Chris Bryan
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Awesome! Thanks for the tip!
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Is it too much to ask for some simple suggestions?
Thank you for the last two paragraphs however which did seem to pertain to my question and served some purpose.
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Thanks for the advice,
I like the sound of the Monopod and will look into that. In my experience it is rarely possible to have a tripod setup for a toast. You just never know when the toasts are going to fall, even if you talk to the DJ about the timing its likely to change. And what bride wants a tripod setup in the middle of the dance floor while you wait for the toasts to come up? Besides the safety concern of people tripping over it, it’s ugly.
I always find that at weddings it is best to be able to move as quickly as possible and a tripod does not afford me that luxury.
I agree that a steadicam rig is also quite distracting.
Let me ask you this. I’ve thought about getting a monopod before, but I’ve always wondered, do you typically by a fluid head to use on a monopod, or do you just attach the camera directly to the monopod? Additionally does anyone have and tried and true monopods that they recommend for lightness, durability and ease of use?
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Just to follow up, I ended up buying the LitePanels Micro LED light for $300 from B&H.
I must say that it is totally worth the price and it has saved my butt a few times already. The gels that it comes with are great for various lighting situations, and I was able to use the light at 3 wedding receptions before having to replace the 4 AA batteries!
I agree with other comments I’ve seen that it could be a little more sturdy, the plastic base feels a little cheap for a $300 light.
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I have the same issue playing 720p files in fcp. It’s nearly impossible to edit. The timeline gets hung up on every transition and moving clips around takes FOREVER.
Imac 2.4ghz intel core 2 duo with 2gb memory. 80gigs free on a 300gb hard drive
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I’ll look into those settings, thanks.
One last thing. The last thing in the shot on the second camera at about 12 minutes in, is the bride and groom reaching the end of the aisle. Also in part of the frame I can see myself operating the other video camera. So if I did shut it off, it would have been a delayed shut down as I was not within reach of the camera when it stopped taping. Is there any sort of delayed shut down on the camera?
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No, I don’t use the remote, I just hit record about 5-10 minutes before the ceremony starts and leave it.
I thought that the issue might have been because I closed the LCD Monitor and maybe the camera went into some sort of Stand-by mode which seemed weird to me because why would it ever go into Stand-by mode when recording? I set the camera up last night and let it record straight through two tapes with the LCD closed and it successfully recorded so its not that.
Thinking back I feel like I might have bumped the scene file button after I hit record, but that shouldn’t stop the camera from recording should it?
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Thanks for all the advice, but I think my point is being missed. I am editing footage that is from the web. So my source footage is 960×540. There is no scaling being done in fcp. I work with a ton of footage from the web so it is always in abnormal formats. For me there is no getting around that. My initial question was asking if there is some setting I should look at changing within final cut so that it doesn’t have to work so hard to play the footage back within the timeline?
In a perfect world all footage would be optimized for use in FCP, but that’s not the case.
My issue was resolved by not mixing formats within one timeline.
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I’m running FCP 6 on an Imac
2.4 ghz intl core 2 duo
2 gb ram.960×540 is commonly used on the web for “hd” quality videos, it’s half resolution of 1920×1080.
My understanding is that FCP supports wmv use. I know it’s not the best source to use, but that’s what the client gave me. Converting the wmv source file to quicktime will add another layer of encoding, and I’d rather not do that.
I realized that I had a sequence with both .avi and .wmv in it. It seems that mixing the two formats was most of what was making the playback slugggish.
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What iriver product are you using, when I was at B&H photo last month they told me that iRiver no longer makes an mp3 player with a mic input.
I ended up going with a sony digital audio recorder.