Sony x70 update appreciated

PeterWright wrote on 4/1/2015, 7:47 AM

I've been interested in this camera for a while, and am now in a position to purchase, and would appreciate hearing the benefit of anyone's experiences with the camera.

Has performance met expectations?
Has "4k ready" become 4k capable yet?

To share what a backwater Perth, W.A. can be - I wrote to the only supplier in Perth that Sony told me existed, TWO MONTHS ago. They said they had a model arriving in a few days, so I said I was interested, please let me know when you have one I might purchase ............ haven't heard from them since. Call me old fashioned, but it used to be hard enough to find customers for oneself, and when one declared themselves, they were worth looking after!

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OldSmoke wrote on 5/19/2015, 11:16 AM

I cant reproduce the black level shift that Marc and another user reported with Catalyst Browse; it might well be hardware dependent.

Marc S wrote on 5/19/2015, 12:20 PM

Browse is the free version. Prepare is the paid version and does not suffer from the issue.

Sony has confirmed the levels bug.

OldSmoke wrote on 5/19/2015, 2:22 PM

I just downloaded sample footage, over 2GB, from here and did a patch and single transcode with Catalyst Browse and a single transcode with Catalyst Prepare. On my system all XAVC-L files from the PXW-X70 converted in the same way; there is not a single pixel different between all three files.

Marc S wrote on 5/20/2015, 12:54 AM

Perhaps it was fixed in the recent update. I have not tried it yet.

set wrote on 6/3/2015, 6:15 PM

Just noticed from X70 user group at facebook, that V2.00 has been released:
http://www.sony.co.uk/pro/support/software/SET_150526_PSG

FCPX users reported XAVC-L footage can now be imported natively to FCP X 10.2.1

From one X70 user:
"I found that Sony Vegas 13 b444 can read XAVC-L 1080-50p 50Mbps natively!!! But only files recorded with the firmware update 2.00, previous files must be transcoded."

Pedro Rocha wrote on 6/3/2015, 8:43 PM

I posted that message SET, I can confirm that, i've been testing in the latest hours and find out that XAVC-L files can be imported through the "Device Explorer" and the "XDCAM Explorer" it's a matter of choosing your workflow. With the XDCAM Explorer you can work with proxy files just like an XDCAM disc.

Unfortunately older XAVC-L files recorded before the firmware 2.00 must be transcoded. So the problem was not only with the VP13, this confirms the camera had some problems recording XAVC-L files in the cards.