Firewire -> P2 Card Adapter and DVCPRO 1080p preview

[Jason Dutcher]

If I can jump in here with a question please. I may be doing a 2 day shoot with the HVX next month. I have not used it before. It will be longer form takes ranging in the 15-20 min variety. So the 8Gb cards may be a bit small, so I was going to use the Firestore to capture and then transfer to an external drive. But, am I seeing here Joerg that you go directly from the HVX and into the powerbook and then out to an external drive? Most of our setups will be stationary so a cable running from the camera to a laptop would not be too bad.
Anyway, wondering what my best option for capturing would be in this case? Firestore and then transfer? P2 card and hot swap/transfer? Or direct line out to laptop, then to external drive? Or can I just hook up any external FW drive without the laptop?

Thanks!!!

[Shane Ross]

I am too much a fan of the P2 cards. What format are you shooting? If 720p24 24PN, then you can get about 28min or so on an 8GB card.

Shane

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