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PP2 and XDcamHD
Any real-life stories / disasters / triumphs???
Alan in PALland
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Just cutting a corporate now in Premiere on XDCAM HD. We plug the F350 camera into the firewire and either digitise from down-converted DV or HD-SDI into a Decklink. We have to treat the XDCAMHD as a tape VTR as Premiere can’t support MXF ingest from the camera, unless you want to go Axio. The downconverted DV is a bit yuck but workable. The HD MJPEG capture gives very nice results and can play back on a low-drive raid system. I edit in SD so I have to scale and render.
I was going to buy XDCAMHD this week but have had to go for DVCPRO50 again for technical and price reasons. I’m habging out for the Big Three; Grass Valley Infinity/REV Pro, Panasonic AJ-2100 P2 and the 2/3″ XDCAMHD.
Peter Corbett
Powerhouse Productions
Australia
http://www.php.com.au -
Just cutting a corporate now in Premiere on XDCAM HD. We plug the F350 camera into the firewire and either digitise from down-converted DV or HD-SDI into a Decklink. We have to treat the XDCAMHD as a tape VTR as Premiere can’t support MXF ingest from the camera, unless you want to go Axio. The downconverted DV is a bit yuck but workable. The HD MJPEG capture gives very nice results and can play back on a low-drive raid system. I edit in SD so I have to scale and render.
I was going to buy XDCAMHD this week but have had to go for DVCPRO50 again for technical and price reasons. I’m habging out for the Big Three; Grass Valley Infinity/REV Pro, Panasonic AJ-2100 P2 and the 2/3″ XDCAMHD.
Peter Corbett
Powerhouse Productions
Australia
http://www.php.com.au -
Thanks Peter,
Bit of a bummer, that no support for MXF. Guess I’ll stay FCP presently and maybe give Vegas a go.
Thanks Alan
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Axio/Axio LE is definitely the way to go. Multi-stream native HD file playback in real time with effects; direct file import via 1394 (no need for a deck). The money you save not buying a deck pays for the system! Why would anyone convert when you can edit from the native files – saving a ton of disk space among other factors. We are very happy with the XDCAM HD/Axio combination.
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Agreed Eric. Axio and XDCAM HD are a great match. The 8-bit render thing is waht kills Axio LE for me, but for most work it probably wouldn’t be an issue.
I really wanted to get the new HDX900 DVCPROHD camera but I’d need to spend 25g’s on a deck. Those days are gone. I’ll be watching Infinity and the new Panasonic HPX2100 for a similar workflow to Axio/XDCAM.
Peter
Peter Corbett
Powerhouse Productions
Australia
http://www.php.com.au
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