Tom Klein

Hi, I have used negative psychology, I have increased my rates, and can now focus more on producing better product, but less of it, work is now more enjoyable and more profitable, and less of it. I let the bargain hunters go to my opposition, they can work themselves into the ground for little return / profit if they like. above all, you have to supply a great product at a reasonable cost to the client/s. Solid state capture (P2) has also been a huge bonus to our overall workflow. Cheers Tom K olinevideo.com.au

You can get them anywhere that sells P2 cards, (Try B&H) I'm very pleased with the Five cards I have at the moment, (1x32gig and 4x8gig) my camera has 5 slots, gives me over 2hrs DVCPro50 that staisfies many jobs for me, and to be able to ingest all cards at one via USB into my G5 mac is a hoot. I mentioned in another post , it took 38mins to ingest 1hr50mins into the mac (FCP 6.0.1). I will get more 32 gigers as time passes and projects demands and slowly dump the 8 gigers or maybe someone will crack them and put larger cards in side ?? who knows , this format has a long way to go, we are in the early days. Cheers Tom K

Your spot on Rory, In the old days we had "tape", simply took it from VTR to VTR, conected by one or more BNC cables, Dropouts were the enemy. But, nowdays its "many various Files" of whatever the makers put out, yes a new work flow that takes some transition to get comfortable with. Never ending problems will be things like changing OS's, software updates, and so on. This will lead to the demise of some file formats we shoot to now ?. just as formats like U-mat and BetaSP bit the techno dust, (I still have both these VTR's in my kit though). lets hope our Panasonic P2 has the legs for the long haul, or can succesfully integrate into the next best thing that's out there. :rolleyes: Cheers Tom K

UPDATE- Now with my latest Firmware, and a few projest put to bed, here's an example of ingest times. Log n transfer into FCP 6.0.1 from SPX800E connected USB cable from camera into front USB port of G5 mac, ingesting SD DVCPro25 , 110 mins of vision and 2ch audio took 38mins to ingest from P2 cards into FCP. this is a Huge improvement on earlier firmware, keep it coming panasonic, When you can get to ten times that would be Nirvana. Cheers Tom K :rolleyes:

:rolleyes: An Update, now some time has passed, My SPX800E has had two Firmware updates recently and now I use 4x8gig cards and one 32gig card in slot one. this gives me over 2 hours of DVCPro 50 . or over 4hrs DVCpro 25. Also the camera now talks to my two Mac''s (FCP 6.0.1) and Windows boxes via USB and Firewire, slowly this Format is coming of age. FWIW, Current Updates are on Panasonics support site and drivers (Mac & Windows) for the Computers and P2 viewer utility for the windows boxes. https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/sup...esk/e/index.htm Regarding the file structure on the P2 cards,may I suggest when ingesting into FCP, make sure you set a New "logging bin" for "each" card that you ingest, otherwise all the files become a jumble, and are a nightmare to work with. Cheers Tom K :rolleyes:

Hi Guys Just a "Late" reply to the SDI out question from the SPX800 , I use it to capture to FCP6 via a Kona Lse, with embeded audio , direct from the camera to FCP when i'm in a hurry, it works fine, not a problem, video and audio is pristine. I did a comparison between SDI, and P2 files import, I could not see any variance in image quality (using scopes)between either way of importing . SDI output card on the SPX800 was an option, not a big deal $wise, the card outputs SDI from the camera and also from the VTR section of the camera, A "must" when shooting news and playing out in the field. Cheers Tom K :rolleyes:

Spot on Mitch, it's at https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/sup...sk/e/update.htm Cheers Tom Klein

:angry: This forum is closest to my dillema, I recently purchased a SPX800 and also ordered the new 16 gig P2 cards to fill up the slots, Well the camera arrived, then shortly after the cards arrived to the dealer. He informed me that these new 16gig cards will not work in the SPX800, the firmware has not been written yet, Panasonic say it may be about next november before they may have the firmware. I suspect that there maybe other P2 cameras involved in this ****up . May I sugest that anyone getting into a P2 camera demand written proof from the supplier that the latest cards will work in the camera they have chosen. I'm now forced into purchasing a bucket load of 8gig cards. I wonder if come november if the firmware turns up at all?, There will be some very very unhappy pana owners if it dosen't. Cheers Tom K