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I'm reluctant to have the Mac do anything to the cards but we were desperate and the director said go ahead so I tried a few repairs with the Terminal and Disk Repair but nothing seemed to help. Some people have had luck with a few power cycles and mounts and unmounts, others have had luck with Disk Utility repairing it but I wasn't one of them. Now this is a very rare error and unfortunately there's not much you can do about it on location. Powering it back on I saw the dreaded "FORMAT ERROR!" in red on the screen. So I tried to unmount the camera with no response and ended up just power cycling it since it was completely unresponsive and the Finder on the laptop couldn't unmount it even after waiting 5+ mins. I suspect it was something to do with the "LASTCLIP.TXT" file which is locked by default. While slow -as expected- it was going and I told everyone to take a coffee break while it copied over.Ībout 400MBs into the copy there was a Finder Read/Write error, I didn't have permission for something or other and it konked out. So, finding a Firewire cable and setting the camera to be a Firewire device and hooking everything up I began the copy from camera to laptop. USB xfers are multiple times faster than Firewire at this point so I've been going with USB regularly, often and without issue when there's no card reader available. Resetting the cameras and restoring the Firmware seems to have no effect.
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Namely extremely slow and getting slower over time Firewire transfers. Now this camera and another we've been using have had Firewire issues in the past. What happened was someone forgot a standard USB cable to load in footage from an HVX200 camera to a Hard Drive - I've had extremely bad luck with going directly from the camera to a hard drive in the past so I avoid it at almost all costs now - and since we were on location with pretty much nothing around us in the way of stores and rummaging around through everyone's bags and equipment cases looking for a USB cable I decided to load in the footage via Firewire. It's a FORMAT ERROR! (I think it actually reads "FORMAT ERR!") which can occur very rarely on P2 cards for seemingly no reason. File Transfer: The FTP client function lets you transfer clips from the camera-recorder to a network.The error message blinks which is why it looks faded here.The results can be saved together with the edited playlist, then played out of the camera and/or copied using a web application.
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The workflow can be streamlined to be faster by rough editing on location, and then transferring the content files.
Panasonic p2 code#
Camera Remote: Allows confirmation of camera status and thumbnails and enables remote camera control (recording, time code setting, and user bits).Proxy Preview: Plays back proxy files (AVC-Proxy), downloads file/clip information, displays and allows editing of metadata, and enables addition/ deletion of shot marks and text memos.Installing the optional AJ-WM30 Wireless Module provides the AJ-PX800G with wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11g/n) connectivity, enabling access to the following functions from a network-connected PC/Mac, tablet device or smartphone: The standard LAN (Ethernet) port allows network connection via a wired LAN. The built-in Uni Slot accepts optional wireless audio recording. The camera features a variety of in camera image settings, including Flash Band compensation, which minimizes the effects of still photo camera flashes captured on video. You can attach an optional USB dongle to the camera for wireless connectivity using WiFi, 4G, or LTE. The camera comes ready to interface with your network via the built-in Ethernet connector. With both Genlock in and Timecode In/Out, the camera is suitable for multi-camera and single camera news coverage. It features an SD/HD-SDI, and an HDMI output, as well as a monitor output switchable between SD/HD and Composite. Using codecs in the AVC-ULTRA family allows you a choice of compression and data rate to suit your needs, and you can record proxy files on optional SD cards using the built-in SD media card slot.
Panasonic p2 full#
Suitable for newsgathering, the camera captures Full HD at up to 59.94p, recording to optional P2 cards, or micro P2 cards with an optional adapter. Please note that this item only includes the camera body and does not include the lens or viewfinder. Designed to be lighter than their previous 3 MOS ENG style cameras, the Panasonic AJ-PX800 P2 HD AVC-ULTRA Camcorder is a full-featured 2/3" ENG style video camera with an interchangeable lens system.