Who's got one of these

[Cardinal_Sin]

Sony HDR-FX1 ?

Persuade me to get one

[Geezer]

Go on get one ;)

[xcite-tv]

Sony HDR-FX1 ?

Persuade me to get one

We use Sony HDR-Z1's (same camera really just more pro funtionality) there is little better for the money and the biggest leap forward in quality since digital

[Elisha Jade]

Just took the plunge the other day and ordered a Sony HDR-FX1 because movie content is where my site is lacking. Kinda in shock for ordering it lol but its not been despatched yet. Amazons price just went up over £150 though. There was no way I was ordering something that expensive from some unknown.

[xcite-tv]

Just took the plunge the other day and ordered a Sony HDR-FX1 because movie content is where my site is lacking. Kinda in shock for ordering it lol but its not been despatched yet. Amazons price just went up over £150 though. There was no way I was ordering something that expensive from some unknown.

if anybody is looking for one of these try HERE !! (http://www.creativevideo.co.uk/home/)

When i buy stuff they are usually the best price and certainly the best service and backup. Even offering to send an immediate replacement from stock when an item i bought failed

hope you dont see the new Sony HVR-A1E and wish you had gone for that as i just have what a camera for the money !!!

[Elisha Jade]

Nah i'm happy with what we've bought. But i didn't mind paying extra to order from somewhere like amazon. I just didn't wanna take the risk.

[xcite-tv]

Nah i'm happy with what we've bought. But i didn't mind paying extra to order from somewhere like amazon. I just didn't wanna take the risk.

I cant see how ordering from Amazon is riskier than an authorised Sony dealer as Amazon use third parties and sometimes you dont know where an item comes from

Does the item you bought have an E at the end of its name?

great Camera though and good luck

[Elisha Jade]

no E :)

[xcite-tv]

no E :)

Then whats the suffix letter ?

and if its not an "E" (for the European market) then you have bought an import

[Elisha Jade]

does that matter? :(

[xcite-tv]

does that matter? :(

hopefully not, The instructions may be in another language but you can download them

the big problem is it won't come with Sonys Silver Service package where if it goes wrong they will send an immediate replacement

Not 100% sure on warranty stuff but as long as you know where it came from you can send it back its just down time as it can take weeks

Try and find out who the supplier is as its NOT amazon

My advice is back out if you can....before it arrives

but good luck anyway you should be ok as Sony is generally ok

[Elisha Jade]

Amazon deal with the returns though don't they?

I was a bit worried after you mentioned the E about adapters and connectors etc, but it says it comes with all of the adapters needed. Guess I didn't notice that lol.

I'll see what the bf thinks when he gets back, he's the photog/videog so I guess I should ask him what he wants to do.

[xcite-tv]

The leads should be ok

But not sure of Amazons returns policy as they in many cases are not the actual supplier and you don't find out who until you find your goods coming from Canada or somewhere as happened to me once...

dont mean to be too alarmist as i dont know what the policy of goods like this is

hope its all ok and didn't mean to dampen enthusiasm on your new purchase and i sure it will be ok

[Elisha Jade]

:D nah its okay, although i consider myself a computer geek I have no idea about cameras or video cameras :) I appreciate the heads up :)

[daveydude]

If you do get one, get a new computer to edit on ;)

I have dual 2.4ghz processors in my machine and it's a *lot* slower editing HD than it is DV.

The quality is awesome though - you will not believe the screen grabs came off a video camera, and you will need your models to take extra care with their makeup cos HD shows up every imperfection!

[Elisha Jade]

Dave lets see a sample :) :) I think my computers gonna not cope too well lol I see an upgrade needed :(

[xcite-tv]

Dave lets see a sample :) :) I think my computers gonna not cope too well lol I see an upgrade needed :(

some high def clips HERE !! (http://www.filthy-richbitch.com)

[xcite-tv]

Dave lets see a sample :) :) I think my computers gonna not cope too well lol I see an upgrade needed :(

Dont worry just shoot everything in high def and edit in dv until your familiar with the way it works
once you are you can redo it in HD anytime
more work yes, but if you go head first into HD you will end up with problems


what do you edit on ?

[Elisha Jade]

Sony Vegas :)

[Elisha Jade]

some high def clips HERE !!

Which camera's those filmed on?

