[Bjarki Gudjonsson]

We’ve actually been using the 5D as a second camera on a TV show here in Iceland. Using the lenses gives selected scenes a different look, a great sense of depth and style. However, our primary camera is a Sony XDCAM EX, shooting at 25fps, so we use MPEG Streamclip to convert the 5D material, basically to a XDCAM QuickTime file for editing in FCP. They work flawlessly together on the timeline.

HOWEVER, the conversion gives the 5D material a blur effect, which greatly reduces the beautiful look of the progressive material. As someone mentioned above, if you’re shooting the project only on this camera, edit at the native framerate, then compress afterwards. If you have to convert, this is the best way we’ve found (and it’s free!).

Regards,
Bjarki G.