Christopher Wright
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Well for one thing, he has an easy way to transcode any analog signal to SDI by using that set up. On the LA he has a “real” S-VHS connector I/O, and ditto for the the composite and component analog connections. With the LH, you get one component cable, which you can then configure separately to either be composite, component or S-VHS (which BTW requires a specialty dual bnc to s-vhs conversion cable). If you are in a studio that uses S-VHS material, composite, component, SDI, HD/SDI and HD component all with frequency, his set-up allows you to have everything connected and available for use at once, instead of having to change cabling I/O for every different source he uses, as is currently required by the LH. To answer your own question, he has the best of both worlds!
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The best program for this is called “Moving Picture” by StageTools. It works as a FCP plugin or standalone application in both Apple and Windows machines.
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There is no reason you can’t upgrade to FCP 5 HD and still run Cinewave 4.7 with all the latest (to date!)OS upgrades and Quicktime 7.02. I have a dual 1 ghz G4 that is running fine with just that combination. I have only heard one person who was not able to render uncompressed Quicktimes out of this set-up (on this forum)and I can’t confirm or deny this as I haven’t tried to do that since I upgraded. I had a lot of old HD footage in the Cinewave format that I needed to edit together for a specific DP reel, and although the system performance was (understandably) more sluggish than my AJA Kona dual G5 system, the Cinewave still performed flawlessly! There is life yet in your old system!
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I have been using the 720P preset at 59.94 capture and sequence easy set-up for Varicam multiframe rate capture (4, 6, 8, 48, 60fps), then using the 23.98 sequence preset for the FRC data rate converter converted clips on over 4 hours of footage (over 300 clips) using HD/SDI inout and have not had a single glitch so far. As a matter of fact the Varicam various frame rates look awesome when converted to full on HD! I am using the new Kona LH and not the Kona 2 however.
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Red within FCP is only 8 bit. If you use the Boris continuum filters in After Effects and Combustion, most, but not all, filters will be rendered in 16 bit. (After Effects actually gives you a warning when the Boris filter can’t be rendered in 16 bit).
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These indeed look promising! Any idea of price yet??
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An affordable HD camera with interchangeable lenses! Say goodbye to the Sony Z-1 sales!! Now if Canon can find a way to record what goes through the lens to a true HD stream (like the Panasonic P-2 cards, or an external Hard Drive)instead of having to use the problematic mpeg-2 HDV transport and mini DV tapes, they will also have the new Panasonic HD camera beat!
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An affordable HD camera with interchangeable lenses! Say goodbye to the Sony Z-1 sales!! