Brian Struble
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Jamie:
The LCD screen is a joy to use. Can’t say that I love the viewfinder so much. The camera is solid and lens-heavy, so that might influence how much you’ll hand-hold. If portability is a concern, you might check out the XF 100. Picture quality is similar, but significantly smaller than it’s big brother. Some of the switches and buttons have been removed (hidden behind menus), so that might influence your decision.
Best regards,
Brian
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Steve:
Glad to help out… Yes, the CA is there and it’s an extreme situation that probably won’t be a real-world situation.
Here’s a brief piece that I shot outside this fall: https://vimeo.com/32022445. Aside from editing the shots together (Sony Vegas 10e) and rendering, nothing special was done to address CA.
Brian
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Steve:
Check out this file. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3476955/XF300-CA-Test.zip
I quickly tried a worst-case situation. Black against a white background. The white source in this case is a Fluorescent light panel, 180degree shutter. There is a small amount of CA apparent, but I have never seen it while shooting more-realistic subject matter…
hope this helps!
Brian
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Steve:
I’ll take a quick look at some testing files I’ve shot with my Xf300, and get back to you asap.
Brian
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Steve:
I followed Robin’s workflow – lasso all the sequential files, then drop them to the timeline. Mine stitched together cleanly as well on the timeline.
One more point to consider: there’s a plug-in called Vegasaur that will nest selected tracks to a new project. This might help controlling those multiple .MXfs.
Brian
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Steven:
I use Sony Vegas Pro 10.0e to handle footage from my XF300. Long takes (files above the 2Gb limitation) haven’t been an issue for me. I simply drag the .MXFs into the timeline sequentially, then continue on…
I’ve shot an event last spring that exceeded 45 minutes (band playing, speakers, testimonials) that needed to incorporated as a single presentation. Throughout all of those file changes, Vegas had no issues with the source files.
Overall, I’ve been very satisfied with the camera and Sony Vegas Pro…
Brian
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Some additional thoughts on using the Trimmer…
Markers can be saved along with the parent media when using the Trimmer window. This feature helps me to identify and “log” those comment start and end points and save them to each parent media file. Then, if I reuse that content later for another project, the comments are already logged and ready to be dragged into timeline.