On 30 Mar 2001 11:54:16 -0800, Paul Rubin wrote:

>If I want to shoot the same scene with multiple cameras, is there a
>way to synchronize the cameras so they show the same time code at the
>same instant? That means getting the clocks synced in the first
>place, but also keeping them sync, since even an xtal oscillator
>drifts enough over an hour-long tape to be off by a frame or two at
>the end.
>
>I'm talking about consumer or prosumer cameras (TRV-900, say) but
>if they don't have this capability, I wonder if pro cameras do.

If you are editing in a suitable NLE (Premiere works
well for this), multiple cameras are easily synchronized
using the sound track visuals (no need to use the
tape time-code).