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Best HD camera for FCP. Stable capturing and editing.
I am used to the old days of mini-DV format when things where simple LOL! With the introduction of new formats I do not know which way to go?
Can someone help me in the best HD Camcorder for ease of capturing and editing. I will need to give pros and cons to my boss. I know DV tape is still easy to capture and edit but what is the cons of it now a days?
I heard with compressed formats editing can be difficult and still has issues??
Budget wise looking at options in the $2500K up to $4K.
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Your topic, “Best HD Camera for FCP. Stable Capturing and Editing” and a budget of no more than $4k don’t jive.
The best cheap camera for HD for FCP are the Panasonic HVX-200 and the Sony EX-1 / EX-3. Both are more than $4k.
My favorite HD camera for FCP is the Panasonic HVX-900. Again, more than $4k.
A decent cheap camera is the Sony Z1U. It’s HDV and has the best image of any cheap HDV camera I’ve seen.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
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JVC just announced a camera that will shoot just about all flavors of HD in native QT format, so it will be the absolute easiest workflow with FCP.
https://pro.jvc.com/pro/attributes/CAMERA/clips/itspossible.html
It will be out this April and sell for less than $4,000.
Have a wonderful day.
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The JVC cam holds promise but who knows if those quicktimes
will be a problem or not (the firestore drive device is not without its own set of problems)to answer your inquiry about BEST WORKFLOW then ANYTHING that is DVCPRO-HD related
is GOOD! It’s the most stable solid workflow to this day. Walter & Shane can
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thanks all for the input.
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Sean, I can vouch for the Z1, it’s a solid camera and shoots a great image. I use one at work all the time, it works great with ProRes via Firewire capture as well. The only downside is you have to get used to the LCD, but you can work around that by adjusting zebra levels.
Cheers,
Asher -
One more question regarding the Panasonic format. Is AVC-Intra and DVCPRO HD the same or different. Do they both require rendering when placing into FCP?
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[Sean Tatalovich] “Is AVC-Intra and DVCPRO HD the same or different. Do they both require rendering when placing into FCP?
“Different formats. DVCPro HD does not require rendering. AVC can be converted to DVCPro HD.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
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For the price ($2999) the Canon A1 is pretty hard to beat.
HDV is not so fun though, unless you like long render
times.Will Griffith
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I like what I’ve seen from the A1 and I’ve had several
come through the facility here.You can always capture via component as DVCPRO-HD to
get around the HDV boggles. (if your system can’t handle prores/firewire capture as will suggested. -
The A1 is a nice camera. If you have a G5 a Blackmagic intensity card works nice capturing DVCPRO-HD via HDMI. I was actually capturing and editing ProRes on a Powerbook G4 (Aluminum 1.67ghz?) The capture did lag, but the editing wasn’t too bad once it got onto the machine.
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