ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR VIDEO (2 CAMERAS, ATOMOS, ETC.)
There’s no greater disaster then being in the right place, at the right time, but not getting the shot! One great backup is using an HDMI recorder!
Backing up your video is an area I think needs to be addressed with camera manufacturers (as well as creating a way to switch between cameras while recording, like a little ATEM Mini Pro on board the camera) so I've had to use a workaround. What I do is to simply mount an Atomos Ninja recorder on top of my camera right, with a little HDMI switcher...and plug 2 or 3 cameras into it. This works really well for talking head and dialog audio, but not so well for a scene where continuous, ambient audio needs to be recorded (especially in live situations). The ATEM Mini (or the Atomos switcher) is the closest thing to this method, but they are too big to mount on a camera cage, especially since I have 2 or 3 cameras on EACH cage.
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