ex- 3. Have any of you come up with solutions for this I don't want to use | Re: Microphone mount
by Ron Shook 5 years ago
Marc, Marc Chapuis "I just got a Sennheiser 416 shotgun mic. I've discovered that is too skinny to be held in the microphone mount on my ex- 3. Have any of you come up with solutions for this I don't
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| | | | | High End Post w/Sony Vegasby Ron Shook 5 years agoVegasers, A short film competition with a twist. It's almost impossible for family, friends and hanger's on to overly influence the internet voting, because anyone wishing to vote for one film must fi | Re: High End Post w/Sony Vegas
by Ron Shook 5 years ago
Folks, I wrote all that and forgot to leave a link. Senior Moment: http: www.thedoorpost.com 2008 FinalFilms Ron Shook Shoulder-High Eye Productions CreativeCOW Forum Host for Discreet edit*
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| | | | | Bad strobing on YPbPr outputby Chris Babbitt 5 years agoFor me, this whole transition from SD to HD and all it's various formats has been interesting, to say the least. Up until now, everything I have shot with my EX has been either 60p or 60i. Today, I ex | Re: Bad strobing on YPbPr output
by Ron Shook 5 years ago
Chris, Chris Babbitt "However, when I connected the camera to my HD monitor (both a 32" LCD and a 56" DLP) using the component cable, the pans look so bad, it's as though something is really wrong. I
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| | | |  | External Hard Drivesby Ralph Hajik 5 years agoHello Vegas World, I'm have a PC and in the market for an external hard drive for storing my pictures and video clips that I use in Vegas Pro8. There's so many out there and who knows what's good or n | Re: External Hard Drives
by Ron Shook 5 years ago
Ralph, Ralph Hajik "What's everyone out there using now a days and what to look for when buying a hard drive One last question, do I really need raid " This is just a suggestion for something that see
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| | | | | Calling Peter Corbettby Ron Shook 5 years agoPeter, I needed to track you down, so sorry to use the bandwidth here. Could you e-mail me so that I can pass your e-mail address on to David Curle. He wants to talk to you. Got SKYPE shepvideo at aol | | | | |
| | | |  | EX3, Prime Lenses and 35mm adaptorsby Joe Murray 5 years agoHas anyone had any experience of the Sony EX3 and prime (cine' or stills) lenses. Do the focal lengths stay the same On my Canon XL1 35mm still lenses were multiplied by 7x - making it a fairly pointl | Re: EX3, Prime Lenses and 35mm adaptors
by Ron Shook 5 years ago
Don, Don Greening "You might want to email Phil Bloom in the U.K." I did ask Philip that exact question about 6 months ago, so I can answer to Joe. With a 35mm adapter like the Letus you will obtain r
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| | | | | EX1 - suitable for fast paced action?by John Alder 5 years agoHi Folks, I'm interested in getting one or two Ex1 for a football TV series, the main requirement I need is the HD-SDI out, slow-mo capture and the fast tapeless transfer to FCP. The main concern I ha | Re: EX1 - suitable for fast paced action?
by Ron Shook 5 years ago
Don, Don Greening "I'm walking over to your side of the ring on this one" Run don't walk. More dynamic! (g)Ron Shook Shoulder-High Eye Productions CreativeCOW Forum Host for Discreet edit*
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| | | | | Sony Vegas Pro 8 tranparencyby João Rodrigues 5 years agoMy problem is about transparency and it is shown in this video Seeing the movie you will understand. Please see it, the video doesn't have any virus, spyware or adware... And please answer me! Why tha | Re: Sony Vegas Pro 8 tranparency
by Ron Shook 5 years ago
Jo o, Jo o Rodrigues "Seeing the movie you will understand." Sorry, I don't understand because the movie is too low rez to read what you type on the Vegas screen, which I assume is your explanation of
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| | | | | Magic Bullet Looks for Vegasby Kim Nance 5 years agoNot sure if anybody has mentioned this, but Magic Bullet Looks for Vegas is available from Red Giant Software as an upgrade for $99. Just bought and downloaded it this morning. Looks pretty damn good | Re: Magic Bullet Looks for Vegas
by Ron Shook 5 years ago
Howard, Howard Newton "The pumps don't work because the vandals took the handles. Well, that's what Bob Dylan said anyway." I'm satisfied. (g)Ron Shook Shoulder-High Eye Productions CreativeCOW Forum
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| | | | | Better videos.by Trey Isbell 5 years agoWhat do you guys use along with vegas to help you make better videos. Right now I have a cheap sony handycam which I record to memory card and it does ok but I want a little bit better quality. If I h | Re: Better videos.
