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XD Cam and Kona
I am contemplating the new Sony PDWF330 XDCAM HD. I have a Kona LH and FCP 5.0.4. Until I upgrade FCP, (which should give XDCAM support) I am planning to go directly to DVCPro100HD through the component inputs. My question is, will this yeild good results or should I upgrade FCP immediatly.
My thought process was to skip the intra frame (HDV like) codec and move directly to a better codec like DVCPro100HD. Is this a good plan? I have no way to test so I could use a little help from anyone with experience.
Mike
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3 Replies
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The upgrade is only $49.00. Why wait?
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I would do the upgrade but do what you were thinking with using DVCPRO HD as you can’t use the 35 mb/s signal (natively) which is the only way you should be using XDcam (kidding . . . . sorta).
I am doing XDCAM HD with FCP 5.1 using my LHe
captured it all over SDiDAVE at Movies Rock in Toronto
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I’m using a Kona 2 to capture my XD HD using DVCPRO HD and it looks absolutely stunning!
But let me ask… Are you looking at the F330 for budget reasons? If you can find a way to swing it, the F350 is a better camera since it can overcrank and undercrank your video and the ability of having an HD-SDI output is a major feature for us.
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
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