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Sample footage is coming soon, along with photos of my set up, I promise!  Just been busy with my day job and life in general as of late.  Anyone else out there with Andromedas still have any old footage laying around?  I found this short that was made using the mod here:
 

I actually was in support of IronFilm there. ? I mean... sure I still have my good ol' GH2 for nostalgia's sake.
And there's something magical about that Sony PMW-F3 that I actually would not mind taking for a spin once...
But... to jump through all those hoops and make all that effort... for what I think is not particularly mind-blowing quality... energy spent VS reward, I don't necessarily see.
Though... that's highly subjective of course. And even if agreeing on image quality being so-so, which could work for a project you need a Lo-Fi look for I suppose, it can just be a fun hobby for the curious mind. Guess it's more productive and interesting than collecting lawn gnomes. ?
There's this fella doing videos on old audio tech, in a way it's a sort of time capsule or a museum visit, having such videos of old tech online for everyone to see and educate themselves and realize how far we actually have come. Here's Techmoan's channel should you feel interested: https://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan/videos . Guess it's a good thing that there are some people that still care and keep these things from being forgotten entirely. Though, personally, I'll stick to older lenses, not so much the cameras.

My friend, it took you one year after I started this beautiful thread to ask me that question. I love the idea of 3ccd 10bit raw with a beautiful stabilized zoom lens and the classic ergos of this camera. So, cannot wait to see what shortfilms @tktagmedia is gonna shoot with it. I already loved the SD DV cam DX1 from Panny, 3 ccd beauty in colors but interlaced and DV compression. So call me anyone.:)
No, Cine, you and me are already two, if I may suggest, that´s what you are talking about.:)
the dvx is fully capable of 24p output. Never had one, but that´s what this cam was famous for back then. David Lynch shot Inland Empire with it I think. Now, render that beautiful footage of yours, please.:) You got the only legit digital super8 camera in your hands!

Sample footage is coming soon, along with photos of my set up, I promise!  Just been busy with my day job and life in general as of late.  Anyone else out there with Andromedas still have any old footage laying around?  I found this short that was made using the mod here:
 

Quick question in regards to 24PA output rendering: should I preserve the 29.97 fps frame rate or is it now safe for me to render out to a proper 23.976 fps file?

@IronFilm My reasoning is that I'm a collector rare oddities, and this reins high on my list.  Is this up to modern standards?  No, especially with all of the concessions you have to take to capture this level of fidelity.  But is it an amazing relic?  Absolutely!

Fair enough!
Same reason I own a Brownie film camera (although mine was even cheaper than a DVX100, it was a gift!). 

Thanks @tktagmedia.  Need to get my hand on one of these. Would be amazing if there was a way to mod the dvx100 yourself, as the unmodded versions are stupid cheap

Wow, 3ccd 10bit raw, 720p, global shutter, with a leica- pana zoom lens, lens stabilization and legendary ergonomics. Keep on posting, my friend!!!!   Maybe you can resurrect the hardware hack and @BTM_Pix can join the process. We better get our DVX100 cams cheap now.:)

Gee, you greedy lover of beautiful CCD RAW image, congrats! Still, two of em! Well, great!:) Keep us posted and show us what a beautiful setup and image you got.
Maybe you could sell one of them to us for a reengineering project and  @BTM_Pix could team up with Bob Davis (http://bobdavis321.blogspot.com/2019/04/panasonic-dvx100-video-camera-repair.html) for a revival of the beautiful 3 sensor CCD, RAW Super8 cinema camera, with beautiful Leica zoom lens and legendary body and the most beautiful eyecup!

Here's a still from my first shoot with the Andromeda tonight, video will be forthcoming!
For a camera this old, the results are incredible. 
The portable laptop rig worked like a dream, and better than I could have hoped for:
::Hackintoshed PC laptop with modular SSD bay for recording (2TB SSD for shockproof, fast performance, up to 18 hours continuous recording)
::External laptop battery pack, 70,000 mAh for 7-8 hours of power-up time
Once I had my settings dialed in, I could just close the lid to the laptop, set it in my special backpack and focus on getting my shots.  It's incredible, and I'm looking forward to all the things I'll be able to do in the future.  Footage in motion is just awesome!!
Video coming soon, but in the meantime enjoy this still!
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Here's a still from my first shoot with the Andromeda tonight, video will be forthcoming!
For a camera this old, the results are incredible. 
The portable laptop rig worked like a dream, and better than I could have hoped for:
::Hackintoshed PC laptop with modular SSD bay for recording (2TB SSD for shockproof, fast performance, up to 18 hours continuous recording)
::External laptop battery pack, 70,000 mAh for 7-8 hours of power-up time
Once I had my settings dialed in, I could just close the lid to the laptop, set it in my special backpack and focus on getting my shots.  It's incredible, and I'm looking forward to all the things I'll be able to do in the future.  Footage in motion is just awesome!!
Video coming soon, but in the meantime enjoy this still!
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Here's a still from my first shoot with the Andromeda tonight, video will be forthcoming!
For a camera this old, the results are incredible. 
The portable laptop rig worked like a dream, and better than I could have hoped for:
::Hackintoshed PC laptop with modular SSD bay for recording (2TB SSD for shockproof, fast performance, up to 18 hours continuous recording)
::External laptop battery pack, 70,000 mAh for 7-8 hours of power-up time
Once I had my settings dialed in, I could just close the lid to the laptop, set it in my special backpack and focus on getting my shots.  It's incredible, and I'm looking forward to all the things I'll be able to do in the future.  Footage in motion is just awesome!!
Video coming soon, but in the meantime enjoy this still!
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Here's a still from my first shoot with the Andromeda tonight, video will be forthcoming!
For a camera this old, the results are incredible. 
The portable laptop rig worked like a dream, and better than I could have hoped for:
::Hackintoshed PC laptop with modular SSD bay for recording (2TB SSD for shockproof, fast performance, up to 18 hours continuous recording)
::External laptop battery pack, 70,000 mAh for 7-8 hours of power-up time
Once I had my settings dialed in, I could just close the lid to the laptop, set it in my special backpack and focus on getting my shots.  It's incredible, and I'm looking forward to all the things I'll be able to do in the future.  Footage in motion is just awesome!!
Video coming soon, but in the meantime enjoy this still!
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Here's a still from my first shoot with the Andromeda tonight, video will be forthcoming!
For a camera this old, the results are incredible. 
The portable laptop rig worked like a dream, and better than I could have hoped for:
::Hackintoshed PC laptop with modular SSD bay for recording (2TB SSD for shockproof, fast performance, up to 18 hours continuous recording)
::External laptop battery pack, 70,000 mAh for 7-8 hours of power-up time
Once I had my settings dialed in, I could just close the lid to the laptop, set it in my special backpack and focus on getting my shots.  It's incredible, and I'm looking forward to all the things I'll be able to do in the future.  Footage in motion is just awesome!!
Video coming soon, but in the meantime enjoy this still!
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Greetings everyone!  Proud new owner of an Andromeda DVX100 reporting in!  It was actually dumb luck that I stumbled onto this group and, more specifically, this conversation!  I just managed to get an archive of the Sculptor HD software literally the other day and and currently working on a portable run-and-gun handheld solution for on the go recording, which consists of a hackintosh laptop running Sculptor, and a secondary hot-swappable internal hard drive bay on the laptop that will essentially allow me to use large SSDs as recording cartridges.
I'm still working out the kinks and learning how to properly calibrate the software for the best possible capture.. I'm a novice enthusiast who has more of an interest in the technology aspect as opposed to straight-up filmmaking, but once I get everything running I will be sharing the resulting footage!
I hope we can keep the conversation about the Andromeda mod going!  I'm very excited to see what will come next!

