EX1 with io HD

[Michael Palmer]

By using the EX camera to play the clips out to SDI then capturing to a computer is basically a waist of time unless you need to re-encode the native EX files to match something else or for major compositing work.

Good Luck
Michael Palmer

[Dominick Pietrzak]

So there’s really no quality difference? I’m looking to get the best quality picture from my EX1 into FCS, that’s why I was interested in the io HD, but if the USB works fine then there’s really no point for me to get that.

[Craig Seeman]

I believe ioHD outputs Apple ProRes 4:2:2 over firewire.
EX outputs 4:2:2 Uncompressed over HD-SDI
EX codec otherwise is 4:2:0

If you were doing heavy compositing, chroma keying, color correction it might help. On the other hand I’ve had no problem chroma keying EX 4:2:0 shot Progressive. Keep in mind you’d be tethered to a computer and hard drives.

You’d have to have a real need to do that though. ConvergentDesign’s nanoFlash could give you 4:2:2 and be a bit more portable if you need 4:2:2.

[Adam Reuter]

Do not capture clips you’ve recorded to memory cards through HD-SDI. It may be neglibible quality loss but it’d be a waste of time/storage space. That plus the files are higher quality, again only slightly but at least storage space.

However, if you are recording a LIVE HD-SDI stream to the io HD then the benefits are 10-bit 4:2:2 and a higher bitrate with ProRes. For green screen work this would help out a lot. If I were shooting a big movie this is the route I’d go because the footage will probably be color corrected/graded heavily.

But for all else shooting to the memory cards and transferring via USB is fine.