RustyB
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Oct 2, 2008, 2:16 PM
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Re: [RT Steele] Backfocus issues with FX7/V1U?
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the FX7 is too expensive/to heavy to carry as a backup/balcony cam, so I'll probably need to try and tough it out for a few more months and then just sell it
I'd keep it, just for balcony cam reasons. Since the price dropped so low you won't get near what you probably should.
And what do you need balanced XLR inputs for anyway? Don't you just use one external audio source?
- RT (saving Rusty all kinds of dough).
Yeah, the FX7 would make a great balcony cam....but two "real" cameras won't fit in my bag...just a palmcorder.  I'd like to get an HC9 for my next balcony camera. Plus, my balcony cam just mounts on a wobbly flash pole, so it can only be a few ounces. I'd like to keep the FX7 packed away at home as a backup, because if my main camera dies, I can't just grab a credit card and buy another one while it is repaired.
My only other audio source during the ceremony is the palcorder in the balcony, and no other source during the reception, so having XLR's with a shotgun+wireless running in Sony's auto-gain is a MAJOR benefit for me. No clunky adapters, no iRivers, no plugging/unplugging receivers during the middle of a scene, just two "usable" tracks of audio on tape with as little work/hassle as possible. I'm all about the simplicity now, and cranking out the very best videos I can, with the very least amount of time, and the least amount of gear I can.
But like always, I'm mostly all talk when it comes to buying new cams. For the rest of 2008 I gotta focus on really cranking out some videos quickly, rebuilding my referral base, and getting my price back up, or I won't be buying ANYTHING next year but a train ticket to the homeless shelter.
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