Sony FX3 FX30 Timecode: just one Deity TC1 to sync unlimited cameras!

Sync all your Sony FX cameras with just one Deity TC-1 and one Sony BNC adaptor: they keep the sync perfectly even after one day!

[InvisageStudios]

Tried Jaming our sony's like this but they do indeed drift apart by more than a couple frames over a half day shoot.

For some people this is "close enough". But we ended up buying the 3-pack of the TC-1 and also got the Deity TC23 instead of using Sony's BNC adapter.
Now our FX6, FX3 and ZOOM F6 are all EXACTLY sync'd for an entire shoot day. The set I have I tested - they dropped apart by 1 frame after about 36 hours. Pretty good!

[MiguelReyes-sxvs]

Where was this video when I bought all my timecode devices 🤣🤣🤣 This is great I am def testing this out in the next few days

[gravitymediapro]

New sub! Thank you! That’s an amazing tip that I’ve never seen anywhere else. I hope your channel skyrockets with much deserved success.

[SitinprettyProductions]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful tip!! All the gear can really add up so I appreciate these little known tricks :)

[arhon]

This is great. Is it possible to do similar with the A7IV?

[Under_The_Mask_Studio]

So You just plug and then unplug deity from camera? and do the same thing to others cameras? That's it?

[R-kn]

Great video. Super helpful. Can you share a link to the Sony Cable(s) needed for this?

[marioivanlopezcota]

Hi, I have a question, due the new firmaware 3.0 Update of the A7IV, do you know if this works for the A7iv by Multiport? like the FX series

[comeraczy]

I realize that this video is a few months old, but I just stumbled on it while looking into cheap solutions to synchronize a field recorder timecode with a Sony a7 iv. This is very interesting information. Thanks a lot for taking the time to make this video.
I do have a question: Did you try it on other Sony cameras? I am asking because I looked into the Sony Camera Remote SDK, and there is a set of functions to control the timecode remotely, but these functions are available only for the A7R v, A7 iv, and ZV-E1. Surprisingly, these functions to control timecodes aren't available for the FX3 and FX30. Since the VMC-BNCM1 seems to be a trivial piece of engineering from a conceptual point of view, I was wondering if there would be a chance to make it to work on the A7R v, A7 iv, and ZV-E1.

[smryt]

This was great video. I have a question, if I unplug the tc-1 from my cameras do you think I’ll have any audio drift issues during a 4-5 hour shoot? I plan on getting just one Deity TC-1 to use for my fx3, fx30, and zoom recorder

[HardIsEasy]

Thanks for the video do you know if this works for A7siii as well?

[LifeandLegacyMedia]

Do you know if you can do this with Nikon DSLR's that have timecode capabilities? I have a couple of D780's

[Energie-Events]

Thank you for this cool Video. Does the Tentacle Sync also work with 4K 50p? Because I've read, that the tentacle just accepts 30p as maximum.

[brodtkunst]

hi, i can't understand why the cameras can't be connected via bluetooth. It works with zoom or tascam. thanks for your support

[rickymcc]

Thanks. Just subscribed. Great tip as I want to move to multi cam capability for video. Is this just limited to FX3 and FX30 or can it also be set in other cameras like the a7iv?

I have just bought a Deity TC-1 triple kit. Plan eventually to buy an FX3 then maybe a FX30.

Currently I'm using an a7iv hybrid camera. Was initially planning to use with my MixPre-6ii field recorder for off-camera sound syncing later in DaVinci Resolve. Specifically TC-1 box plugged into audio jack on a7iv (scratch audio right track and audio-timecode on left track) so that Sony's a7iv can also be TC synced at expense of recording high quality sound direct to camera. Audio version of TC is then easily converted into meta data timecode for easy auto sync with metadata marked sound tracks, ex MixPre-6ii.

[JoATTech]

The time in the cameras is not that accurate as TCXO (temperature compensated crystal oscillator) which is a time source in TC-1. You will get out of sync quite quickly. Depends on the manufacturer of the camera it's sometimes 30 minutes sometimes few hours.

Although you can use just one TC-1 to feed the code to 2-3 or 4 cameras constantly just via the cable and split cables ...

[dpjohnjones]

Great video! I am glad to know I will only need one unit for both of my FX-30’s. Btw was that sound behind the logo in the beginning the sound of a eye pressure test lol? If so that it genius!

[nima]

I know this is stupid question, but why don’t you just sync in post?

[dathofilms]

I am not sure if I udnerstood, what is the trick here? Would any timecode generator work or is this specific to Deity TC1? How does it work?