Marshall CV503 - Why This Should Be Your Church's First Drum Camera

[@Megarobotsquadron]

We use this camera for the conductor in our orchestra pit and it works wonderfully

[@ZachBrownMedia]

Cool use case for that!

[@Megarobotsquadron]

@@ZachBrownMedia it's perfect. Not bad for low light and stays in focus. We can send the feed back stage for the chorus to sing their parts

[@ZachBrownMedia]

Yeah for the price it’s hard to beat!

[@TomHenryTography]

Thank you! I've been frantically trying to find videos about the RS485 connection setup with no success. Crazy! Glad to see there is a controller already with the camera.

[@ZachBrownMedia]

Yeah sure thing 🤙🏼 I was looking the same way and couldn’t find anything that really answered my questions

[@NicoNorona]

Great video! I was searching for this so long, very succefull explanation. Thanks man!

[@ZachBrownMedia]

Glad it helped 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

[@evidenceeriamiatoe3815]

Hi, with the Atem mini pro, would I have to change the Atem mini frame rate settings, since the Atem mini pro has a built-in scaler?

[@ZachBrownMedia]

No you shouldn’t. But I would still make sure to match all my cameras

[@dianamarcketta493]

Thanks for going through the entire review and setup for this camera. Have been searching. This answered most of my questions. Curious if you have any other footage or change in lens on this camera?

[@ZachBrownMedia]

Nope, haven’t swapped out lenses at all. This one fits our needs so we’ve left it at that! We only use it for drum cam stuff so that’s pretty much the only footage I have with it.

[@MarshallBroadcast]

we can ship you a demo unit, if you don't like it send it back to us for full credit. our guess is that you won't and you'll buy more.

[@ZachBrownMedia]

@@MarshallBroadcast awesome to see you chiming in! Feel free to reach out if you ever need anything! If want someone to test/review products, or create specific content for your own channel, or just give you some cool BROLL to use.

[@masadr__]

Hi Zach! Thank you very much for your video. I have a question to ask you, and I would be grateful if you could answer it. I was thinking of buying the Marshall cv506 to record my drumming videos for social media. But there's something that I don't understand and can't find it online: how can I see what I'm recording? The camera doesn't have a screen, so I suppose I should connect it to a computer... but how do I connect it? With the USB port? And once connected, how can I see what the camera is capturing? Do I need to download any software for that? I have a lot of doubts about this and can't figure it out. If you can answer me, you would solve a big problem for me. Thank you very much and greetings!

[@ZachBrownMedia]

Hey! It's not really made for recording, it's more of a broadcast camera. It's made to send a video feed to a switcher or something similar. You can record, but it's going to take additional hardware and maybe software depending on how you go about it. A mirrorless camera or even a GoPro would probably work better for your situation!

[@GoldenTeeTV]

The marshal POV line are true broadcast cameras and aren't really designed for consumers or have all the bells and whistles that over process the picture or create horrible out of camera delays. more importantly these are designed to feed a 10bit 422 connection 24/7 with zero latency over SDI and HDMI. Thats something a DSLR\GoPro can't do. But again, those are more for recording and ther're heavy picture processing makes them very difficult to be fed into a broadcast workflow without extra work. As for the RS485 connection (the green plug). Those are pretty standard in broadcast workflows so that you can do remote shading (color and gamma correction etc) to get the image to match the other cameras. So when you have 15+ of these setup for a gig you need something like that. The image you have coming out of the 503 is not great but sense you really didn't dial it in, that's expected. Just know it can do so much better. That and the lens it comes with is not great. Just like when you buy your DSLR and it comes with a crappy kit lens...well it's kind of the same thing here. Overall these cameras for their cost or awesome and you can see them in action in any NBA, NFL, UFC, NASA event as these are pretty standard. But yeah. If you dive into these little guys a little more you'll quickly realize why they are so awesome especially for any production house needing 10bit 422 out 24/7. Basically these are just a sensor in a housing with no belsl and whistles so you have to do work to get them looking great although Marshall has done a great job making these types of cameras pretty easy to get going with. But it sucks how many times I see people use them without showing their full potential. And no, I'm not a marshal sales guy or anything :) good stuff

[@ZachBrownMedia]

Interesting, thanks for the insight! Yeah, I think I mentioned in the video that I left everything on auto.. really more out of curiosity. I've since manually dialed in the settings. Are there any lenses you would recommend?

[@wisdominword3031]

I bought one and plug it to the atem studio but I have no video.

[@ZachBrownMedia]

Make sure the frame rate and resolution matches what the switcher is set to!

[@wisdominword3031]

@@ZachBrownMedia I saw that in this video but did you plug to a monitor so the menu can show?

[@ZachBrownMedia]

The camera defaults to 30fps. So you can change the switcher to 30fps and from there change the frame rate to whatever you’re using! Then just change the switcher back to your original fps

[@wisdominword3031]

@@ZachBrownMedia Thanks so much!

[@ZachBrownMedia]

@@wisdominword3031 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@billcaldwell3638]

Hi Zach, Thanks for sharing! I just received my first Marshall CV503 camera and I don't understand how the power adapter is supposed to connect to the supplied cable. The power cable plugs into the connector just fine, but I can't figure out how it's supposed to be secured. The one end of the cable has a threaded screw, but it just spins around and doesn't secure onto the cable. Can you assist?

[@ZachBrownMedia]

Awesome! Yeah it should just screw on to the thread no problem.. sounds like it could be an issue with manufacturing

[@billcaldwell3638]

@@ZachBrownMedia I found out I just didnt push the connectors together hard enough. Once I did, they screwed together just fine. Thanks!

[@ZachBrownMedia]

@@billcaldwell3638 Glad you got it figured out!

[@malakb3l]

@@ZachBrownMedia Quick question, is the power adapter supplied with the camera?

[@ZachBrownMedia]

@@malakb3l Yep. Breakout Cable and Power Adapter comes with it 🤙🏼

[@dawnperry6004]

How did you get it to actually turn on? I can't get a display. I'm using ATEM.

[@ZachBrownMedia]

You might need to change your Atem settings to match the frame rate/resolution of the cam first. 29.97 or 30 fps at 1080

[@dawnperry6004]

Even with the settings it is not showing a display...

[@TeknolojianKreyol]

Thanks for this1 What's the name of the SFX you used for the text?

[@ZachBrownMedia]

When I put text on the screen? It's just a camera shutter sound effect!

[@TeknolojianKreyol]

@@ZachBrownMedia Thank you so much. If it is not too much to ask about the rolling the text

[@andymono3325]

puedes hablar en español un ratito?

[@ZachBrownMedia]

no puedo hablar español ☹️