Bill Kunitz
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I want to second Craig’s workflow with a couple comments. I started by just copying the BPAV file from the camera card to a folder I created on the Mac. Sometimes I’d create a bunch of folders so I could quickly copy the files. An 8 gig card would take two or three minutes. Problem was, which folder should I drop this next card into? Jeez, did I already use that one? With ClipBrowser, the folders are created automagically with a time stamp. The download takes longer – because the transfer is being validated. That’s a good thing – and I’m confident each BPAV file is in its own folder.
The other note is that for the project I’m currently working on with 80 hours of footage on 166 DL disks, I don’t want to have to run all those BPAV files through XDCAM Transfer again, so once I was done with all the transfers, I made a separate backup of the .MOV files on an inexpensive hard drive that I keep in the same separate location as the backup disks and the project backups. That way if the work drive goes down I don’t have to spend days re-wrapping the .mov files.
Goranson Farm – a year with an organic farm family
Mac Pro; Macbook Pro; 10.5.8
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…or you could check to see if the monitor has a component video input (component – Y/Pb/Pr, not composite). You’ll get full HD straight from the camera. If it doesn’t have a component in, you can get a good sized HD set that does have component input for about the same money as a converter – ‘course then you won’t have the conveter for other uses.
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It’s hard to know exactly what you’re after. If the issue is wanting to see all the clips as one unit, if you are using FCP, it’s easy enough to drop a whole card onto a sequence. You can then view the sequence in fcp or export it as a self contained QT .mov file and you’ve got one ‘clip’ containing the entire card.
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oops – make that Don Greening, not Don Greenberg! Advice just as good…
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This question was answered beautifully by Don Greenberg on 12/1. See “4×3 SD/DV or Pro-Res Sequence?” post.
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Thank you, Daniel. I’ve slowly come to that conclusion – and thanks for the frame size suggestion.
Bill
Mac Pro; Macbook Pro; 10.5.8
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I tried it with DVCPRO-NTSC and with H.264 from a Final Cut Pro timeline. Maybe I need to use compressor but I thought since I was working from an SD timeline I thought I’d be able to export directly from the timeline. The frame size seemed to be locked to the aspect ratio When I chose NTSC DV 3:2 the frame size came up as 720 X 480. I tried plugging in 720 X 405 but the results were awful.
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Dave,
That’s what I thought – that the only control was on the camera, not on the wireless. I’ll check it again. I DID find it switched on once and now I’m wondering if I’m brushing it against my shoulder or bumping it just by handling it. The switch is tiny and in a vulnerable place.
Thanks for your response.
Bill
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The only video I’ve seen is “Mastering the Sony PMW-EX1” by Vortex. (There is now a separate one of the EX3.) Doug Jensen is just a very down-to-earth guy who methodically goes through every aspect – though he treads lightly on much of the consumer/auto stuff. I bought the video before I bought the camera, then watched it again immediately after buying it and keep going back to segments as I play with unused features (most recently, stop-action). Check out the testimonials at https://www.vortexmedia.com/DVD_EX1.html
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Dunno of any shows, but did anyone notice that the contractor CNN used for arial shots of the inaguration was using either an EX1 or EX3? A couple of the early shots (around 5:30-6:00 am) actually showed the viewfinder image.