5D and FCP

[Mitch Ives]

I guess I’m missing your point Bill? I think pointing out a workflow that mentions archiving is the only responsible way to answer a post like this, since one never knows the experience level of the person asking the question..

For those of us that have been using digital media since before these DSLRs existed, we’ve been through countless heart wrenching posts about how people didn’t archive first, and no longer have the original files with the metadata… or archived in a way that they cannot retrieve, etc. and are are now contemplating taking their own life.

Using the “voice of experience”, I can tell you that there is a serious pitfall to taking from the camera directly. I archive first, and then load from the archive. That way if there is a problem with the archiving process, I know it now, before the cards are erased. I can’t tell you how many posts we seen where they took it from the camera and edited it, and then later went back to the archived files to further edit… only to find them corrupted or improperly copied.

Tape was simple… you just put it on the shelf. Digital cards are a lot more perilous in terms of preserving the footage.I know, I’ve been living it since the advent of P2. Just my $.02…

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.com
http://www.insightproductions.com

[Bouke Vahl]

[Mitch Ives] “Tape was simple… you just put it on the shelf. Digital cards are a lot more perilous in terms of preserving the footage.I know,”

May i remind you that currently Compact flash is the same price per minute as digibeta / HDcam tapes?
(and take a bit less shelf…)

Bouke

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[Mitch Ives]

[Bouke Vahl] “May i remind you that currently Compact flash is the same price per minute as digibeta / HDcam tapes? (and take a bit less shelf…) “

True, but not as cheap as DV, DVcam, DVCpro, HDV, etc.which was the more common standard at the end of tape development.

I suppose it also depends on what CF cards you use? I don’t use the 133X models, which are cheaper, as buffer problems have occurred. The current SanDisk Extremes are around $120 ($100 with rebate) for 16GB cards. That’s what, about $6.25/GB. If I recall correctly, high quality DV/DVcam tape was around 40 cents/GB. Even the cheapest CF card seems to be around $3/GB, and I’m not sure it would be fast enough for full frame cameras.

You’re right, for the high end, you could just shelve the cards for a similar cost. Won’t it be nice when fast CF cards are cheap enough for everyone to do that… of course future cameras will probably require more expensive cards, and we’ll be chasing the rabbit again.

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.com
http://www.insightproductions.com

[Oliver Peters]

As an FWIW, here are a few blog articles I’ve done related to posting Canon footage. The workflow has evolved, especially since this started before that last firmware update. A lot of this is general, but hopefully some of this will be helpful for the OP.

https://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-in-the-real-world/
https://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/easy-canon-5d-post-%E2%80%93-round-ii/
https://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/category/hdslrs-and-post/

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com