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Panasonic HVX 202 Shoot and Edit
Hi all,
I am about to work on a low budget short film which is going to shoot on a Panasonic HVX 202, which uses P2 cards instead of tapes. I have been put in charge of organising the post production end of the shoot and would like some advice as I am not familiar with using P2 cards. Any help is greatly appreciated!
1. What is the easiest way of getting the footage onto the edit suite? We will have 2 P2 cards so were going to shoot with one while getting footage from the other. How long does it take to get the footage from the cards onto the computer using the camera and Fi-Wire connection?
2. Is there the possibility of down-converting the footage and if so is it worth doing?
3. How much space does HD footage take up?
4. We will be shooting High Definition (with the HVX 202) and Standard Definition (with another Panasonic 3CCD camera which uses mini dv tapes). Can we edit HD and SD on the same timeline in Final Cut Pro? We have the new Final Cut Pro Studio 2. If so, do we set up the project for HD?
Thanks again if anyone can help me out.
Shaun
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[Shaun du Sart] “1. What is the easiest way of getting the footage onto the edit suite?”
What edit suite? I’m guessing FCP since you posted in a FCP forum. In that case the best way is via LOG and TRANSFER…I have a tutorial on this:
[Shaun du Sart] “How long does it take to get the footage from the cards onto the computer using the camera and Fi-Wire connection?”
Rule of thumb is 1min per GB of footage. 4GB, 4 min. 16GB, 16 min.
[Shaun du Sart] “2. Is there the possibility of down-converting the footage and if so is it worth doing?”
Only after you import. And no, it isn’t worth doing. DVCPRO HD 720p is editable with firewire 400 drives. 1080 via firewire 800 drives, internal SATA, eSATA drives.
[Shaun du Sart] “Can we edit HD and SD on the same timeline in Final Cut Pro?”
Yes, but the blown up SD won’t look nearly as good as the HD footage. And unless you upconvert it via hardware options (Kona 3, Terranex), it won’t match too well. You can edit HD in a SD sequence. HD downconverts to SD well.
Shane
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[Shaun du Sart] “1. What is the easiest way of getting the footage onto the edit suite? We will have 2 P2 cards so were going to shoot with one while getting footage from the other. How long does it take to get the footage from the cards onto the computer using the camera and Fi-Wire connection? “
Shaun,
As far as I know, you can’t use your camera as the source for importing your P2 footage while shooting. It’s one or the other. I’d suggest you check out the Panasonic HVX – HVX(P2) forum for more information.
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