Anthony,:

It occurred to me that you might be unfamiliar with "stitching" and think it is some new kludge by Sony. Actually, it is a relatively old and very well established kludge. Back in the previous century, in early days of computer-based NLE, pretty much any windows-based editing system had to use "stitching" because Windows 95 and 98 could not read files larger than 2 gb. So, you captured in 2 gb increments from tape. Back then, I occasionally used Adobe Premiere (version 5, I think) and mostly worked with a progam called EditDV. Because of the 2 gig file size limitation, that meant the camera tape was ingested as a series of 9 minute clips. Never had any trouble with it. Just laid the clips end to end and everything was in synch with no gaps.

Tony if you're looking for another fx1 let me know i think i might be parting ways with mine, and its pretty local, you can check it out in person.


Otherwise let use know how this story ends, a good read!

Re: Repair or Not?
 

Sorry Martin. I haven't been on this site for some time and missed your offer. It's funny. Since I got the
FX-1 back from Sony, I noticed that when I'm moving the camera around, I get this kind of shimmering effect on playback. Not sure if there's something else going on since the cam took a fall but perhaps the camera is just getting "old." I've had it since 2004 and used it alot over the years. I'm considering purchasing either the AX-2000 or the NX5U to replace it but will really miss the 3CCD chips rather than the CMOS sensors that Sony now equips these cameras with. Must be cheaper to produce. Are you doing the same thing? Upgrading to tapeless?