Pre-Order PMWEX3
 

Sony is anticipating to start shipping the new PMWEX3 mid to late July!
You can start placing your Pre-Order's with any Authorized Sony XL Reseller.

Tapeworks Texas Inc is taking Pre-Orders Now!
Tapeworks Texas Inc is a Sony Authorized XL Reseller. We will have a PMWEX3 for product demonstrations as soon as they become available. Please contact us toll free 866-827-3489 to go over the PMWEX3 specifications.

Sale Price for the PMWEX3 from Tapeworks Texas Inc is $8,320.00
50% down is required for Pre-Orders which will put you in line when we start receiving/shipping. Remaining balance will be required when Tapeworks ships. Orders will be shipped first come/first served.

Sony is including 1 SBP-8 8GB SXS card with the PMWEX3 kit as a promotion!

Tapeworks currently has BP-U60 batteries in stock for $229.00
SBP-16 16GB SXS cards are also currently in stock with a Tapeworks Sale Price of $834.00

Please contact Tapeworks Texas Inc 866-827-3489 and speak with one of our XDCAM EX Specialists to customize a quotation to meet your specifications!

Best Regards,
Scott Cantrell
Tapeworks Texas Inc - HDVinfo Sponser
tapeworksscott@sbcglobal.net

scott,

any word on the hard drive option?
will it work with EX1 as well?

thanks

paul

Paul,

The Sony PHU60K 60GB Hard Disk Drive unit is anticipated to be released July/August timeframe. It will attach to the PMWEX1/EX3 via the SxS card slot. Sony has not released pricing on this item yet, but I will keep you informed on any information that becomes available.

Scott Cantrell
Tapeworks Texas Inc - HDVinfo Sponser

thanks scott,

that's a very important addition to our bag!

is there any word about a 4:2:2 add-on from sony as well?

the aja unit is nice, but not too portable.

paul

Paul, not that I am aware of. I have a meeting with Sony tomorrow and I will ask for you.

Scott,
Do you guys take other cameras as trade-ins?

Glen, no, Tapeworks only sells new A-Stock (or B-Stock if available from the mfg) product. We do occasionally have deals on demo'd gear. But we do not take trade in's or purchase used gear. This way all product we sell have full mfg warranty.

Have you tried posting your used gear on the Private Classifieds forum here in DVinfo?

-Scott Cantrell

Hi Paul-
Check out the nanoFlash from Convergent Design. Look for us under the Tapeless Recording Solutions elsewhere in this forum.

Sony don't officially support any 4:2:2 add ons but the convergent design box will record in xdcam hd 50mbs 422 but you will need to press record on it everytime you roll and over and undercrank won't work

With over/under cranking not working on the Flash XDR/nano boxes I agree, but my understanding is they can be activated by the TC, embedded in the EX1's SDI output.

be good if it could. But I spoke to Sony guy about it and he said it couldn't

The other major downside is you lose one of the major benefits of tapeless is you cannot view back your rushes through the lcd screen without plugging an sdi monitor into the box

This is rather strange - I was sure I've read somewhere that it could be triggered via SDI connection. Anyway, I've had another look at the pdf brochure of the Flash XDR -

http://www.convergent-design.com/dow...20Brochure.pdf

- and it says: "Programmable triggers: GPIO, Incrementing Time-Code, etc." I thought that thru SDI, the EX1 or EX3 can detect Incrementing Time-Code and hence trigger the recording on the unit. Or am I missing something?

I guess you're not missing anything, Brian. With all due respect to Phil (and his Sony sources), once the TC begins incrementing (in the right mode, of course), the Flash will start recording.

Sony must not be very pleased with the fact that - even using Sony's own codec which probably contributes to the Converget Design prices - somebody else is going to upgrade their (Sony's) product capabilities so that it belongs to the market niche they wanted to reserve for their (Sony's) most expensive products.

Is anyone else finding this EX3 astonishingly more affordable than previously thought?!

This is the second place with a sub-$9,000 price tag for this camera, much better than I thought it would be listed for...

This really makes me rethink my purchasing decisions over the next year...

Does anyone know the UK price ?

Paul.