• Canon DSLR Cameras

  Editing Options For Canon 5D Mark II

  Posted by Allan Klingler on January 9, 2011 at 12:24 am

  Is there any reason you could not use an AJA KONA on a PC to edit footage from this model Canon digital camera? Is anyone using this hardware to edit with their CANON with HD 1980 X 1080 footage?

  Please share what you are using to edit with using this setup. I have heard of technical problems with getting this footage into a usable state.

  Allan Klingler
  https://www.tetonvideo.com

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  Professional videography since 1996
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  Bob Dix replied 15 years, 2 months ago 4 Members · 7 Replies
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  Rafael Amador

  January 17, 2011 at 12:13 pm

  [Allan Klingler] “Is there any reason you could not use an AJA KONA on a PC”
  KONAs are or Mac. XENA is the AJA line for PCs.
  Those are cards for capturing and monitoring.
  Having a KONA/XENA won’t change your workflow with DSLRs footage.
  You need to transcode the H264 files to Prores.
  rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com
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  Brian Deviteri

  January 25, 2011 at 6:12 pm

  Actually XENA isn’t made anymore, it has been re-branded on both Mac & PC as part of the KONA line now…

  In terms of setup for editing 5D Mark II footage, what’s your budget? People edit on less than iMovie machines all the way up to full-featured systems with input/output cards, massive TB’s of RAID’ed storage, sometimes on multiple workstations… it all depends on the budget, the project, and what makes sense to your workflow.

  Do you need a KONA card? No, but it does help as you can see your timeline real-time previewed on a broadcast monitor WHILE editing.
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  Bob Dix

  January 25, 2011 at 8:20 pm

  Must be nice working in the TETONS , do not muck around use Adobe CS5. I have been using Premiere Pro 1.5.1 for 6 years and use Premiere Elements to transcode to HDV /mpeg-2 as the old Adobe cannot handle the H.264 mov files correctly , you would find it hard to see any quality change from 1920 x 1080p to 1440 x 1080i in professional tape, the video is visually stunning in both formats so is the audio

  Freelance Imaging & Video
  AUSTRALIA
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  Bob Dix

  March 13, 2011 at 11:06 pm

  Thanks Dave,

  Yes we usually transcode to microsoft avi 1440 x 1080 i, uncompressed then back into the timeline to final edit, it works ok , it would seem I do not need CS5 for what we do. maybe faster with our XEON Server ?

  Freelance Imaging & Video
  AUSTRALIA
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  Bob Dix

  March 15, 2011 at 3:49 am

  I thought the “uncompressed files” would give better quality, it looks very good Export to Tape, and no shakey lines etc. on blu-ray or DVD

  Freelance Imaging & Video
  AUSTRALIA
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  Bob Dix

  March 16, 2011 at 12:30 am

  I take it that means H.264mov 1920 x 1080p@25 fps from a Canon 5D mark II on the timeline in CS5 will loose quality unless you change it to say avi HD ?

  Thanks

  Freelance Imaging & Video
  AUSTRALIA
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  Bob Dix

  March 16, 2011 at 10:02 pm

  Thanks Dave,

  Something to ponder, very interesting.

  Freelance Imaging & Video
  AUSTRALIA

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