Michael Slowe
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I don’t think that the actual burn time differs much whether it’s DVD or BD. In fact the whole process takes about an equal amount of time if you take into account the time taken by the downscaling of HD media for encoding a DVD, the encoding straight to BD seems about the same but I’ve never put a stopwatch on it.
Michael Slowe
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Jeff, I too would like to use Media Encoder but I’m darned if I’m going to rent it from Adobe. I edit on Media 100, not Premiere, and Media Encoder is not available on its own, only for rent.
Michael Slowe
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Not wishing to barge in on something that I don’t quite understand, but I’m amazed that people use this wonderful camera without taking an opportunity to view the splendid and detailed workshop on the camera by Doug Jensen in his DVD by Vortex Media. He is a master at explanation and covers almost everything that a prospective user might need to know, including a detailed exposition on Picture Profiles.
Michael Slowe
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Well Kevin, I can’t answer for Encore but the current version of BitVice would downscale (from my HD ProRes file), encode over two passes within about 50 minutes. Then there’s the burn, for me in Toast and taking about ten minutes, including verification. If you have an SD file then the encode would be much quicker. With a two hour programme you will have to watch your bit rate setting very carefully. I would have thought that anything over about 5.5mbps might not fit on the disc. The most I’ve ever put on would be ninety minutes.
Michael Slowe
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Yes but Bryce, don’t you then find that your camera position is too low for shooting faces. A shoulder mount is the correct height from that point of view but I agree, the EX 1 can’t really be shoulder mounted. The brace that I use almost gets over that problem, but not quite.
Michael Slowe
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Well Arvid, i is a problem but I’ve managed to shoot several difficult documentaries practically all hand holding my EX 1. I use a simple shoulder mounted support, the name of which escapes me right now, but it’s similar to the Sony one which sells at over $400! Mine cost me here in the UK about $100. The support is light, easy to fit, with quick release, with a padded curve that goes over my shoulder extending down to a pad which rests on my lower chest. With the right hand holding the grip and operating the zoom and start/ stop, my left hand focus, aperture etc. I can shoot for hours, no problem, except that I mustn’t breathe heavily during a shot, no good if I’ve had to move fast to get to the action!
Hand holding is a vital part of film making these days since it became acceptable not necessarily to have everything rock steady on a tripod. Nothing really replaces the old Digi Beta’s and DSR 300’s other than mega priced super 35mm cameras, which sit really conveniently on the shoulder.
Michael Slowe
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Here’s a post to keep you happy Gerry. Nothing new but all working fine and productions completed using Media 100’s great facilities, no migration here!
Happy Christmas to all our readers, (all four of them!).
Michael Slowe
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I’ve just returned from a ‘Sony Day’ at my suppliers here in the UK and was really impressed with the new PMW 300. It records at 50mbps, has a great viewfinder (eye piece over a much improved screen), and is better than the EX 3 which it replaces.
Michael Slowe
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Gary, your post is very interesting (although I share the blame for us going way off the original question).
I was at fault in misunderstanding the nature of my camera files from the EX 1. I never handle them as they get converted on import to my edit system, Media 100. I appreciate that using HQ might be going over the top but I have loads of storage so I thought I’d try for the better picture quality. Your summary of Media 100 is spot on but It’s the simplicity that I love and it will see me out, even if they do nothing new at all.
Koti, the gist of my suggestion was that maybe your files were too large for the discs.
Michael Slowe
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Gary, no offence taken, but ProRes is compressed and compared to the codec I used to edit in, Media 100 HD, the file sizes are smaller. At least that’s what shows up when I go to Info and analyse the file. I use it for that reason, less space taken up on the drives. I’m not a technical guy though so you may be better informed than me.
Michael Slowe