topic Betreff: Sony x3000 & remote in Action Cam

Sony x3000 & remote

SNOOPYREX.99 — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 15:24:13 GMT

Am learning all about my x3000 & the remote. One thing I find irritating is that the screen of the remote switches off after only a few seconds during a take. I knew about this in advance and how to switch it back on again, but is there any way this 'switch off time' can be set to a longer period or disabled altogether?

Thanks S

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IamNic — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:49:40 GMT

Hello @SNOOPYREX.99,

yes there is a way to turn off auto-screen-shutdown.

- Nic

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SNOOPYREX.99 — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:56:20 GMT

Thanks Nic. You answered my question of course, but I think you tease me as I hoped you would explain.

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IamNic — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 17:44:40 GMT

Hello @SNOOPYREX.99,

I wish I were we home, yet I am not not u friday, so I am uable to shoot a video.

- Nic

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darkframe — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 20:38:39 GMT

Hi @SNOOPYREX.99,

this should be the menu entry on your remote which you're looking for. Well, that's valid for remote RM-LVR3 but should be similar/identical on other versions as well.

Oh, sorry, I didn't find the time for a video

Cheers

darkframe

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SNOOPYREX.99 — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 21:14:40 GMT

Thanks for that. Always simple when you know how. Put it down to my age again. S

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darkframe — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 23:06:58 GMT

Hi @SNOOPYREX.99,

@SNOOPYREX.99@ wrote:

Put it down to my age again. S

well, shall we start a battle about who of us two is the senior, shall we?

Okay, take this (only a first hint, I do remember earlier "events"):

I've seen Neil Armstrong when he left the Eagle for mankinds first steps on the moon, live on TV! Well, my mother had to wake me up of course...

Curious about your answer

Cheers

darkframe

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IamNic — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 23:08:08 GMT

@darkframe schrieb:

I've seen Neil Armstrong when he left the Eagle for mankinds first steps on the moon, live on TV! #

That is impressive!

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darkframe — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 23:42:42 GMT

Hi @IamNic,

@IamNic wrote:

That is impressive!

I can even remember the so-called "Prague Spring" and the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Russian troops...

Cheers

darkframe

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SNOOPYREX.99 — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 10:22:00 GMT

I think you chaps should get some years of life in. Armstrong on the moon? I don’t recall much about that as I was going through my second divorce by then. Well, I jest of course! However, I can recall being with my parents listening to the wireless (called radio these days) when it was announced that Britain was at war with Germany. Bet you can’t even put a date to that!

So you see, I am of an age, and you may wonder why an old fogie like me has acquired an Action Cam. My filming days go back to 8mm cine. My first proper video camera was a shoulder-mounted JCE SVHS that weighed a ton. Many cameras have passed since then. Currently, I have a Sony NX3 which is a handheld semi-pro model. As I grew older I found that its weight, and especially with its appropriate tripod, was becoming too much for easy location work. I then got a small Panasonic HC-X920. Fits into my palm and the picture quality just about as good as the Sony. However, the bigger Sony has so many advantages with larger manual controls plus a proper viewfinder that can be positioned at various angles. So important when the LCD screen can’t be easily seen in bright conditions. The Panasonic has a proper viewfinder but it’s a fixed position and thus can only be used with the camera at eye level and all the menus are on the screen. I’m getting older remember! Using either camera hand-held it’s far from easy to get non-shaky shots despite the technological advances.

Reading the reviews of the Sony X3000 over a period of time and the excitement about its ‘Optical SteadyShot for enhanced image stability’ I thought it might suit me as any form of walking shots with either of my cameras is certainly not on these days. So there we are as of today. Even smaller menus and minute printed instructions.

Just to answer your initial query – in a couple of weeks time I will be 85 and – luckily - most of my faculties are still intact and I’m regularly making videos of many styles, mainly limited by mobility issues. (My hand is much slower reaching for my wallet.) S.

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darkframe — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 19:37:08 GMT

Hi @SNOOPYREX.99,

@SNOOPYREX.99 schrieb:

Just to answer your initial query – in a couple of weeks time I will be 85 and – luckily - most of my faculties are still intact and I’m regularly making videos of many styles, mainly limited by mobility issues. (My hand is much slower reaching for my wallet.) S.

Well, errm, 85? I surrender!

But hey, I'm only a quarter of a century younger than you. So when you're becoming 100 I'll reach your age of today ( ). Anyhow, taking pictures/videos and editing them keeps you moving around and your brain working hence it's good for your health.

