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Focus Enhancements FSH-200 Solid State DTE Recorder

One of the main reasons anyone moves towards non-tape acquisition is to be able to more quickly start editing the footage. Focus Enhancement has long offered recording into multiple codecs - called “DTE”, for “Direct-To-Edit” - to get editors up and cutting without capturing or rendering.  In the FSH-200, the DV formats offered are:

Raw DV

AVI Type 1 and 2

Canopus AVI

Matrox AVI

and Quicktime.

In the HDV world, the choices are M2T and Quicktime.

After my test shoots in both DV and HDV, here’s what I did to capture my footage:

I pushed the “CF” soft button on the FSH-200, to close the files;

I removed the CF card from the FSH-200;

I inserted it into the multi-card slot on my Dell 2407WFP monitor;

I copied the files to a hard drive.

The files imported to Adobe Premiere Pro without a hitch, and were immediately editable.  Even if you aren’t under a deadline, that kind of workflow enhancement feels really powerful.

As cool as it is, there are still some missing pieces in the FSH-200.  I would really like to see the return of time-lapse recording – what better use of solid state recording is there?  A larger Retro Cache would be nice - maybe a minute?  Avid editors will want support for Avid-native files, as in the FS-5.  And right now, the SanDisk Extreme III cards are about $82 (16Gb) and $171 (32Gb, at Amazon.)  While that is still a lot more expensive than tape for either 1+ or 2+ hours of recording, I can really see a use for the FSH-200.  For those of us with DV and HDV camcorders, DTE recording and workflow is a technological kick-in-the-pants, without having to replace the cameras that we know and (assumedly) love.  And the cost of solid-state storage is dropping quickly.  I’m currently doing dual-record – tape for archiving and hard-drive for editing.  At a street price of $899 (without media) I can easily see the FSH-200 and Compact Flash recording being added to my arsenal.

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Hi, Bruce. I will buy an FSH-200 asap. But first, please help me out on those two questions:
1. if i use a Canon XH A1 camera, do i need a minidv tape for the FSH-200 to work ? I saw this on a pdf from Focus web site (a list with compatibility camcorders). I need to be sure that i will get rid of minidv tapes forever
2. it’s pretty hard to find and buy large CF cards, i mean x333 speed and >32 GB. Can i use x233 CF cards instead and shoot in SD or HD video ? Thank you in advance.

Best regards,

Gabi

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  08/21  at  06:48 AM

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hi!
i’m using a dsr 400p with fsh 200 and sandisk extreme III 32gb for shooting, and it works well. but i don’t know why when i put fsh200 on sony’s fx7 and dsr 250 i did NOT HAVE SOUND! do you have any ideea why? i tryed 44khz as well as 32khz its the same problem. i must say that on the tape the sound was perfect but on the CF was only noise.
thanks a lot !

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  10/19  at  07:46 AM

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Can you tell me if the FS-H200 Pro can record be set to record to tape and CF Card simultaneously .. but when it comes time to change the tape ... will the unit continue to record onto the card simultaneously?

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  03/22  at  08:15 AM

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