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Re: Sticking with the XH-A1

Very similar setup to me but I use the T3i. I am now planning on buying the merlin to use with the XHA1 to walk both the bride and groom into the hall. The t3i worries me as I don't want to be out of focus on such a crucial scene and the XH-A1s autofocus will keep my mind at ease.

Re: Sticking with the XH-A1

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Originally Posted by John Stakes (Post 1707621)

Sorry to hear about your woes with the A1 Bryan. I've only had 4-5 dropouts in about 4 years in business. Could it be the tapes you are using? I haven't had to recapture for any reason either...but there are tapeless solutions for the A1 though I have no experience there.

I plan on keeping my A1. I take it to every shoot along with my T2i. I may be picking up a second DSLR as well, but still keeping all of them in the arsenol.

JS

The capturing/recapturing problems have only been of recent (the last video I did I ended up having to capture it three times) but have been rectified. I'm just burned out on having to sit through a video just to capture it then if you happen to get dropped frames or something during the capture, having to sit through it again to recapture again. Most of the shots I do are several minutes in length, so having to sit through it over and over again wastes time and also adds hours to the camera. I guess I've been part of the old-school for too long (anyone remember 3/4" tape?), and am wanting to move on. :)

Re: Sticking with the XH-A1

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Originally Posted by Bryan Gilchrist (Post 1707685)

... I'm just burned out on having to sit through a video just to capture it then if you happen to get dropped frames or something during the capture, having to sit through it again to recapture again. ...

Those were the symptoms when one of my older tape cameras finally died. I think you'll enjoy a tapeless camera if for nothing else than stopping beating your head against the wall.