by Ron Shook 5 years ago
Trey, Trey Isbell "I am going to look into the panasonic cameras. What kind of burner do you use if you have a high definition camera" The Panasonic camcorders I was refering to are SD only. If you wa
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| | | | | How to identify COW cookies?by Ron Shook 5 years agoCOW Tech Gurus, I want to nuke a bunch of cookies on my system without nuking the COW cookies. How would I identify the Good COW Cookies after running an ad scan  | Re: How to identify COW cookies?
by Ronald Lindeboom 5 years ago
All the creativecow.net cookies are clearly branded as such. Would you expect anything less out of a bunch of cattle rustlers like us :o) Have fun, Ron. Hope all is well with you there in the Windy Ci
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| | | | | Teleprompterby Gary Bain 5 years agoI thought this might come in handy for some folks. I needed a teleprompter for a lot of my projects and they are rather expensive so I got creative. I have a Sony GV HD700 that I use to play back my H | Re: Teleprompter
by Ron Shook 5 years ago
Gary, Gary Bain "All I need to do now is put the unit on the stand so the screen is just below the camera" This works better if the display is just above the camera lens, not below it. Looking a littl
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| | | | | is the hpx 500 really a hd camera ?by ryan early 5 years agoI've been closely looking at the xdcamex in comparison to the hpx500, I think I've read every post on both cameras however the sticking point for me is the sd chips in the 500. Sure the 500 records in | Re: is the hpx 500 really a hd camera ?
by Ron Shook 5 years ago
Ryan, ryan early "Especially if the camera that costs 3 times more is closer to SD than HD in resolution which means I might as well keep shooting with 2 3inch broadcast cams in SD. I am planning to h
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| | | | | HDV-FireStore-possible Filmoutby Tim Taylor 5 years agoHello Cow! I've just agreed to work on an Indie Feature. We're planning to shoot HDV on the Cannon XLH1. The producers want to bin and select footage on-site. We'll probably be doing an HDCAM DI for d | Re: HDV-FireStore-possible Filmout
by Ron Shook 5 years ago
Uli, Uli Plank "We used uncompressed via SDI then, but now I'd opt for ProRes." Thanks for satisfying my curiosity. (g)Ron Shook Shoulder-High Eye Productions CreativeCOW Forum Host for Discreet edit*
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| | | | | Downconverting (let's beat it to death)by Aaron Cadieux 5 years agoHello, This has been beat to death, I know, but I am at a crossroads. I shot some HDV footage using the PMW-EX1. I edit with Premiere Pro 2.0. We needed the footage to be downconverted to SD, so I tri | Re: Downconverting (let's beat it to death)
by Ron Shook 5 years ago
Aaron, No disrespect to anyone here, but a good share of EX1 expertise here at the COW hangs out at the Sony CineAlta Forum. You might check in there.Ron Shook Shoulder-High Eye Productions CreativeCO
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| | | | | HVX-200 field monitor solutionby Arturo Marroquin 5 years agohey guys, Is there a low budget solution to an HD field monitor I will be shooting a doc with an HVX-200 and a glidecam system, the only thing is that a 7" monitor is way beyond my budget. Any suggest | Re: HVX-200 field monitor solution
by Ron Shook 5 years ago
Arturo, You might want to look at this one. It's not armoured like some more expensive ones but it does have BNCs for component input: http: www.ikancorp.com pages monitors v8000hd index.htmRon Shook
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| | | |  | HVX-old technologyby Rob Grauert 5 years agoHey I've read that the HVX uses old technology with the P2 cards. Something out them being PCIMIA(or something like that). I briefly read about it online and can't find where I read it. So...why is it | Re: HVX-old technology
by Ron Shook 5 years ago
Don, Don Greening "Consider too, the emerging technology from Convergent Design that takes the lower priced compact flash media to the next level with its Flash XDR Data Recorder. CD has had this prod
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| | | | | file format for internetby Jenny Himmelrick 6 years agoI'm having problems finding the right kind of file format for my video on the internet. I'm interning at a company where they wanted a "how to" video put on their website, but their server can't handl | Re: file format for internet
by Ron Shook 6 years ago
jgravat "I'm don't know much about uploading videos online or about video compression, so i appreciate all the help i can get." You're liable to get all the help you need from Aharon's complete DVD a
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| | | | | Nice XH A1 with a Big Problemby Ron Shook 6 years agoCanonites, Went to the Chicago HD Expo yesterday and wanted to post something that will hopefully get back to Canon. I'm mighty impressed with the Canon XH A1 handycam type camcorder, except..., the z | Re: Nice XH A1 with a Big Problem
by Ron Shook 6 years ago
Mr. ICVideo ICVideo "Canon zoom controls "$.50", with change." Not on my 2 3" Canon Broadcast lens. But that's another story isn't it My Heavens but that ZR2000 (I had to google it) is expensive for n
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| | | |  | Is this pc spec good enough?by Costas Damianou 6 years agoHi Im looking to get a new pc for editing. I was wondering if the following is good enough. Im not looking at hardrive space as im using external drives. Processor 1 x AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ ( Dual-Co | Re: Is this pc spec good enough?
