[Brett Nelson]

None it is! Thank you! MPEG Streamclip doesn’t give a choice to transcode with field dominance of none, but maybe that’s just a quirk of it. And for all the money I give MPEG Streamclip! Jeremy, as you said, Compressor creates Pro Res clips with no field dominance, but it takes much longer. And some say the Compressor transcodes don’t look as good either, though I haven’t carefully compared.

David, yes, it’s been a while. It’s always good to see a familiar face when I stop by the FCP forum.

Happy New Year!

Brett

[Brett Nelson]

Back up the project.

Brett

[Brett Nelson]

Thank you for the response. I’m going to feather and garbagey garbage matte my way though. It’s for a one-time web use. Most of it is clean…except when he swayed like a well-oiled sailor.

Brett

[Brett Nelson]

You could always simply use an on-camera shock mount. I’ve been very happy going this route using the camera shoe mount. Although now I’m interested in what was posted here last fall recommending an external shock mount that uses the shotgun mount.

Brett

[Brett Nelson]

Thanks! This looks great! Using a mouse isn’t bad, but I’m using a trackball with my MBP, which is good for tight spaces, but not great for perfectly smooth fades.

Brett

[Brett Nelson]

Jessica,
Here are steps that I think someone posted here a long while back. They have worked for me:

for HDV capture:
1. You FIRST need to disconnect the FireWire cable, then put your camera on VCR/Playback mode.

2. Click on the menu button and go to SIGNAL SETUP. (Since you do not have the FireWire cable plugged in, you can NOW change 2 important settings needed to import HD footage).

3. Under SIGNAL SETUP, scroll down to PLAYBACK STD. Click on that and make sure the HDV is set. NOT the AUTO, it most likely will not import under AUTO. Once the HDV is set, you’re half-way there.

4. Next go back to SIGNAL SETUP and scroll down to HD DOWN-CONV and click on this. Make sure it is OFF. Once you set this, you’re done.

5. Go back to SIGNAL SETUP and check this settings to make sure they read:
PLAYBACK STD HDV
HD DOWN-CONV OFF

6. You can now plug in your FireWire cable and you will see after a few seconds that these settings turn “gray” and you cannot change them.

7. Restart FCP

You didn’t mention if you’re logging and capturing, or just capturing everything at once. I’ve found Canon/FCP reliable for capturing whole tapes, but I’ve heard it’s less reliable capturing logged clips or on recapture. I haven’t done those much with this camera, so I can’t say.

Good luck!

Brett

[Brett Nelson]

Terence,
Good suggestion. I’m in Chicago and I’m familiar with the local affiliate of your company. I didn’t know they did this, so this is a good resource. My boss decided to go the “safe” route and put it to BetaSP and then transfer to DigiBeta. I’d still like to get someone’s opinion on how noticeable the quality would be using these different choices.

Thanks!

Brett

[Brett Nelson]

Thanks for the quick response! I don’t have an SDI monitor. I can check component out, but not SDI. Also, I would rather have them checking with calibrated scopes. One person I talked to said that you would not see a difference between BetaSP to Digi vs. uncompressed QT to Digi. That sounds like crazy talk to me. Yes, no?

Brett

[Brett Nelson]

Thanks for the responses. I was looking around and hoping for a plugin, but I’ll go the AE/Motion route.

Thank you!

Brett

[Brett Nelson]

Thank you all for the feedback. This is a big help. I’ll have to check on Monday, but I think my ECS was not set to auto. I was shooting 24p @ 1/48th.

Kevin, you mentioned a funky viewfinder image around big machines… I shot on top of the Sears Tower once with an XL1. After being on the roof for about 5-10 minutes, the viewfinder image went completely to grass. I thought the camera died and wondered if I would get any useable footage. The footage was fine and the camera never had that problem again. I guess 100s of 1000s of watts of power transmitting a couple hundred yards away wasn’t ideal.

Brett