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Thinking Of Getting A JVC Everio GZ-HD620B And Was Wondering How To Get It To Work WIth Final Cut Pro
I currently have 2 Canon Vixia HV30’s Right now, but I am thinking of selling my HV’s and going fully digital with a HDD Based Camera, The JVC Everio GZ-HD620B looks like an excellet camera with 3CCDs Full 1080 Recording as well as a 120GB Hard Disk Drive to record on, but I have heard that it doesn’t work with Final Cut Pro, I am currently using
MacBook Pro 17 Inch
4GBs Of Ram
2.5GHZ
And The Latest Final Cut ProSo I was wondering if that is at all true and if so how do use the camera with Final Cut Pro or to stay on tape and use the HV30’s
Thanks Everyone
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Avoid the Everios like the plague. I’ve used them and they are horrible for MAC users. They shoot in an obscure codec and the packaged software only works for PCs. I’ve found work around software but was unhappy with the picture quality. Unless you want to save up for a camera like the HM100 I would stay away from JVC. But then again you could get a Panasonic AG-HMC40 for a little less. To stay in that under $1000 category I would stick with Canon or Sony.
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I use them all the time. The trick is to not try to import the files directly. I simply capture the footage using the HDMI output into my Kona LHi card. I capture as ProRes 1920×1080 and it actually looks pretty good. I use three small cameras as POV cameras on a show we do. They aren’t main cameras but do provide some pretty good footage in a small package where the larger cameras wouldn’t fit. I use GZ-HD7U 3-chip hard drive cameras.
TomFaster! Better! Cheaper!
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Hi Tom,
I recently bought an Everio HM-550 to record from the HDMI to a NANO-Flash.
Haven’t tried that yet, because I can’t find around an Mini-HDMI to Mini-HDM cable.
I bought that model because its has the bigger CMOS (no CCD) that you can find in any camera (Canon, Pana, SONY) of this kind (almost 1/2″).
The only problem I find with the Everio is that its doesn’t records Progressive, but Interlaced.
Probably I will sell it and buy the Canon HFS 100, that has as well a very big CMOS.
The codec of the Everio is AVCHD. To work with it in a MAC, you need to use ClipWrap, to re-wrap the .mod files as QT (no rendering but re-wrapping). I guess that in FC, you can use Log & Transfer as well to convert the files to Prores.
Cheers,
Rafael -
Hi,
I work for JVC and would like to try and help.
Any of our JVC HD Everios from 2008 on that record in the AVCHD format (.mts file extension) will work very nicely with a recent Apple with the latest version of Final Cut Pro.
Apple was actually one of the first companies to really get behind AVCHD, and as long as your Mac has an Intel processor it will work fine. Final Cut Pro has supported AVCHD, including JVC, since version 6.0.1. I have used it many times with good results.
Older JVC models, and older versions of Final Cut Pro could work together, but it was not nearly as easy.
I think you’d be very happy with the GZ-HD620, but do keep in mind that it is not a 3-CCD. In fact, it is a 1/4″ 3.32 Megapixel CMOS Sensor. For an additional step-up in performance, you may also want to consider the GZ-HM550 or GZ-HM1. Both models have a 1/2.3″ 10.62MP CMOS Sensor, and both are getting outstanding reviews for picture quality.
Chris
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