user20529: Church installation. We have the camcorder mounted 12' above the floor and I have to use a ladder to get to the camera to take out the SD card and then replace it after I have downloaded the video for edit and publishing. I use an HDMI cable to a view a remote monitor in the sound booth. Is there a way I don't have to get the ladder out each time I need to download? Is the output to the HDMI the same as the output to the SD card? 

user19491: We use Canon HFG-10 and -30 cameras connected via a Blackmagic HDMI to SDI transcoder to a Blackmagic Hyperdeck. We have other equipment in the middle, but for a single camera setup this gets the job done. Any deck capable of recording HDMI could be used.
The uncompressed video is visually indistinguishable from the output of a broadcast camera.

20529: <p>Church installation. We have the camcorder mounted 12' above the floor and I have to use a ladder to get to the camera to take out the SD card and then replace it after I have downloaded the video for edit and publishing. I use an HDMI cable to a view a remote monitor in the sound booth. Is there a way I don't have to get the ladder out each time I need to download? Is the output to the HDMI the same as the output to the SD card? </p>
 19491: <p>We use Canon HFG-10 and -30 cameras connected via a Blackmagic HDMI to SDI transcoder to a Blackmagic Hyperdeck. We have other equipment in the middle, but for a single camera setup this gets the job done. Any deck capable of recording HDMI could be used.</p>

<p>The uncompressed video is visually indistinguishable from the output of a broadcast camera.</p>
