Michael Slowe
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Tim, there are so many different workflows available it can be very confusing. You already have different answers, all successful for the people concerned. For what it’s worth mine, which gives me great DVD’s and even better BD’s, is as follows:
Shooting on Sony EX 1 in 1920 X 1080i, editing in ProRes 422 HQ. Export to QT .mov in ProRes, drag file into BitVice for encoding. BitVice does a really first class downscale to SD before encoding. I do a two pass encode at a VBR 7.25 average (depending on the length of the production). Then the m2v and the ac3 files go into Studio Pro for mixing etc and finally I burn the img file to disc in Titanium Toast 11 Pro. Great DVD’s, seen them in a cinema, still great.
For BD’s I just use Toast for the encode and burn on a stand alone Lacie burner.
Michael Slowe
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The two filters are very different in applications. A UV filter has very little effect optically in my experience, maybe helps somewhat with the treatment of sky areas but, as I said, I just use it for protection. Tiffen filters are generally regarded as the best available brand.
Michael Slowe
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Do a manual white balance in the usual way, with a white card in the given light at the time of shooting. If you are new to the camera you should view a video which explains all the features on the camera. I don’t know if there has been one made yet for the 200 but Doug Jensen of Vortex Media did a fabulous one for the EX cameras and doubtless also for the 200. Exact colour grading is best left to post production in my opinion but I often set my chosen Kelvin figure as a Picture Profile, rather than doing a White Balance. Everybody has their own way of obtaining the picture that they want but you are safer setting a manual white balance.
I always fit a top quality UV filter on any camera I own but that is for protection of the front element more than any optical advantage.
Michael Slowe
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So Ian, what Mitch and I are saying is: can we have a simple log and transfer app. into which we can load our BPAV folders view the material and then select sections from various clips (sub clips) for importing into our chosen edit system. In other words, exactly what you initially provided when the EX cameras first arrived. Luckily I still have mine installed and continue to use it, although with OS Mountain Lion I have to work it slightly differently. Simplicity is all, things today are getting way too smart!
Michael Slowe
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Well said Mitch, I think that Content Browser is a real bitch to use and understand.
Michael Slowe
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Ian, I appreciate all that, I know that Media 100 is encoding the ProRes. My point is that I use the Transfer for doing just that, I want to continue doing just that without all the complicated distractions of the new Content Browser. I know that it will transfer the media but it’s a hell of a job to work it all out. What’s so special about FCP, I regard Media 100 as being superior, but then I’m a very old editor.
Michael Slowe
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Hate Content Browser, it’s much too complicated and does stuff I don’t need. Love Sony EX Transfer, still have the original version and it does what I want, lets me play and select sections of clips from my BPAV folders and import them into my Media 100 edit suite in the ProRes 422 HQ codec for editing. I hope that I can continue importing my EX media in this way.
Ex 1 Camera
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Alister Chapman is your man for this. See his site, he’s the Sony ‘go to man’.
Michael Slowe
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The only thing I would say is that the PMW 200 records at 50mbps whereas the EX 1 and 3 record at 35 VBR . You probably won’t see the difference, the broadcasters seem to have settled on a 50mbps requirement, hence all the new cameras recording at that rate. Your match with either of the cameras you mention should be fine.
Michael Slowe
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The biggest up grade appears to be the inclusion of a ‘proper’ viewfinder. All the other similar models have a useless finder as far as focus is concerned, and a fairly inadequate screen, especially when shooting outdoors in bright light. Any ideas on pricing?
Michael Slowe