by Eric on August 26, 2010

The Zacuto Quick Draw is basically a trimmed-down version of the Zacuto Striker (without the shoulder stock), and actually I don’t even know that you can pick up the Quick Draw as a standalone product anymore. Nevertheless, Zacuto prices have dropped, and the Striker kit is even in a relatively reasonable price range now. [click to continue…]

I hadn’t used the EOS-E1 plugin for Canon H.264 movie files from the 1D Mark IV, 7D and 5D Mark II until today. When I tried to log and transfer the files from a folder on my desktop, I was getting an error message that stated that my file:
“contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media.”
This is where getting ahead of myself burned me. The folder structure from your CF card has to be the default Canon structure – including the blank “MISC” folder. So, if you are accustomed to transferring your footage to a drive on your computer or an external media drive, then this can be problematic. [click to continue…]