by Ron Shook 6 years ago
HHV, hhv_pro "So with this Data rate I would stick to Raid6" Ask the author and builder, David Cherniak. He's using Raid 6 which uses 2 drives for redundant data which is double safe because 2 drives
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| | | |  | Matrox effects don't workby Zvi Twersky 6 years ago We recently formated the computer and rebuild it. I downloaded and installed the latest intsall pack for out Matrox video card (I think it's RX-100) I see the matrox effects in the effects window, bu | Re: Matrox effects don't work
by Ron Shook 6 years ago
Zvi, Zvi_Twersky "I think it's called RX-200" No such animal. Probably the RT.X2. Zvi_Twersky "When I open a project I made in Matrox RX-200 on the newer computer, it says that it's missing filters (e
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| | | | | prospect hdby frédéric 6 years agoany idea's about prospect hd Can it work in conjunction with axio would it be a good idea to do so on the same video station anyone thinking of doing this grzt Fr | | | | |
| | | | | Production Monitor for Axio LEby kelseyroth 6 years agoWe're looking to get a production monitor for our Axio LE system that isn't incredibly expensive (think $1k or under) and can handle both HD and SD signals. In my searches of the forums, people seem t | | | | |
| | | | | Axio HD vs top-end FCP suite? [ducks!]by Jimmy Brunger 6 years agoHi guys, Just started looking at the Axio HD (Didn't realise it existed!) as a replacement for our old Avid Media Composer, which is our secondary edit suite. We initially thought going for a top-sepc | Re: Axio HD vs top-end FCP suite? [ducks!]
by Ron Shook 6 years ago
Jimmy, jimmybee500 "if PPro Axio gets itself in order later on, maybe we convert our old linear digibeta suite to that then (we currently keep the linear suite for football 4 times a week - perfect fo
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| | | | | Qucktimeby Jim Smith 7 years agoDoes the Axio and or Axio LE handle Qucktime files in realtime | Re: Qucktime
by Ron Shook 7 years ago
Lyn, Lyn Norstad "Yes" Wouldn't it depend on what codec is used in the QT wrapper Ron Shook
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| | | |  | Axio LE vs. Avid Adrenaline HD?by Adam Fischer 7 years agoI got quotes for both systems and with similar features the Axio is roughly half the cost of an Avid Media Composer Adrenaline HD. I currently use Adobe software, but I used to cut on an Avid. Is ther | | | | |
| | | | | Multilevel raid array?by Ted Joyce 7 years agoI am looking for the fastest protected raid that is still somewhat affordable. I am considering a multi-level raid setup to achive 200 to 300 Mps speed. I was thinking of setting up two STTA II drive | Re: Multilevel raid array?
by Ron Shook 7 years ago
Ted, Ted Joyce " was thinking of setting up two STTA II drive hardware raid 1 arrays (4-6 500Gig drives in each array setup in mirrored pairs) and then running each into a separate channel of a dual c
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| | | |  | SATAII Controller Cards for AXIO LEby Eric Jurgenson 7 years agoI was wondering if anyone had any experience with storage based on SATAII RAID adaptor cards, specifically the AMCC 9550SX 8-drive card, and its suitability for use with AXIO LE. AMCC claims better th | | | | |
| | | | | Balky Bootup?by Ron Shook 7 years agoExperts, My WinXP, SP2, up to date patches is exhibiting strange behavior. At first this was intermittent, but now it happens almost invariably. When I turn the 'puter on in the morning it hangs after | Re: Balky Bootup?
