sdcam master tapes

[Douglas Spotted eagle]

not sure if you mean “XDCam” masters (in which case they’re not tape?)

DVCam? Most any deck out there from Sony handles DVCam
BetaCam? Most any post house will dupe to Beta, although it’s a mostly-dead format.

I’m not familiar with the format “SDCam” as an acquisition format, but have seen references to PDA’s?

Douglas Spotted Eagle
VASST

Certified Sony Vegas Trainer
Aerial Camera/Instructor

[Roger Bansemer]

Sorry, I meant HDcam master tapes.
Here’s my situation. I have all my programs on Vegas and ready to have HD master tapes made for a PBS series they have approved. I’m new to much this and the company I’m working with now is having a real problem knowing what to do to get my Vegas projects onto HDcam masters as they mainly work with Final Cut and Avid. I’m looking for a company that can use my Vegas projects and take it from there to make these masters which PBS needs.
Sorry to be so green at this.

[Douglas Spotted eagle]

Most any HD post house can print this to HDCAM tape.
You can render your project to uncompressed 4:2:2, or you can render to XDCAM 4:2:2 in Vegas in the IMX templates. Whether they’re using FCP, Avid, or Vegas with SDI output, it won’t make a difference. They’ll be able to print, or should be.

Douglas Spotted Eagle
VASST

Certified Sony Vegas Trainer
Aerial Camera/Instructor