![]() ![]() If I want timecode, then instead of two small recorders that run on AA's or USB I have to lug around my pair of big Tascam hsp-82's, a grip of NP-1 batteries (and check levels throughout the day), extra cables, along with extra gear to get TC working on the Zaxcom lavaliers. In my recording studio example above, I used two small audio recorders without timecode to record the board mix & talkback channels. Over-man wrote:It's not simply a matter of being able to afford something, and I already own two 6k g2s w/ TC. I do not envy anybody who has to deal with that (and I've done it many times). In a music concert situation, we'd build one big edit timeline with (say) 3 hours of the unbroken, unedited soundtrack, and then drop in picture on top of it whenever we found an angle that happened to so sync up. Given enough time, you can sync them without timecode, or if you have timecode on all the sound but no picture, but it's tough to do. I can tell you from experience that it's an absolute nightmare to work with poorly-organized material where there's no slates, no IDs, just picture and sound with no clear relation betweeen the two. But in that case, we'd always have an assistant along to slate each shot to give us a sync point. So many workflow problems can be stopped just by avoiding them in the first place during production.ĭon't forget, some of have been on one-man-bands going back to the film days, so we're painfully aware of what it's like to have to shoot at this level. People using non-timecode cameras and non-timecode audio recorders is a maddening problem that affects editors, assistant editor, conform artists, and colorists, so it's a production problem that slides down the hill and kees going. As far as I know, all the Blackmagic cameras can use timecode (and that includes the free iPhone Blackmagic Camera app, though I haven't used it yet with timecode). Use an affordable timecode box to provide time-of-day timecode, it'll never fall out of sync. If you can afford Zaxcom wireless, then you can afford a camera that can accept timecode. Over-man wrote:It's not really a subject matter thing, but more of a practical benefit of using the Zaxcom zmt3's when I'm doing a shoot by myself. lots more stuff to keep track of and be sure everything has enough batteries, memory, etc., in a fairly complicated setup for one person. switching some of this when I swap cams or having double copies of $$$ receivers, etc. So yes, I could add timecode, but that requires more recorders that support TC, or add the Zaxcom wireless that feeds the camera (except I can't feed both the Stereo schoeps & 2 Lavs into a 6k g2), but all of this adds more batteries, cables, etc. ![]() In the recording studio, a more complex setup, I've got a stereo recorder getting the board mix, another getting the in-ear talkback channels between the engineer & musicians, a 6k g2 on a tripod w/ a pair of Schoeps cmc54's, a handlheld 6k g2 w/ a Sennheiser mkh8020, and two Zaxcom zmt3's as lavaliers. The last two shoots have been an alpaca farm & a recording studio session. It's not really a subject matter thing, but more of a practical benefit of using the Zaxcom zmt3's when I'm doing a shoot by myself.
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