Bj Ahlen
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Sure, it has been done by quite a few enthusiasts who cared more about being “cool” than about having a supported system that would always be there for them when needed.
A student with no deadlines could potentially save some bucks, but if you’re a working professional you could end up having to tell the client: “Sorry, I couldn’t finish you project on time because Apple and other pros can’t support FCP on my cheap pirate box.”
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Some people have installed hacked BIOS chips on their PCs, to create a “Hackintosh.”
Let’s say you do this, and you’re able to make FCS work initially.
Then one day you have a problem. Do you think Apple will take your trouble report?
Do you think the pros in this forum will spend time to try to figure out if your problem is in FCS or in a Hackintosh incompatibility?
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[walter biscardi] “4:2:0 […] vs 4:2:2”
If the native sensor resolution of the “4:2:2” camera is 960×720 (like the HVX200), you end up with much less color resolution than what you get with the 4:2:0 from the native 1920×1080 sensor on the EX3. So it’s not just about the ratios, but about the absolute numbers.
The HVX200 does a lot of interpolation magic before storing its images, but “magic” is what it is.
The old Varicam managed to pull beautiful miracles out of the 1280×720 DVCProHD codec, and it was a life saver when most computers were too slow for full raster HD.
The HPX300 OTOH has a native 1920x1080p sensor with 10-bit 4:2:2 recording. That’s a different animal, and quite desirable. The stock lens seems to vary a lot in quality, so it would be helpful to buy from a local store where you could handpick a lens (if they’re VERY friendly), or upgrade the lens to something more reliable.
Which camera is best will depend on many factors, and certainly I haven’t seen all the deficiencies that Walter has seen. Some people prefer the Panny color rendition, others like the Sony way.
I’m more fond of the Panny mid-range cameras (Varicam 3700) than the Sony ditto (PDW series), but so much can be changed in post that you have to look at other factors too.
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Sounds like a mismatch between 1.000 PAR (Pixel Aspect Ratio) square pixels (commonly used by graphics folks) and the 0.9091 PAR used by NTSC.
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Use proxies or Compressor to get away from 3K as fast as possible.
3K is a bag of hurt still.
Search this forum for “RED 3K” to see a few eye openers.
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What microphone did you use?
If it was a Senn ME66 or similar ENG mike, you will get an almost excessively clear sound with some harshness.
A tape emulator plug-in (there are some free ones) can help with getting rid of the “grit” in a way you can’t get with just EQ.
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[Mark Spencer] “start with the NTSC-DV preset”
Won’t that give him 4:1:1 color sampling, which when rendered to the 4:2:0 of the DVD MPEG-2 becomes 4:1:0, cutting the maximum DVD color resolution in half?
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I’m wondering if the Corrupt Clip Finder could find the problem.
You could use their 15-day free trial to find out.
(I have no connection with DR.)
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Are you sure there isn’t an interlaced UFF/LFF setting somewhere that creates this?
At the end of a clip, could it find itself with say an odd field with no corresponding even field, so it throws the frame away?
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As I stated above, the 17″ MBP keeps the ExpressCard slot.
The newer MBPs take up to 8 GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 RAM.
I use a FirmTek eSATA dual drive enclosure, rock solid and high performance, which saves me worry about the system drive filling up.