sony hxr-nx5u nxcam and Final Cut

[Martin Curtis]

IIRC, the NX5U shoots SD as MPEG2 of a type FCP doesn’t want to know about. My suggestion would be to try MPEG Streamclip to transcode.

[Yari Rodas]

Hey, I am having the same problem. I have Final Cut Pro v. 6.0.6, it has recognized the card reader in the past, but yesterday I tried using the camera unit, and it didn’t work. So I tried using the card reader again, right after, and still I had no luck! How did you fix the problem? Or did it just out of a sudden started working?

[Kari Mitchell]

Hey there!

Remove you flash unit from the camera and plug it right into you Mac.

Open FInal Cut and press Log Transfer.

All you footage should come up and voila – juts drag and drop.

It should transfer into your Final Cut.

Hope this helps – mine is working like a dream 🙂

Kari

[Dennis Dean]

Kari – I have been reading this post while researching the Sony hxr-nx5u nxcam.

Are you using this camera with FCP 6.06 ? How’s it going?

DD

Dennis Dean
The Dean Group
-It’s about results-
http://www.deangroup.com

[Kari Mitchell]

Hi there,

It was working great until the files became larger. Once the interviews for the documentaries were over 18 minutes each, they crashed. The computer kept giving me the message that “the device was removed improperly.”

I was on the phone with SONY who said it was the version of FInal Cut I was using which is 6.0.6. I have ordered 7.0.3. Apparently the glitches are fixed in that version. I can watch the clips play but not get them, off – so close and yet so far! Fingers crossed that the new software is the answer.

Kari

[Dennis Dean]

Are you getting M2T clips out of the memory card? Or is your memory recorder capable of something else? I’m involved in a project with a Sony HVR-MRC1 Memory REcording Unit and everything came out M2T – which I’m converting with ClipWrap. I’m thinking if I get the camera I need the right Memory Recorder – or maybe an Aja unit that will take me directly to something I don’t need to transcode.

Dennis Dean
The Dean Group
-It’s about results-
http://www.deangroup.com

[Alan Carvalho]

I wondered if anyone has also considered the prosumer version of the HXR-NX5U? it’s the Sony HDR-AX2000; I happened upon it by accident at my local video store, and was impressed with the features AND the price being $3500 retail instead of the $4800 retail for the pro version nx5u.
Seems like the specs are identical, outside of NO SDI output nor option for solid state hard drive attachment.
Would be interested in having feedback posted if anyone is doing a comparison.
I’ve got a Sony PMW-EX1R and was looking for either of these models and a B camera for production.

[John Lenihan]

I find the 128 gig memory device aka solid state hard drive, extremely useful and would not miss it.

John Lenihan

John Lenihan

LeniCam Video Productions
https://www.lenicam.com

[Eric Pensenstadler]

It may be too late now, but in response to Gary St Martin’s post above there is an update for FCP 7 that fixes that issue. I’m going off memory here, but I’m pretty sure that was the fix.

Eric

[Mike Scannel]

The AJA Ki Pro is portable and can accept the SDI output. It records the footage in Apple ProRes 4:2:2 format.