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Going HD…
Ok, I’m finally making the jump from SD to HD…better late then never, right?
I feel like I did when I first started working with DV footage about eight years ago…confussed! I think I have decided on a Panny HMC150, cant afford P2 technology, need 3CCD’s for weddings and sports, and like the price point.
However I’m using FCP 6 on a dual 2.66 intel mac, with 2 Ghz of ram.
Sooooo, I need a little guidance on what I need to beef up so I’m ready for my new camera.
I obviously need more ram, I’m thinking an additional 6 Ghz (8 total). I also need more hard drive space, I’m thinking 4 GB. But should I be looking at an external solution like G tech, or a couple internal HDD’s? Finally, I need an external HD monitor solution… whats the most bang for the buck? I cant afford a real HD monitor so I was thinking a nice 1080p tv and maybe a black magic card? Would this work for a start?
Most of the work I do is weddings, sports, and events.
This is all new to me, up till now it has all been SD shooting and editing, so any advice would be really helpful.
Thanks.
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FCP 6, maybe 7 soon… Photoshop CS3… I try not to run a lot at the same time.
-Shane -
Yea… total typo, I meant 4TB, not 4GB.
Thanks.
-Shane -
I’m using a MBP that is 2 years old. 3 GB RAM, 2.16 GHZ intel duo core chip. This machine is fast enough to edit, etc. The only real slowdown for me is the transcoding process in ProRez. This is primarily due to the slower processor. You should be fine. I’d have 3 hard drives if I were you:
1. 1 TB hard drive for the media files. Perhaps a RAID 0. ProRez files aren’t small.
2. Two 500 GB hard drives for archiving your original media. Since you wont have tapes, you’ll need hard drives for back up. You’ll want two in case one fails. Or should I say, you’ll want two for WHEN one fails. If you don’t like using hard drives for this, then go the Blu Ray archive route.-trevor ward
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