Can you play the clip OK within the camera?
Have you tried playing the disk in a deck - F70 etc. Does it play?

Has the camera displayed the prompt "Disk Salvage"? in which case follow the prompts and allow the camera to close the file and update the header info.

What type of discs are you using, Sony, TDK, Fuji etc?

What is the firmware version of your camera?

Regards,
Clive

PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing software - which is free and comes packaged with every XD camera allows you to export the clip list.

Regards,
Clive

The most important factor regarding getting "the film look" is to light the set as if you were shooting for film.
In camera, you probably will want to shoot progressive and add 180deg shutter (1/60th if shooting 29.97PsF).
Try using one of the HyperGamma Curves rather than ITU-Rec709 Gamma(DCC & Manual Knee will default to off). Suggest start with HyperGamma 1, but try the others to get the look you want.
Ensure Matrix is ON.
On the 700s set detail to -20 as a starting point - this equates to zero on the F800. You may wish to lower detail further.
You may also want to carefully lower Master Black (Pedestal) but do NOT crush.
Of course many of these things can also be done in Post (except lowering Detail without causing artefacts).

Hope this helps,
Clive

Alistair Chapman, speaks a lot of sense when he says....
"For me, my requirements are a neutral look, not over corrected or too vivid, but retaining a pleasing contrast range".

I always tell our customers that umless you are looking for a specific look for a specific shoot then ensure all your settings are middle of the road. i.e. do not allow highlights to blow out and similarly do not crush blacks. What is lost in camera can never be recovered!
Be carefull when adjusting colour matrix or saturation, it is very easy to produce illegal colours which will subsequently be rejected by the broadcaster.
A rule of thumb is to reduce detail, as most cameras are somewhat overcooked - the PDW-700 being a prime example. Lower the detail and you also reduce compression artefacts.
If you need a specific look it can always be done in post if the material has not been excessively corrected in camera.
i.e. Play it safe, and if you must make adjustments in camera then carefully monitor your results on a decent size high quality monitor - not a low res 9" field monitor!

Cheers,
Clive

The latest software V1.10 gives full compatibility with the Sony MEAD-SD01 adapter.
This is the Sony SDHC adapter.

With the MEAD-SD01 adapter, Sony only recommend Sandisk SDHC class 10 cards.

Offspeed operation is NOT possible (certainly NOT guaranteed).

There is no Salvage available as per SxS cards, and use of SDHC cards is only recommended for “emergency” or non-critical use.

We also have the MEAD-MS01 which allows use with High Speed Memory Stick Duo (HG Duo) - same constrains apply as for SDHC.

The ideal solution for everyday use is the new 32GB SxS-1 card, easily identified by it's orange colour - rather than blue.

The SxS-1 card offers double the capacity (32GB) for same price as original SxS (blue) 16GB card.
It utilises multi-cell technology compared to single cell.
Lifetime is slightly compromised but they are still talking everyday use for 5 years.
There are no limitations regarding offspeed use or salvage etc.

As an alternative, the Convergent Design Nano-Flash appears to be an excellent product and offers MPEG2 422 Long GoP recording at bit rates from 50-180Mbps.
Stop Start function can be triggered via timecode on the HDSDI stream from the camera.

Best Regards,
Clive

Please note that 24P (strictly 23.98PsF) is an option on the PDW-700.

Regarding 50Mbit versus AVC Intra 100, this is a debate that will go on and on.

Basically the 50Mbit was a request from the broadcasters so that that existing infrastructure, servers (storage) and pipelines (bandwidth) as used for SD could be utilised for HD.
i.e. go to 100Mbit and everything needs to be doubled which of course equates directly to dollars.

Secondly you are comparing Intra to Inter(Long GoP).
The basic quality of the picture is dictated by the i-Frame.
With Intra the 50Mbit is equally divided across all frames, so at 25Frames per sec (PAL) that gives 2Mbit per Frame max. With Long GoP (Inter) there are typically 4/5 i-Frames per sec, the other frames being P or B frames which carry much less data, and therefore more of that 50Mbps data can be apportioned to the i-Frames.
It is not simply a case of 50 vs 100.

Best Regards,
Clive

Most interesting!

We had a number of issues with early PDW-530P due to the drive door being obscurred. However this was solved with a software update very early on.
The PDW-700 / F800 never had that issue.

The loader assy is identical between all PDW models, i.e. PDW510/530/F330/F335/F350/F355/700&F800 cameras - there are no major changes just some minor updates, but all units are interchangeable.
Also the main Drive assy is the same BRD-P10 from F330 up to the F800. The SD models PDW-510 & 530 used the older BRD-P1 drive.

Therefore I do not understand why the PDW-700 would be more susceptible to loader issues compared to any of the other models.

We have approx 32 units of PDW-700/F800 working very reliably here in New Zealand.

As mentioned, yes we did have an issue in the early days of the PDW-530P and have had just a few issues since (but we have well over 100x PDW-530s in our small market).

Best Regards,
Clive

Clive Cannon
Technical Product Specialist
Broadcast Cameras & Digital Cinematography
Professional Solutions & Services Division
Business and Professional Products Asia Pacific