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Varicam as a vtr
I’m wondering if there was anyone out there that has used the panasonic varicam camera itself… as a vtr deck to bring hd footage into a nle editing system like an avid. I usually rent the 1200a deck but I’m wondering after my shoot everyday if can bring the camera body to the edit bay and download out the camera like a hd videotape deck.
“Don’t talk about it, be about it!”
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STOP!!! DON’T DO IT!!!
This group will tear you a new one just for thinking about it!
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Don’t get me started Spike,
Using a camcorder as a vtr is bad charma and will get you b@$%ch slapped in a heartbeat in addition doing so puts unnecessary wear and tear on the transport heads and is a slow and painful process compared to a studio vtr.
But even with all the positives I mentioned above the drawbacks are 1) FCP does not see timecode via the embedded HDSDI signal, 2) you cannot batch capture, 3)no firewire capture 4) I will have to report your devilish actions to the rental house.
Would you put diesel in car to get better mileage when you car only runs on unleaded?
A camcorder is a image capturing device for field work and was never meant to be used as a playback digitizing device for long term use with a NLE system. That said if you have a couple of shots to capture then no harm no fowl but if your dealing with alot of tapes and shots please rent the right vtr for the proper application.
Enuff said,
Tony Salgado
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