Robert Boscacci Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Odd request, but here goes: An upcoming script calls for the ability to record at least half-decent looking 720p at 24p for...3 hours straight, no cuts. One locked-off shot down a beach (powering everything is another question entirely) that has to just roll for 3 hours. This is not for timelapse: It needs to actually roll 24p for three hours continuously. What sort of camera (plus external recorder, potentially) system might you aficionados recommend for a task like this one? I have a 7D at my disposal, but I figure that won't do me much good. Probably looking at something with at least SDI out, wonder if there's a way to go direct to some spinning disk array or something... It's basically gonna be a parody of those YouTube videos that are just stock footage, like "3 Hours Tranquil Beach Waterfall Blue Skies," but in a dark demented sort of way. Thanks for trying! -Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 You can use a camera with two drives that automatically switches drives or does a hot swap. Does it have to be a large sensor camera? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted September 30, 2014 Site Sponsor Share Posted September 30, 2014 Any SDI cam and a Pix 240 in ProRes with a 512G SSD should do it and be reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Boscacci Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Hmm I have access to a friend's p2 cam with dual media slots which I think are hot-swappable. Maybe I could borrow it from him and hot swap/dump continuously, at the risk of bumping the camera while monkeying with the cards. So there's a good freebie option. Thanks! Renting a pix 240 might not be a bad way to go. Didn't know sound devices made non-sound devices, thanks Robert. I'm in the market for a picture monitor too, but maybe the pix is more for recording and engineering than aesthetic monitoring. But that's another topic. In any case: I'd rather use the recorder than try to hot-swap p2 cards, but this is a zero-budget thing, so maybe I'll schedule production around a good influx of receivables. Thanks again gents! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haris Mlivic Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Maybe a pocket cinema camera with a 128 gb card and v-lock battery, set to shoot ProRes LT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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