by Bob Cole 7 years ago
Ignorant answer here, since the real authorities haven't chipped in yet. It sounds like my lawnmower, which needs a couple pulls to get started. Maybe there's some component which needs warming-up to
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| | | | | Panasonic AJ-HPC2000 P2 vs Sony XDCAM HDby Brian Mills 7 years agoI am looking to kick up my production capacities a notch as I move into HD and I have NOT been happy with HDV, and the HDX-200 is a little too prosumer for me (and I can't quite afford a Varicam) so t | Re: Panasonic AJ-HPC2000 P2 vs Sony XDCAM HD
by Ron Shook 7 years ago
Walter, Walter Graff "To speak authentically would mean yo have used it and know it artifacts, etc. If not then all you are doing is creating rumor." Ain't it the truth. I talked recently with someone
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| | | | | So now that HDV's been out a while...by Eric Steinberg 7 years agoHello! I've been sitting on the fence for a very long time regarding what camera to buy. I've been leaning towards the Panasonic HVX200 for the simple reason that my understanding is that the DvcPro H | Re: So now that HDV's been out a while...
by Ron Shook 7 years ago
Ken, I too thought that Mr. Nordahl was stretching that point more than a little. Ken Hodson "Considering the DV.com real world comparison shows this not to be the case" Isn't that stretching things a
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| | | |  | auto focus?by Peter Carroll 7 years agoI understand the HVX-200 has a focus assist feature for manual focus (magnifies image). Does it have any auto focus If so, does it perform the same as the 100A, slow but reasonably accurate | Re: auto focus?
by Ron Shook 7 years ago
Chris, Blub "I understand the latest electric wheelchairs are wonderful, get you where your going with out the huffing and puffing." So..., if I can just hold out until Medicaid'll pay for it. (g) Ron
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| | | | | Native Command Queing?by Ron Shook 7 years agoThis is beyond me. Can anyone tell me in layman's terms what NCQ on a SATA hard drive is, and whether it should be turned on or off, or it doesn't matter, when building a raided drive set on a SATA co | | | | |
| | | | | DVD Authoring Adviceby mike s 7 years agoI am currently producing an educational video. The final product will be released on dvd. To cut costs, I would like to author the dvd using DVD Studio Pro and then duplicate copies using a duplicatio | | | | |
| | | |  | DVD labelsby pjoconnell 7 years agoI have about two dozen copies of a training video I have to burn for a customer. I've heard that adhesive labels cause problems on DVDs. Is there any truth to that story What's the recommended method | Re: DVD labels
by Ron Shook 7 years ago
DRW, David Roth Weiss "You buy white inkjet printable DVDs." Don't know if you'd tried it or not, but you can also get silver inkjet printable DVDs, that are really elegant for simpler print jobs that
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| | | |  | Podcast #1...by Franklin McMahon 8 years ago Yes we are off and rolling...the podcast will develop over time and it'll be build on feedback from all of you...this is our show and I see a great community that could be built out of it. My goal is | Re: Podcast #1...
by Ron Shook 8 years ago
Barend, Barend Onneweer "So trust me, if anyone knows how to get his foot in the door of the manufacturers and developers in this industry, it's probably Ron." "his foot " Surely you jest Ron uses his
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| | | |  | Advice on an external burner?by Saya Hillman 8 years agoI have an iMac G5 and would like to get an external DVD burner to burn my FCP projects for the following reasons: 1. less wear and tear on my superdrive 2. option to print images onto disk light scrib | Re: Advice on an external burner?
by Ron Shook 8 years ago
April, A couple of addendums to Asex's great comments: Alex Alexzander "A better choice for printing is a simple Epson R300 printer." or the even simpler and equally high quality Epson R200 printer, w
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| | | | | DVD-RAM Disk Access On a DVD-ROM Drive?by Ron Shook 8 years agoDVD Experts, Does anyone know if typical DVD-ROM drives can access DVD Video recorded on a DVD-RAM disk or does it take something special The reason I ask is that I've just gotten a Panasonic DVD Reco | | | | |
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