I understand when the "trust" is gone you may want to change brands but as an engineer you know there is no actual technical reason to.
I've used Canon for 20 years, a great deal can be said for sticking to that brand.
I have been eying some of the Panasonic camcorders (700.00-1000.00) dollar mark. The colour just looks amazing.
Come to think of it, I probably don't have much choice but to stick with an upgraded Canon
I already have the battery system that is common across by 2nd camera, macro lens, and operational familiarity.
I'd be more inclined to agree if the repeated failure was with multiple cameras and there was some rash of problems on the internet. But there isn't, and Dave may just have a single faulty camera or card.
I'd be more inclined to agree if the repeated failure was with multiple cameras and there was some rash of problems on the internet. But there isn't, and Dave may just have a single faulty camera or card.
that camera is already faulty, the other SD card slot has not been working for some time now. And Dave has been doing video blogging professionally now for years.
Yes, I agree the camera is already faulty. I don't understand what point you are making. Also that Dave has been blogging for years. Are you suggesting he should have known better?
I didn't know his camera already had one faulty SD card slot. Was that the card slot that he had his previous problem with? Was it worn out from repeated insertions?
Was it with the same SD card you had the previous problem? Maybe you have damaged the card.
Was it perhaps a problem with the same card slot? It might be faulty. Damaged contact, or dirt.
I understand when the "trust" is gone you may want to change brands but as an engineer you know there is no actual technical reason to.
The best solution if you can't identify a fault and get it repaired is to get another camera the same.
Canon XA25, same sensor, same lens thread, but same batteries will not work.
From what I've understood the camera has been used really hard and one SD card slot is already dead and now it has developed this issue of not recording.
I think the important bit is that your camera is already partly faulty, yet you choose to use it and hope it functions correctly.
Canon XA25, same sensor, same lens thread, but same batteries will not work.WTF? Really? I was going to check that.
Can battery packs BP-808D/BP-819D/BP-827D be used with the camcorder?
ID : 8201867600 _ EN _ 1
Solution
BP-808D/BP-819D/BP-827D battery packs cannot be used with XA25 / XA20 / VIXIA HF G30 / LEGRIA HF G30.
If an incompatible battery pack is attached to XA25 / XA20 / VIXIA HF G30 / LEGRIA HF G30, the following screen will be displayed.
Battery pack is not compatible. Turning off the camcorder.
My quick googling checks come without any kind of warranty. Hmm google says it's actually 1/2.84” HD CMOS PRO sensor . Looks like the XA25 has lot of additional features which cost extra money like, HD-SDI, the handle with sound things and XLR. I'm not sure but you might not need any of that.
This seems like a comprehensive review:
http://tubeshooter.co.uk/2013/06/22/preview-canon-xa20-xa25-hf-g30/
And one final function which could have been useful but has been rendered impotent by its implementation, is Last Scene Review. Just press one button and the last scene you filmed gets played back, no need to switch the camcorder into playback mode. Sounds great but a) it only plays back the last four seconds and b) it doesn’t play back the sound!!! Utterly useless.
Are you sure that they have addressed the issue on newer models?
This is one of my pet peeves of the G10, not being able to easily play back the last clip you shot. It's so infuriatingly bad that I had to learn to simply trust (or more likely recall) that what I just shot was good, as it was so hard to play back a clip. Ironically though I think I'm better at this gig because of this limitation.
You could buy that Sony FDR-AX100 that does 4k @ 25-30fps
huge 1" cmos sensor which makes it very good at low light, supports lens
I was all set to get a locally available cheap consumer Panasonic camera, but I found that they cripple the ones sold in NZ (and therefore I assume AU as well) into only recording at 25 and 50 FPS, no 30 or 60Hz option.
I just re-read the manual. Step 1 for inserting a memory card is to ensure the camera is off.
I know you knew that. Perhaps Canon had a reason to say it.
Why do you say it is a bug. Because it works most of the time?
4K isn't going to happen.
Interchangeable lenses are great until you are in my situation and have to change the lens 10 times during a shoot.
Not going to be good on the sensor.
Oh my:
http://www.panasonic.com/au/consumer/imaging/camcorders/hc-x920m.html
The Panasonic HC-X920M streams to the web via WiFi live and also records it. Blogging heaven.