Aaron Stewart
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It is possible to adjust the microphone level in the menus.
There are no volume meters as of yet, this is one of the shortcomings of the camera. Magic Lantern released firmware for the 5d mark ii that put audio meters, but has yet to release firmware for the 7d to do that.
There are a lot of people (such as myself) that record audio separately and sync in post, but that is complicated and requires the additional expense of an audio recorder of some type.
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Depends on how it was shot…. I’d say the EX could probably get better images, but I loath the xdcam format in general…. I’ve seen stuff shot with the Sony 700 camera in 50 mb/s that my 7d would kill as far as image quality.
Get some good lenses for the 5dmkii and I would say you’d be stacking up pretty close. The EX might be a little sharper image.
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Yep! Limitations of the camera. If only Canon had allowed us to output live HDMI feed straight to something like a KiPro we wouldn’t have to deal with this. Oh well, thus is life.
Aaron R. Stewart
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Well, the 500 or 3700 will be a lot less hassle than the 5Dmkii, but the 5Dmkii has the low-light capabilities and smaller form factor. Sounds like you are stuck on the codec, which the 500 and/or 3700 are going to outshine the h.264 by a good bit, a lot less compression on the image… doesn’t matter if you are converting to ProRes later, the compression is still on the image with the 5Dmkii.
Plus you could take the 500’s HDSDI output straight into something like a KiPro and get 10bit ProRes images out of the camera (that’d put you up around HDCAM quality as far as your image capture). But thats in terms of QUALITY with codecs.
Is a 35mm adapter going to get you the same type of image as a 5Dmkii (in terms of pure LOOK value)? Well, thats just a camera test waiting to happen. I’d let that sway my decision. If thats the look you want, roll with it, you could make something for TV or short run film with either camera. But in terms of quickest to get to post, and less audio hassle, the 500 or 3700 would be less hassle in general. There’s pros and cons of any setup. You just got to figure out which ones matter to you.
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Follow this tutorial:
https://philipbloom.co.uk/tutorials/canon-5dmkii-tutorials/part-1-importing-and-conversion/That’ll get you something you can edit with in FCP.
-Aaron
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Shouldn’t take that long if the clips are already ProRes. What are the system specs you are working on?
Just so I get this right, you’ve already converted the clips to ProRes, have them in separate timelines, and are outputting them with embedded TC (from timeline) or do you have an overlay on the video of TC and Final Cut is rendering that too when outputting?
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HD record times are limited to 12 minutes. I’ve heard the 133x cards OCCASIONALLY fill up the buffer, but I’ve also heard they work great. 8GB card holds 24 minutes of footage (2 12 min. chunks). I have 8x 8GB Sandisk Extreme III’s:
https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extreme-SDCFX3-008G-A31-Retail-Package/dp/B000FKQ8LA
Would recommend 8GB as the minimum to get.
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The output file could be a DVCProHD file that you then compress for Vimeo:
Premiere Pro:
https://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/12/08/exporting-with-adobe-premiere-in-720p/Vegas:
https://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/11/09/exporting-with-vegas-for-vimeo-hd/You can also output direct to DVD through the timeline in Premiere, or send it to Adobe Encore for more advanced menus, etc.
Just keep in mind, DVCProHD will take up a lot of room compared to the H264s that the 7d shoots, so make sure hard drive space is a plenty… you could always go to a format like XDCAM HD, but I recommend the DVCProHD route as its just easier to deal with all around.
Aaron R. Stewart
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You should be able to use MPEG Streamclip to transcode the 7D footage to a usable format (such as DVCProHD) and then use in Premiere Pro. Or Adobe Media Encoder should do it as well. But MPEG Streamclip would probably be your best option (hey, I’m on a Mac and I use that over Compressor). Once you get the footage in a more edit-friendly format (DVCProHD or XDCam), then you can edit and output in Premiere or Vegas.
Aaron R. Stewart
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