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Syncing 4 DSLR’s – record timecode?
Hi, I’m planning to do a music promo video, and I’m propably going to use 4 DSLR cameras – mix of 5D’s and 7D’s. I really would like to prepare things the best way I can, which I think would be recording timecode to be able to sync the cameras more easily later. Could you recommend me a workflow how to do that? Or is there some other, more convenient way to prepare the footage for editing later? I have option to edit both in Premiere CS5 on Win and Final Cut Studio 3 on Mac…
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No such thing as timecode with DSLR
Software side is Plural Eyes.
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The cameras don’t record timecode.
A good option might be to use PluralEyes or DualEyes from singular software to sync the cameras and your master audio track using the audio track waveform.
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If you don’t have, or don’t want to invest in third party software for syncing, there’s a little trick I used quite a couple of times in music videos:
Prepare the playback track with two or three sound-beeps, before the music starts.
In your NLE you can easily sync the different waveforms of each camera by eye with those “sound events”.For workflow I would recommend the multi camera mode. In Premiere it is limited to four cameras.
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Or as Paulo has suggested in the past, use a JavaScript timecode generator to display timecode on a monitor, have all cameramen start recording by shooting the monitor first and don’t interrupt recording. Sync the timecode at the head on all angles and you’re good to go.
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Jam Sync in post, you can use Pluraleyes if you want to use the multiclip workflow, make sure to shoot in the same framerate across the board.
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If you already have a continuous LTC SMPTE timecode source you can actually use timecode on dslr cameras…
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