You'd need to get a pre-modded camera into the hands of someone capable of reverse-engineering the hardware installed.  All of the documentation for this is officially under lock and key, save for a couple patent sketches.

Here ya go!  This software is Mac only, just FYI!
http://www.mediafire.com/file/9ajz8en7ozagwr8/Andromeda.zip/file
I highly, highly doubt it.  The hardware sends down a binary blob in a proprietary format that you have to transcode into your desired format after capture.  This isn't just a simple video stream.

Yeah...sure...meanwhile in my office.

Greetings everyone!  Proud new owner of an Andromeda DVX100 reporting in!  It was actually dumb luck that I stumbled onto this group and, more specifically, this conversation!  I just managed to get an archive of the Sculptor HD software literally the other day and and currently working on a portable run-and-gun handheld solution for on the go recording, which consists of a hackintosh laptop running Sculptor, and a secondary hot-swappable internal hard drive bay on the laptop that will essentially allow me to use large SSDs as recording cartridges.
I'm still working out the kinks and learning how to properly calibrate the software for the best possible capture.. I'm a novice enthusiast who has more of an interest in the technology aspect as opposed to straight-up filmmaking, but once I get everything running I will be sharing the resulting footage!
I hope we can keep the conversation about the Andromeda mod going!  I'm very excited to see what will come next!

Greetings everyone!  Proud new owner of an Andromeda DVX100 reporting in!  It was actually dumb luck that I stumbled onto this group and, more specifically, this conversation!  I just managed to get an archive of the Sculptor HD software literally the other day and and currently working on a portable run-and-gun handheld solution for on the go recording, which consists of a hackintosh laptop running Sculptor, and a secondary hot-swappable internal hard drive bay on the laptop that will essentially allow me to use large SSDs as recording cartridges.
I'm still working out the kinks and learning how to properly calibrate the software for the best possible capture.. I'm a novice enthusiast who has more of an interest in the technology aspect as opposed to straight-up filmmaking, but once I get everything running I will be sharing the resulting footage!
I hope we can keep the conversation about the Andromeda mod going!  I'm very excited to see what will come next!

Greetings everyone!  Proud new owner of an Andromeda DVX100 reporting in!  It was actually dumb luck that I stumbled onto this group and, more specifically, this conversation!  I just managed to get an archive of the Sculptor HD software literally the other day and and currently working on a portable run-and-gun handheld solution for on the go recording, which consists of a hackintosh laptop running Sculptor, and a secondary hot-swappable internal hard drive bay on the laptop that will essentially allow me to use large SSDs as recording cartridges.
I'm still working out the kinks and learning how to properly calibrate the software for the best possible capture.. I'm a novice enthusiast who has more of an interest in the technology aspect as opposed to straight-up filmmaking, but once I get everything running I will be sharing the resulting footage!
I hope we can keep the conversation about the Andromeda mod going!  I'm very excited to see what will come next!

Greetings everyone!  Proud new owner of an Andromeda DVX100 reporting in!  It was actually dumb luck that I stumbled onto this group and, more specifically, this conversation!  I just managed to get an archive of the Sculptor HD software literally the other day and and currently working on a portable run-and-gun handheld solution for on the go recording, which consists of a hackintosh laptop running Sculptor, and a secondary hot-swappable internal hard drive bay on the laptop that will essentially allow me to use large SSDs as recording cartridges.
I'm still working out the kinks and learning how to properly calibrate the software for the best possible capture.. I'm a novice enthusiast who has more of an interest in the technology aspect as opposed to straight-up filmmaking, but once I get everything running I will be sharing the resulting footage!
I hope we can keep the conversation about the Andromeda mod going!  I'm very excited to see what will come next!