Cheers

darkframe

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SNOOPYREX.99 — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 15:33:36 GMT

Hi Darkframe. You will have to hurry to catch me up!

General report on the use of my Sony x3000. Whilst the basic picture quality of the clips are not too bad there are several limitations one discovers and try to overcome. The boot-up time from switching on until the thing is ready to shoot is about 30 seconds!! Therefore, on my first project Iast Saturday, I kept it switched on all the time. I think the battery lasted over an hour.

The camera doesn’t have a proper zoom as such. There are three setting. Wide, Medium wide and Narrow. The trouble is that Wide angle is very wide, the Medium is still wide and the Narrow is - well about normal I suppose. One has to go into a menu to change this so in practice it’s best to leave it set on the one of your choice. I suppose if it’s used skiing downhill, how would you be able to zoom anyhow? (Skiing at my age – you must be joking!)

Put it to a proper test last Saturday for the town’s Christmas Festival. Weather here was very dull and overcast with light drizzle at times. Not fair on any camera really. I discovered that I got a lot of ‘flare’ where the sky met buildings. Just the nature of the lens I suppose. However, I tried to avoid too much of that sort of thing. Its advantages are that it’s small and inconspicuous and being WA enables one to get shots in quite difficult conditions. I have found that it connects OK to my Android smartphone with all the controls working from the phone but using both together will need some working out.

Having edited and produced a result from last Saturday's efforts. I have a problem that I really don’t know the answer to. A clip is attached. You will note that the pictures in frames are very jerky as I pan along whilst the following clip of another stand doesn’t seem to show this problem. What is the cause and - even more importantly, how do I avoid this in the future? https://drive.google.com/open?id=1J0qvJhr0EvmwmEZGHaTjgY3N3ajI2OM5

Chers and thanks. S

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IamNic — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 18:27:10 GMT

Hello @SNOOPYREX.99,

that your camera takes 30 seconds to be able to record doesn't sound normal to me.

I have the fuction "power on record" switched on and if I press the record button when the camera is in standby, it switches on and records a video within 3 seconds.

There is a zoom function (albeit it always is just digital, since the camera has a fixed lens assembly), you first need to activate the zoom and then you can zoom via the buttons (up/down) on the remote OR on the camera itself.

What you were using (Wide, Medium, Narrow) is the so called FOV (field of view) - that has to be switched BEFORE you start a recording.

If you want a more detailed explanation, just get back to me

I can also recommend the Sony Action Cam subreddit (if you would like to sign up to the reddit-plattform).

- Nic

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SNOOPYREX.99 — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 18:34:08 GMT

Thanks as always Nic,

I will follow up your words of wisdom and come back in due course.

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SNOOPYREX.99 — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 10:26:56 GMT

HI Nic,

Thanks for taking the trouble to explain some things. I have found the zoom facility on the camera but note that it’s a digital zoom and I understand the limitations of this and also trying to do zooming with my elderly fingers is just not on. I can get the same effect with minor zooms at the editing stage.

What I don’t really understand is about the so-called FOV. Is that a digital enlargement or not? If it is, then using the Narrow setting would degrade the picture somewhat??? Can you explain please?

Regarding the time the camera takes to ‘boot-up’. Perhaps I didn’t explain properly. With the camera and remote totally switched off, from the time I switch on at the remote the time it takes to switch on the camera, and then make the remote connection so that the picture appears on the monitor screen seems to vary between from about 8 to12 or more seconds.(My stated 30 seconds was a wild guess – sorry).

I haven’t really heard of this ‘reddit’ business. I’m afraid that all this social media is a bit beyond me but I will try doing a search for it.

You didn’t mention the problem I had with the very jerky sequence??? I assume the video attached showed properly.

Thanks again for your help.

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IamNic — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 22:04:24 GMT

Hello @SNOOPYREX.99,

that is true, the zoom is just the same as if you would zoom into the video while editing.

For the FOV it is a different story. Since the cameras sensor has a resolution slightly over 12 Megapixels, you get "real" 1080p video no matter the field of view. The camera just reads out a different part of the sensor for each FOV.

sorry for the misunderstanding, I totally ignored the option, that you used the remote.

For the remote connection it is to be expected, that it takes a while.

You can take a look at the subreddit without being signed up - it is comparable to this Community forum here - everyone can look at the posts, but you need to be signed up to comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/sonyactioncam/

Sorry about the video example, I must have overlooked that.

The video stuttering is caused by the re-encoding of the video. I noticed the file ending ".mpeg", which leads me to think you have edited end rendered the videointo a new file.

If you used one framerate when shooting the video and another framerate when exporting, it can lead to said effect.