• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Mac book pro-which one?

  Posted by David Linstrom on December 17, 2008 at 6:07 pm

  Greetings,
  I need to do some editing in the field. Very basic stuff, mostly checking picture for the editor.
  FCP6. DVCProHD off of a P2 card.
  Questions: How much faster is the 2.8GHz MacBookPro than the 2.53GHz?
  How do I get picture to my Panasonic HD monitor while editing in FCP?
  What’s the best external hard drive to travel with?

  Thanks
  Dave Linstrom
  LA based D.P.

  Jared Picune replied 17 years, 5 months ago 5 Members · 6 Replies
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  Shane Ross

  December 17, 2008 at 6:25 pm

  [David Linstrom] “How much faster is the 2.8GHz MacBookPro than the 2.53GHz?”

  Not very. Doubt you’d notice it unless you were using Compressor a lot.

  [David Linstrom] “How do I get picture to my Panasonic HD monitor while editing in FCP?”

  Matrox MXO…MXO 2…AJA IOHD.

  [David Linstrom] “What’s the best external hard drive to travel with?”

  I like the Caldigit drives, and the Maxx Digital quad interface drives. But do you mean bus powered?

  Shane

  

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  David Linstrom

  December 17, 2008 at 6:37 pm

  (Shane) “I like the Caldigit drives, and the Maxx Digital quad interface drives. But do you mean bus powered?”

  A.C. powered will do.

  How do I measure how much storage to bring?

  dlinstrom
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  Bill Dewald

  December 17, 2008 at 8:06 pm

  [David Linstrom] “How do I measure how much storage to bring?”

  Here’s a calculator:

  https://www.videospaceonline.com/

  It’s also available in widget form.
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  Ed Dooley

  December 17, 2008 at 8:13 pm

  Just checking, but you do know that the MBP doesn’t have a PC slot to read P2 cards right? The PowerBook did, but now you need to read from the camera, buy a dedicated reader, or a Express Card to PC Card adapter.
  Ed
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  David Linstrom

  December 18, 2008 at 2:15 am

  Thanks for all the great info.
  Cheers
  Dave

  dlinstrom
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  Jared Picune

  December 18, 2008 at 4:14 pm

  [Shane Ross] “I like the Caldigit drives”

  The CalDigit VR is great for the field. It has an LCD display so you can be confident that your RAID initialized properly and that the array is functioning properly.
  https://www.caldigit.com/CalDigit_VR/

  [Shane Ross] “MXO 2”
  I also like the MXO 2. I’ve only used it at trade shows so far, but I really like what Matrox has done.

  Jared Picune
  Denver Final Cut Pro UG
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