[Anders Holck]

If you got $1000 laying around, Gallery makes a nice little program.

Using this workflow you use the DAT as the master clock, connect a cable from the TC out connector on the DAT and record that onto an audiotrack on the HVX-200.

When you have ingested all the footage and audio Gallerys TimeTools can sync the clips using the TC track from the DAT and the Audio track from the Video files. for wireless recording you can use a Smpte generator like the Aatons.

https://www.gallery.co.uk/timetools.html

[Anders Holck]

Eric I can’t guide you with 100% accuracy as I don’t have a HVX-200 yet…

But according to the manual you would set the camera to 720/24p (not 24pn) set it to FILM CAM mode and set the framerate to 48 fps.

Then you capture in the 720/60p preset in fcp and use the framerate converter to make it 24fps again. Then the clip will playback at 24 fps in your sequence, and give you a 50% effect.

You could also just set the camera to 720/60p, capture in 720/60p then use cinematools to conform to 25 fps. that will give you a clip with a 40% slow effect.

[Anders Holck]

You would use the 720/60p setting, but FCP seems to be able to drop the un-flagged frames on the fly.

[Anders Holck]

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[Anders Holck]

Panasonic has made Interlace/60p only camcorders in the past (mainly aimed at the Broadcast news sector)
The only info so far is from the pre-NAB press release:

“the new AJ-HPC2000 is equipped with three HD resolution 2/3″ CCDs and 14-bit A/D processing offering exceptional dynamic range and low light recording in 720p, 1080i HD or 480i formats. The 2/3″ CCD imager allows the use of widely-available professional quality lenses and accessories. The camcorder offers high sensitivity, F10 at 2000 lux, and can capture images at a minimum illumination of 0.032 lux (at +62dB) addressing the most challenging requirements of broadcasters.

The AJ-HPC2000 features five P2 card slots for enhanced on board recording capacity. Each P2 card is hot swappable and can be plugged directly into a laptop PC or P2 portable recorder such as the new AJ-HPM100. An additional card slot is provided for optional accessories such as a Proxy Video Encoder. An SD card slot is also included for recording and replicating setup information useful in multi-camera productions.

Extensive signal connectivity and control capability comes standard with the AJ-HPC2000. The product includes HD-SDI, genlock, time code, composite video, IEEE1394 (AVC), and USB 2.0. Four channels of uncompressed audio are supported with XLRs, stereo front mic, and Unislot wireless mic connections.

The AJ-HPC2000 includes pre-record, which means it can start recording from the moment it’s switched on, so users can feel confident that they won’t miss an important shot. Its P2 card hot swap function provides the option of unlimited recording time, because it allows a user to replace any card (except the one being recorded on) on the fly. Other key features include a Color LCD monitor (with GUI menu control).”

But intersetingly they have also just announced the AK-HC1500 HD Switchable HD camera. Here is the press release (taken from http://www.letsgodigital.org):

The HD production quality, high-performance AK-HC1500 incorporates proprietary Panasonic innovations, including a new IT-CCD, 14-bit A/D converter and digital signal processor to deliver crisp, sharp high definition images from dark to bright areas. The 1-megapixel, 2/3-inch 3-CCDs produce outstanding broadcast-quality color accuracy, with improved on-chip lenses to achieve a standard sensitivity of F10.0 at 2000 lux and a smear level of less than -130 dB. The AK-HC1500 uses CCD accumulation and horizontal/vertical addition to create a gain increase of up to +68 dB (with a minimum illumination of 0.015 dB).

The AK-HC1500 offers both 1080 (60i/59.94i, 50i, 30p, 25p/24p) and 720 (60p, 59.94p/50p) high definition output. The camera boasts a wide range of variable frame rates (4-fps to 60-fps in single-frame increments) for

[Anders Holck]

yes

[Anders Holck]

The best option right now is to upgrade to the universal Studio package. It’s only $199 if you have FCP 4 or 4.5.
That will give you also give you DVD SP, Motion, Soundtrack Pro besides FCP 5.
My order at the Apple store says two weeks. So its pretty soon 🙂

[Anders Holck]

Footage looks great, but it’s should be. It’s originated on HDCAM 1080/25p using the Pro35 lens adapter with Zeiss highspeed Primes.

I paid $300 for the two sticks. It’s just standard kingston PC 3200/400 168pin DDR SDRAM. But I’m in Euroland.

OWC.com has a matched pair for $177:
https://eshop.macsales.com/Item_XLR8YourMac.cfm?ID=6077&Item=OWC3200DDR2GBP

[Anders Holck]

If it’s the Original Dual 2 GHZ G5 I believe it’s got 2 x 4 slots.
It’s quite easy to tell. Just remove the alu side panel, and look thru the plexiglass. In the lower left corner, next to the front grill you’ll see the memory slots.

I just bought 2x1GB for my old G5, now its at 3.5 GB. Currently it’s in use by another party editing a feature in DVCPRO HD 1080/25p. It started to report “Out of memory” with the old 1.5 GB so I bougt another 2GB. Now it’s much more fluid, especially entering and leaving the trim mode. Also Playback starts more rapidly from pause.

[Anders Holck]

You can get along with just 1 gig, but….

– Ram is pretty cheap theese days.
– You will get a much smoother experience with around 2GB.

If I was in your shoes I would upgrade right away to 2GB