Aaron Stewart
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Shouldn’t need to do ProRes HQ if you are importing DSLR footage….
Aaron R. Stewart
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Check for updates. Usually there is a RAW update when this happens, and once updated it should fix your problem.
Aaron R. Stewart
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No problem. I believe all you really have to have is the DCIM folder with a folder inside of it with the files in it.
The proper folder structure is as follows:
-EOS_Digial
-DCIM
-100EOS7D
– (this is where your .mov and .thm files reside)I know the EOS_Digital can be renamed to anything. I’m not sure what would happen if the EOS7D disappeared from the name, but my gut tells me that FCP is just looking for the general folder structure with the DCIM > folder > content.
Glad it worked. That plugin is a life-saver.
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Yes, just recreate the file structure of the 7D. I can’t remember what it is off the top of my head….
Just look at a memory card. The file structure goes SOMETHING like:
DCIM/EOS7D/your movie.mov
So create a file called DCIM, then a file within that that is EOS7D and then drop your files (both movie and thumbnails) in there. In the EOS-1 plugin select that DCIM file as the one to read off of, and it should pull ALL of your files in.
If that doesn’t work make sure my directory structure is right by looking at a memory card straight off the camera and how the files are structured. This should solve your problem.
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But whatever would we do with our beautiful battery grips?! Extra tall cameras! 🙂
I could go with that.
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Perhaps, but I think where Pro Photogs are going to start moving is more in the direction of something with a lot more still image quality than a Red or similar camera can offer right now, such as a Hasselblad or similar. A lot of commercial photography is still done with medium format cameras, not necessarily Canon’s higher end DSLRs. Not saying they aren’t used at all (because they are) but medium format offers much higher quality than these cameras can attain. Your stock photographer lifting frames from a Red One is still going to be beaten soundly by someone using a full frame or bigger sensor (so long as they know how to take a picture!)
It’ll be interesting to see what type of impact Red makes between this year and next with their DSMC cameras. Modular designs are certainly a way to go for the convergence of these two areas, as you said, but not all companies think like Red does.
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Photogs and videographers have different needs. I don’t see the same product for both services, I can’t predict the future, but I have a hard time believing that a pro-photographer is going to be wanting to buy a camera that has XLR inputs on it. Most likely this will just be a refresher for the video market so it gets larger sensor sizes, better low light performance, and higher resolutions (or something similar to what Arri is doing, a large sensor that records really really good 1080p). Prosumer camcorders and DSLRs may converge, but that will be for video-people only, and produce video-centered products only….we aren’t going to drag pro photogs into our camp and have them buying our cameras. They’ll still have a separate product that serves their needs.
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Low light, and an easy ability to have extremely shallow depth of field are a couple of bigger advantages of DSLR video, mainly due to the larger sensor size and the glass you can put with it (which is relatively cheap to get nice lenses for DSLRs, but a bit more expensive in the video world.) They are smaller form cameras, so some people like having the small footprint when shooting. But there are LOTS of disadvantages (audio recording, record time limitation, aliasing, zooming, etc) to them as well, so there is a bit of give and take with DSLRs.
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The plugin is called E1. So thats why that is there. Glad you got the drop down menu!
Aaron R. Stewart
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Also Philip Bloom has many resources for free on his website (if you dig through old blogs) as well as a DVD that explains all the beginner stuff with DSLRs… for the 5DMkii and 7D. (DVDs are for sale)
Haven’t read Robbie’s book yet. 🙂 But someone let me borrow their Bloom 7D DVD… I already knew most of it, but it was a good overview of everything. Bloom approaches it from a video camera perspective… so if you already know Sony/Panasonic/Canon video cameras, that may be easier… Robbie does your book approach from a photog perspective only? Or do you do both?
Aaron R. Stewart
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