Dennis Southgate

The word I received today from Sony was that any standard memory stick (not Pro) of any memory size will work. I was told that a 4 meg stick would work fine if you could find one. We had downloaded and written to a new stick from a PC and so the format was wrong, we should have used the format command in the 900 first and then written the files to the stick. So the answer seems to be, Any size memory stick Multiple settings can be written to a stick. Thanks for your help Dennis

Mike, We were trying unsuccesfully to load a setting (from the Cine Alta site, loaded via PC burner) using a 64 Meg stick (not Sony) to our F900, I called Sony maintenance, the tech told me that our problem was that the stick had too much memory. He said that 16 megs or less would only work in an F900 and that you could only record one set-up per stick. So,,,, I wonder what the official working practise is. I spent the rest of the day, trying to source some small 16 meg or less sticks, not an easy task. Dennis

What size of memory stick is recommended for F900? Can you record more than one setting to a stick? or is it one stick, one setting?

I don't know why it would not be recordable, some of the rental houses state that it's for monitoring only and this one http://www.fvesco.com/rental/video/miranda.htm states "For monitor use only; NTSC signal not recordable." The bottom line is we are trying to figure out the best (read cheapest) way to get a video signal to NTSC monitors (dolly grip etc.) and from time to time, with timecode to a record deck for dailies. After laying out a huge pile of cash for the F900 and an HD monitor, it's kind of annoying to have to come up with another 10k (Canadian) for NTSC viewing. I guess for now we'll just rent a Miranda or Evertz box when needed. Thanks for your thoughts.

Thanks David, I've gone to the Miranda site http://www.miranda.com/search.php?s=mdc-700 and had a look, this unit would fit the bill most times, but I see that the signal is not recordable? In case the client wants 'dailies" recorded, what would you recommend next. Dennis

I'm looking for advice on the best "bang for the buck" downconverter to mount on my new HDW-F900. Sony, Miranda, AJA and Evertz all make them, but with huge differences in cost and convenience. I'm looking for an on camera device to convert HD to NTSC for onset monitoring using a standard monitor. Is there a standard, what are you guys using?