If you need a camera that can be simple as well as flexible, this is your machine. I'm using 64Gig cards because I do so much conference work - and with two of those in each camera, I don't have to worry about changing out a card for nearly two hours - giving me plenty of time to dump the video it created to a computer or external hard drive. The P2 cards are pricey but the price on those has come down to within reason as of late. I do recommend you pick up a good quality shotgun microphone if you're going to do any mobile work, but what video camera does have a great microphone on it? Actually, the microphones on this camera (stereo) are just fine for average stuff, but if you need anything better - spend the bucks for better microphones.
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I've used this for short films, conferences, and quick day to day B roll. I had rock solid performance out of each camera and had no doubts the consistency of each camera was the same across the board. I just finished a four camera shoot of a large conference using this camera. Overall, this camera is very hard to beat for it's versatility, size, and capability. Be sure to format cards using the AG-HVX200. I know there are video geeks out there who might state there are better cameras out there - and there certianly are - if you want to pay a lot more. SD memory cards used with the AG-HVX200 should conform to SD standards. Because it’s time-lapse, no one will notice the jump in your final product, and you’ll be protecting yourself against power loss, corrupted files, etc.Bang for the buck, this is the camera to go for. Break the file once per hour by turning off the camera, swapping the battery if necessary, then restarting your shot. Plug your charger into your power source and keep one battery charging while the other is in use. Even though the method for stopping recording is to simply turn the power off, the camera is still using battery power to finish writing the file and shut everything down. So, if you’re 5 hours into a 10 hour time-lapse when someone trips over the power cable, you will lose all 5 hours and have to start from scratch.Ī much better idea is to rely on battery power. You should know, however, that if your power is interrupted at any point during recording, you will lose all video shot up to that point. When shooting time-lapse, you’re probably planning to shoot for a while, and are likely tempted to plug directly into an AC power source. If your project is in 30P, you can, of course, conform the video and get 4 minutes out of the same clip. Thus, if you shoot for 10 hours and play your video back at 60P, you’ll get 2 minutes of video, which will use about 2GB of space on your P2 card. At 720P/60P, P2 cards use 1GB/minute of video.Using a 1 frame every 5 seconds interval, this is what you can expect: If you want to record another time-lapse, repeat steps 2-8. When you turn it back on, it will return to regular to regular 720P/60P mode. To stop recording, turn the camera off.After each frame, it changes back to “I-Pause.” You will see the “I-Pause” change to “REC” each time a frame is captured, so you know it’s working.
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Exit all menus, and you should see “I-Pause” at the top of your screen.In Recording Setup, set Interval Time to your desired framerate.In Recording Setup, set Rec Function to Interval.In Recording Setup, set Recording Format to 720P/60P.In the Scene File settings, set Operation Type to Video Camera.
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