[xcite-tv]

Sony Vegas :)

Great programme !!!
i am trying to learn it and get off Premier Pro
But finding it slow as you have to convert HD to edit and reconvert back

Some nice transitions and effects and for sound is actually better than most pro stuff

[Elisha Jade]

Yeah its such a cool program. We made some basic trailers for our tranny site like this one...

http://www.tryatranny.com/trailers/alexbruno.wmv

I love being able to put transparent text over the blury movie in the background. :)

[xcite-tv]

Which camera's those filmed on?

HVR Z1E

like the titles on the clip !

[Elisha Jade]

cheers :)

[daveydude]

some high def clips HERE !! (http://www.filthy-richbitch.com)

Loving the image quality u got there man. Did you export at the wrong pixel size though? It's meant to be 1:333 I think - might sort out that stretched look you've got there...

I'll post some of my first HD clips later on.

[Elisha Jade]

I'll post some of my first HD clips later on.

Yaay :) cant wait to see them.

[xcite-tv]

Loving the image quality u got there man. Did you export at the wrong pixel size though? It's meant to be 1:333 I think - might sort out that stretched look you've got there...

I'll post some of my first HD clips later on.

Thanks for the nice words :)
all done in widescreen and all settings were supposed correct but could be wrong

look forward to seeing some of yours too

[Rosie]

Sony HDR-FX1 ?

Persuade me to get one

Get two, and then give me one.




(er.... I probably didn't want to say that did I?)

[xcite-tv]

Get two, and then give me one.




(er.... I probably didn't want to say that did I?)

offers on a e-mail to .........

[daveydude]

My first shoot with the Sony HDR-FX1E. Still messing with the settings, and lighting could have been better. Bear in mind this is less than a quarter of the raw resolution!

SAMPLE CLIP (http://tour.smokingvideos.co.uk/tour2/previews/viktoria-hd-smoking-preivew2.wmv)

[Elisha Jade]

Just outta curiosity, is there going to be a problem with the FX1 being NTSC and FX1E being PAL!?!? eeeeek

[daveydude]

Just outta curiosity, is there going to be a problem with the FX1 being NTSC and FX1E being PAL!?!? eeeeek

Not if you're only outputting for the web. Just capture, edit, and output using the NTSC settings in your software. If you wanted to make DVD content for Europe you might want to convert from NTSC to PAL, but you should be able to do that in the software.

[xcite-tv]

Just outta curiosity, is there going to be a problem with the FX1 being NTSC and FX1E being PAL!?!? eeeeek


No HD is a different format

[SGS]

We bought several thousand pounds worth from these guys HERE (http://www.creativevideo.co.uk/home/) last month and couldnt be more pleased with them. They even phoned on the day of delivery to make sure that everything arrived ok. These guys know what they are talking about too if and when you need help with setup or stuff. Professional guys with superb service.

[Elisha Jade]

Phew!! lol I started to worry there its been despatched :) :)

[xcite-tv]

Well have fun with it and show us your first HD clip soon

[Elisha Jade]

OMG!!!! It arrived this morning, and its the FX1E !!!!!! lol im so excited, only just opened the box up.

and because the price went up when we had to cancel an order, amazon are refunding us the £150 odd that it went up by, so thats the FX1E for less than £2200. Eeeeee!! lol

I'll get some stuff shot and post samples, at the moment i have no makeup on and my hair is amess lol but I'll shoot something else. So excited!!!!

[xcite-tv]

OMG!!!! It arrived this morning, and its the FX1E !!!!!! lol im so excited, only just opened the box up.

and because the price went up when we had to cancel an order, amazon are refunding us the £150 odd that it went up by, so thats the FX1E for less than £2200. Eeeeee!! lol

I'll get some stuff shot and post samples, at the moment i have no makeup on and my hair is amess lol but I'll shoot something else. So excited!!!!


Fantastic glad there are no problems

good luck

[Elisha Jade]

OK first attempt at using it, bit shaky, blury lol but we'll get there through practice. My pc can't cope with rendering it though and was overheating and beeping. Which is kinda annoying as I do have 4 case fans lol.

Anyways its nothing special, but its huge res yaay :)

http://www.cuteplumper.com/hdtest1.wmv

[daveydude]

OK first attempt at using it, bit shaky, blury lol but we'll get there through practice. My pc can't cope with rendering it though and was overheating and beeping. Which is kinda annoying as I do have 4 case fans lol.

Anyways its nothing special, but its huge res yaay :)

http://www.cuteplumper.com/hdtest1.wmv

Heh, nice to see u got it all working. I was a bit shocked at how much it taxes the processors on my PC while editing / rendering. Now we need to get a couple of dedicated video editing machines as well lol.

Any idea what final output resolution you're gonna use? The settings u have there will work out about 40mb per minute. The settings I've kinda settled on for now is about 10mb / min.

[Elisha Jade]

Nah not quite yet but probably not that high. I'm gonna provide lower normal res options as well because a few of the people i've showed it to it jumps on their machines.

Dedicated video editing machines sound like the way to go. My pc has only got a athlon 3200 with 1 gig of ram and 370gig hard drive space but a lot of that is full. Plus it would mean I could use my pc whilst videos are encoding. We've got a long way to go with the different settings / colour etc and of course my nerves lol.

[daveydude]

Nah not quite yet but probably not that high. I'm gonna provide lower normal res options as well because a few of the people i've showed it to it jumps on their machines.

Dedicated video editing machines sound like the way to go. My pc has only got a athlon 3200 with 1 gig of ram and 370gig hard drive space but a lot of that is full. Plus it would mean I could use my pc whilst videos are encoding. We've got a long way to go with the different settings / colour etc and of course my nerves lol.

Sounds like a plan. I have a dual processor Athlon with 2 2.4ghz processors in it and 740gb of space, and it flies with regular DV editing / rendering. The HD stuff really drags tho. Time to go shopping again!

I'm gonna start a thread about editing machines....

[xcite-tv]

OK first attempt at using it, bit shaky, blury lol but we'll get there through practice. My pc can't cope with rendering it though and was overheating and beeping. Which is kinda annoying as I do have 4 case fans lol.

Anyways its nothing special, but its huge res yaay :)

http://www.cuteplumper.com/hdtest1.wmv

You need to convert HD files to edit format first

there is not a PC with fast enough processors yet that can edit HD raw

[SGS]

You need to convert HD files to edit format first

there is not a PC with fast enough processors yet that can edit HD raw

Could try this one?

http://www.bleeding-head.com/floridapics/1216/mission-control-2.jpg

[xcite-tv]

wish you would stop publishing pics of your back office

[SGS]

wish you would stop publishing pics of your back office

More like...

http://www.ianbutlermusic.com/images/Zimbu_transparent.gif

[daveydude]

You need to convert HD files to edit format first

there is not a PC with fast enough processors yet that can edit HD raw

Yeah I'm currently using Adobe Premier Pro with the HD update. It converts just after capture, takes a while.

[xcite-tv]

Yeah I'm currently using Adobe Premier Pro with the HD update. It converts just after capture, takes a while.


just do not under any circumstances sign up for the converter program just use the one in Pro

[SGS]

just do not under any circumstances sign up for the converter program just use the one in Pro

Tell me about it... :mad:

[xcite-tv]

More like...

http://www.ianbutlermusic.com/images/Zimbu_transparent.gif


you pay peanuts..................

[daveydude]

just do not under any circumstances sign up for the converter program just use the one in Pro

Oh yeah? I'm using the 15 day trial at the moment. Can't tell any difference to be honest tho. What's the prob with it?

[daveydude]

Are we talking about the Aspect HD plugin from Cineform?

[xcite-tv]

Oh yeah? I'm using the 15 day trial at the moment. Can't tell any difference to be honest tho. What's the prob with it?


someone used it and it fucked the PC only when they uninstalled it did the PC go back to normal so i didnt

[SGS]

Are we talking about the Aspect HD plugin from Cineform?

Yes that's the one. Most amazing little program ever. Downloaded the trial on a dedicated video editing PC, didn’t use it as the version with Premier Pro was better then when the 15, 30 or whatever days were up it completely shut every program (Premier Pro, Premier 6, Cleaner XL, etc) down to the point of the PC needing to be rebooted several times. Had to reboot in safe mode and then uninstall which took an age and it also managed to wreck about 24 hours of work that Cleaner XL had just processed.

[daveydude]

Yes that's the one. Most amazing little program ever. Downloaded the trial on a dedicated video editing PC, didn’t use it as the version with Premier Pro was better then when the 15, 30 or whatever days were up it completely shut every program (Premier Pro, Premier 6, Cleaner XL, etc) down to the point of the PC needing to be rebooted several times. Had to reboot in safe mode and then uninstall which took an age and it also managed to wreck about 24 hours of work that Cleaner XL had just processed.

haha, uninstalling it now before it rapes my pc - thanks for the tip :cheers2: