arnieitz

Hi Scott, I do all my aerial work with an SDX-900 - 24p. In general there is no problem with any strobing look unless you get too close. I shoot aerials over NYC and they look great. When I shoot homes or buildings it can get a strobing look with vertical lines if I get in too close in the helicopter. A little further out and it looks great. Since you will be using a Tyler Mount check out my mount which is designed for aerials, automotive and marine use. Take care, Arnie www.aerialexposures.com/gyroplatform.htm

I guess it makes sense that a tape that has been used will be somewhat smoother and less abrassive. But - there is something about using a new tape that makes me feel more comfortable. The cameras are designed to handle the tapes without excessive wear for thousands of hours.

It is important to me to preserve the heads in the camera. I would think head wear is less with a new tape than with a used tape that has possibly accumulated some type of abrassives as fine or light as they may be. Why buy an expensive camera and reuse the tapes when they relatively cost nothing. Also what if at some point you need the original footage. Just my thoughts.

Until I purchased a DVCPRO50 deck I used an AJA D10C2 converter. It attached to my SDI camera output and gave me component out. That AJA model doesn't have audio but other models do. From the component output you can attach to any deck or editing system that has component in. It worked very nicely into my AVID system but of course I like using a DVCPRO50 deck and not over using my camera as a deck.