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digi camera to FCP–no render
Can anyone recommend a small digital camera that can take video?
Something that takes footage that doesn’t require rendering in FCP?
Something I can carry with me in my pocket, that records on a memory stick.
I’m looking to spend under $300.Josh
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[Josh Snider] “Something that takes footage that doesn’t require rendering in FCP?”
I don’t think that’s possible as FCP does not support realtime editing with MPEG-4 formats except H.264 and there only marginally. All the cameras I’ve seen that are that small use a derivative of the MPEG-4 codec.
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[Josh Snider] “an anyone recommend a small digital camera that can take video?
Something that takes footage that doesn’t require rendering in FCP? “Yup. They’re called DV cameras. They’re cheap, the quality is far better than memory stick camcorders (at the price), the tapes are dirt cheap and you can keep them forever or reuse them. DV requires no rendering in FCP. You can tell FCP what sections to capture and have a nice cup of tea whilst it does it (or coffee if you must).
Why on earth would you want to use a cheap memory stick camcorder with an expensive piece of edit software?
Hope that helps.
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