BM Video Assist
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 11:33 amHey all,
I am looking to buy a few BM VA to pair with Canon HF g series video cameras. My question is can you trigger the BM VA to start recording from the camera. Here is the issue, I have the cameras on a crane. They feed a monitor right now but they are also feeding a 8'x10' video screen. Because of that I have to have the screen displays (rec enable, etc.) turned off so it doesn't show on the large screen. So, I can not monitor if the camera is recording, instead I have to rely on counting the number of times I press the button. If I had the BM VA, and the camera was cabled to a LANC, I could press record on the LANC, start the cameras record function and hopefully also start the BM VA recording at the same time. I would get:
- better monitoring than the present system
- redundant recording, so a backup to the BM
- a "tally light" via the BM
Any thoughts? If they made a LANC that had a tally light on it I would be good but they don't and honestly I love the form and functions of the BM. I just would like to hear thoughts before I plunk down $3K (I need 6) or have to buy to try the functions.
Of course I understand that I could just record to the BM but the Canon can give me 12 hours of recording with a 128GB card. I need to be able to support a weekend festival (3x 12 hour days) and really would prefer not to have to buy a ton more media.
thanks much
Kent
I am looking to buy a few BM VA to pair with Canon HF g series video cameras. My question is can you trigger the BM VA to start recording from the camera. Here is the issue, I have the cameras on a crane. They feed a monitor right now but they are also feeding a 8'x10' video screen. Because of that I have to have the screen displays (rec enable, etc.) turned off so it doesn't show on the large screen. So, I can not monitor if the camera is recording, instead I have to rely on counting the number of times I press the button. If I had the BM VA, and the camera was cabled to a LANC, I could press record on the LANC, start the cameras record function and hopefully also start the BM VA recording at the same time. I would get:
- better monitoring than the present system
- redundant recording, so a backup to the BM
- a "tally light" via the BM
Any thoughts? If they made a LANC that had a tally light on it I would be good but they don't and honestly I love the form and functions of the BM. I just would like to hear thoughts before I plunk down $3K (I need 6) or have to buy to try the functions.
Of course I understand that I could just record to the BM but the Canon can give me 12 hours of recording with a 128GB card. I need to be able to support a weekend festival (3x 12 hour days) and really would prefer not to have to buy a ton more media.
thanks much
Kent