Man I hate to single you out but doing my digging around in my desire to one day go tapless and I noticed that you've written articles and reviews of both nNovia and Firestore. Was torn enough after reading both as you seemed to be pretty thrilled with both. Then I stumble on info about the forthcoming FS-4. Gotta say, I'm a little overwhelmed.
While I'm aware that there are risks with going tapeless and there is something to be said about running tape simultaneous, most of us run tape and trust it ( as fallible as it is ) with our shots all the time. That said, for me I'd like tapeless to be the goal ( okay, maybe not all the time but at least some of the time ! ). Got my XL2 and would love to run a little less tape through the thing.
So with all that babble, which way would you go ? They all seem to have their share of pluses, the nNovia just seems solid, the FS-3 removable drives, and the FS-4 .... well, its the newest ! Considering price, dependability, convenience, weight, can ya give a brief showdown and what your pick of the littler would be.
And btw, how do you keep up ? Honestly man, I don't know how ya do it with little newbs like me pestering ya on twenty different forums about a 100 different things while writing, making DVDs, touring, the music, not to mention family ... amazing man. Can't tell ya how much respect I have for ya.
- Ray
www.undergroundplanet.com
While I'm aware that there are risks with going tapeless and there is something to be said about running tape simultaneous, most of us run tape and trust it ( as fallible as it is ) with our shots all the time. That said, for me I'd like tapeless to be the goal ( okay, maybe not all the time but at least some of the time ! ). Got my XL2 and would love to run a little less tape through the thing.
So with all that babble, which way would you go ? They all seem to have their share of pluses, the nNovia just seems solid, the FS-3 removable drives, and the FS-4 .... well, its the newest ! Considering price, dependability, convenience, weight, can ya give a brief showdown and what your pick of the littler would be.
And btw, how do you keep up ? Honestly man, I don't know how ya do it with little newbs like me pestering ya on twenty different forums about a 100 different things while writing, making DVDs, touring, the music, not to mention family ... amazing man. Can't tell ya how much respect I have for ya.
- Ray
www.undergroundplanet.com