No file transfer on battery power? at DVinfo.net

Buba Kastorski · July 3rd, 2008, 06:53 PM

Just got HF10, did some test shots, wanted to transfer to my laptop, that thing tells me plug in power adapter; is there really no file transfer on battery power, or this is just a "user problem",
thanks guys!

Sinisa Jovanovic · July 4th, 2008, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Buba Kastorski

Just got HF10, did some test shots, wanted to transfer to my laptop, that thing tells me plug in power adapter; is there really no file transfer on battery power, or this is just a "user problem",
thanks guys!

Yes,no file transfer on battery power,but you can copy from internal memory to sdhc card on battery power and use card reader than ,much faster.
Thats why I shoot straight to 16gb SDHC card and leave internal 16GB as a reserve.

Buba Kastorski · July 4th, 2008, 02:06 PM

Wow , how couldn't I get to this on my own, perfect,
but I have an excuse, I just got my HF10 and didn't get any SDHC yet, which one should I buy to be ok for XP (17 mb/s) mode. I believe class 6 is too slow, x133 is also only up to 13,5, then what specs should be on the card,
Many many thanks!

Stephen Eastwood · July 4th, 2008, 11:01 PM

class 6 is fine, in fact I have seen class 4 kingston work.

I am using class 6 kingston and sandisc extreme both work flawlessly on highest settings

David Sayed · July 5th, 2008, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Sinisa Jovanovic

Yes,no file transfer on battery power,but you can copy from internal memory to sdhc card on battery power and use card reader than ,much faster.
Thats why I shoot straight to 16gb SDHC card and leave internal 16GB as a reserve.

I have the same on my HG10 (hard drive based). I was pretty surprised that it needed to be plugged into the AC adapter. I'm even more surprised that they haven't fixed this on the flash-based camcorders. Still, the card reader approach is a good one.

Robert Loncaric · July 8th, 2008, 04:22 PM

I wonder if that's just a safety precaution to make sure the battery doesn't die in the middle of a read/write, resulting in the flash becoming corrupted. Many gadgets, like the Sony PSP, require the unit to be plugged in during a firmware upgrade as a precaution.

July 3rd, 2008, 06:53 PM	#1
Buba Kastorski Trustee Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,414	No file transfer on battery power? Just got HF10, did some test shots, wanted to transfer to my laptop, that thing tells me plug in power adapter; is there really no file transfer on battery power, or this is just a "user problem", thanks guys!

July 4th, 2008, 11:01 PM	#4
Stephen Eastwood Major Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Great Neck, NY Posts: 291	class 6 is fine, in fact I have seen class 4 kingston work. I am using class 6 kingston and sandisc extreme both work flawlessly on highest settings __________________ Stephen Eastwood http://www.StephenEastwood.com

July 4th, 2008, 02:06 PM	#3
Buba Kastorski Trustee Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,414	Wow , how couldn't I get to this on my own, perfect, but I have an excuse, I just got my HF10 and didn't get any SDHC yet, which one should I buy to be ok for XP (17 mb/s) mode. I believe class 6 is too slow, x133 is also only up to 13,5, then what specs should be on the card, Many many thanks!

July 8th, 2008, 04:22 PM	#6
Robert Loncaric New Boot Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 16	I wonder if that's just a safety precaution to make sure the battery doesn't die in the middle of a read/write, resulting in the flash becoming corrupted. Many gadgets, like the Sony PSP, require the unit to be plugged in during a firmware upgrade as a precaution.