Casey Petersen
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I have a client that wants to do some editing in Premiere 6 for Windows and then hand it off to me, and I have Premiere 5.5 for Mac.
Would this work?
Thanks!
Casey -
I backup my source material (DSLR video & ZOOM audio files) to both external USB hard drive and Blu-ray disc(s).
My project files I have being backed up every day automatically to another drive on my system. I occasionally do it to Dropbox as well.
For edit masters, if they are not already going to Blu-ray, I have been encoding them to H.264, and burning them on Blu-ray data discs. I figure I can always convert my H.264 files back to ProRes with minimal quality loss if necessary (I do mostly weddings, so I’m sure 99% of my wedding clients wouldn’t notice the difference…but this is also after they have approved the final product, too). Or alternatively, I can transcode my DSLR source files back to ProRes again and open up my Final Cut Pro project file and make changes there (I’d have to re-render everything, but that’s okay).
I think in the past 15 years, I’ve had maybe 5 projects come back after awhile needing changes, and most of those have been corporate projects where I know there will probably be changes after a few years, and I have backed those projects up a bit more extensively.
I had one of those earlier this year, but I think it’s been easily 5+ years since the last one before that required changes of any kind. As long as it’s possible…somehow…I’m content.
Casey
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The lens hood will block the glare from the sun.
I also have a set of cheap ebay ND filters, and I also have the 60D with 50mm 1.8 lens, and for me they are worthless. The darkest one is the 8, and the others don’t seem to make much of a difference. Also with the darkest one, I get a color cast, so everything turns out with a magenta tint to it (that is virtually impossible to color correct, even in Color).
I have also had the opportunity to play with a $300 variable ND filter, which looks spectacular…so obviously you get what you pay for. I am looking for something that isn’t quite as expensive, but is pretty good as well. A friend uses this one: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/742535-REG/Light_Craft_321_77mm_Fader_ND_Mark.html, and at $123 he says he has no problems with it. It fits a 77mm size lens ring, but I heard you can get adapters to fit on smaller lenses…and supposedly that doesn’t hurt the quality, but I’m not sure about going down from 77 to 52 (like the 50mm 1.8 lens).
Casey
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Have you tried a lens hood?
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I see…is there anything that can be done in post to minimize it?
Thanks!
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Try Jorgen Escher’s free DSLR Moire filter:
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You might be able to lower the quality using the bitrate setting in Magic Lantern. I haven’t tried it, but it might be able to buy you a little more time (if a little is all you need).
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I’ve had it on 3 60Ds with no problem. However, I prefer the December 2011 version to the one released last month…it added a few nice features, but took away a couple that I got accustomed to using. Overall, highly recommend ML!
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Have you looked into Treasured? https://aeroquartet.com/
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For me, not being able to use Magic Lantern on the 7D is a deal breaker.
On my 60D, Magic Lantern gives me the ability to have the camera automatically restart recording after the 12 minute limit has been reached. It also gives me the ability to monitor the audio while recording, as well as showing peaking levels (for super-easy focusing), zebra levels, and the ability to zoom on the screen while recording…and dozens of other extremely helpful and creative features.
Casey