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The well-known "Glitch" with The FX7
I have owned two Sony HDV FX7 cameras for the past three years and I have found that this camera experiences some sort of glitch either during the recording process or during the capture process. Since I have owned these cameras, they have had these unexplainable glitches EVERY recording I have done - on both cameras. Could this be just a mere coincidence? Or, is there something faulty about the FX7? I have tirelessly tried to contact Sony and anyone else I could to determine a resolution. There seems to be a common theme to the responses I have been getting. All whom I have spoken with keep suggesting that all tape-based cameras are subject to have these glitches/dropped frames. The only thing that has saved me in the case of the "glitch" is that I own two of these cameras and can easily edit in footage from the second camera since I always do a 2-camera shoot. There was only one occasion when both cameras experienced this glitch at practically the same point in footage. Pure irony I guess!
After several attempts of troubleshooting this phenomenon, I have learned that this glitch appears to be happening at two stages. I have re-captured footage multiple times, with both cameras, on different Mac Pro computers, in order to determine if this glitch was occurring in the actual recording process or during the capture process. My conclusion after several of these experiments suggests that it is occurring during both the recording and capture process. Some footage will glitch in the same location every time, regardless of what camera was used to capture the footage from. Some footage will glitch on one camera but glitch in a completely different location on the other camera when capturing footage.
I do not recommend this camera for anyone who is doing any sort of video that requires extreme dependability. It will frustrate you and your clients when you deliver a video product and have to explain that you missed a critical word/audio and shot because your camera is faulty.
September 22, 2011
Glitches/Dropouts During recordings
I took a risk with purchasing the FX7 and now I wish I didn't. Every recording I have done has had these unexplainable glitches/dropouts during the recording. Problem is... you don't know it until you download the footage to your computer. The FX7 seems to unpredictably drop frames (several I might add-30 to 120) causing the recording to stop during that time.
I've called Sony support 3 times and the phone calls generally start off nicely... but some where along the line I have gotten disconnected every time - Hum, thats odd! Maybe it's a bad connection Everytime I call - Yeah, that's it!
August 17, 2009
