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Your BEST BET would be a good USED Sony PD150… outstanding camera.

But if you want a NEW camera, take a look at this…
https://www.comparedealz.com/prod.asp?id=48604&mn=3

I’ll wager its not nearly as good in low-light as the PD150, but for a 3CCD prosumer, NEW at under $1500, there’s not much else out there.

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The first thing to always try is to Quit FCP, Restart the Mac, Open your FCP project and try again.

Next:
THE FOLLOWING COMES FROM THE KEN STONE WEBSITE:
“Over 5,000 years ago Confucius wrote: ‘If you are toiling away, you have changed nothing and FCP heads South on you, [starts behaving in strange ways] then it is time to trash your FCP Preferences.’ ”

Click the following link for instructions.

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html

A great way to do this is to use “FCP Rescue” a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences for you (and restore nearly all of your user settings afterward).
There are versions for FCP (Pro) & FCE (Express) and a new one for FCP 5.

Download these free Apple Scripts at

https://fcprescue.andersholck.com/
or
https://pistolerapost2.com/fcprescue/

This is one FCP tip that has helped in solving hundreds of “odd” problems.

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The first thing to always try is to Quit FCP, Restart the Mac, Open your FCP project and try again.

Next:
THE FOLLOWING COMES FROM THE KEN STONE WEBSITE:
“Over 5,000 years ago Confucius wrote: ‘If you are toiling away, you have changed nothing and FCP heads South on you, [starts behaving in strange ways] then it is time to trash your FCP Preferences.’ ”

Click the following link for instructions.

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html

A great way to do this is to use “FCP Rescue” a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences for you (and restore nearly all of your user settings afterward).
There are versions for FCP (Pro) & FCE (Express) and a new one for FCP 5.

Download these free Apple Scripts at

https://fcprescue.andersholck.com/
or
https://pistolerapost2.com/fcprescue/

This is one FCP tip that has helped in solving hundreds of “odd” problems.

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First, I must assume you’re talking about “DV” format.
There is no inherent quality difference between SP and LP (you say “EP”).
They both run at the same frame-rate and the audio is identical.

The only difference is “physical” in that the tape is pulled past the heads at a 1/3-slower rate in LP than in SP.

So, once you capture the two tapes, they will edit together perfectly.
But THAT’s the real problem… LP tapes tend to NOT play on any device other than the exact camcorder they were recorded on. That’s because the track-spacing at the slower speed is so CLOSE that if there is any imperfection in the head-alignment between two units, the LP tape will likely mistrack and the video/audio will get blocky and drop-out.

So…
If (IF) you can get the LP tape to PLAY into FCP… you simply edit as normal… there should be no sync problems at all.

I can’t speak to the specific problems of the other edit system (it would be no different as far as sync on that system) but I also can’t speak to others’ editing skills, either.

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To add Multiple Transitions:

Create the transition you want and make it your “Default Transition”.
(You can change the default by control clicking on it in the fx tab.)

Range Select (Select All of) your clips on the timeline (ON THE TIMELINE).

Drag this selection (yes, the TIMELINE selection) (drag ITSELF back) into the Canvas

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Assuming you are not making some kind of editing error when you add the V2 clips (you aren’t are you?), then you should try trashing the FCP Preferences.

Click the following link for instructions.

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html

A great way to do this is to use “FCP Rescue” a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences for you (and restore nearly all of your user settings afterward).
There are versions for FCP (Pro) & FCE (Express) and a new one for FCP 5.

Download these free Apple Scripts at

https://fcprescue.andersholck.com/
or
https://pistolerapost2.com/fcprescue/

This is one FCP tip that has helped in solving hundreds of “odd” problems.

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Trash the FCP Preferences.
Trash the Boris Title 3D Preferences.

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THE FOLLOWING COMES FROM THE KEN STONE WEBSITE:
“Over 5,000 years ago Confucius wrote: ‘If you are toiling away, you have changed nothing and FCP heads South on you, [starts behaving in strange ways] then it is time to trash your FCP Preferences.’ ”

Click the following link for instructions.

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html

A great way to do this is to use “FCP Rescue” a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences for you (and restore nearly all of your user settings afterward).
There are versions for FCP (Pro) & FCE (Express) and a new one for FCP 5.

Download these free Apple Scripts at

https://fcprescue.andersholck.com/
or
https://pistolerapost2.com/fcprescue/

This is one FCP tip that has helped in solving hundreds of “odd” problems.

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Select all of the audio clips you wish to pan.

Modify (menu) > Audio > Pan Center.

Done.

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The reason David said to use another device (other than the deck) to re-capture is that different units can play the same tape differently.

As in, if a given tape plays with a visible drop-out on one unit, that same area on the tape might play just fine on another unit (camcorder or deck).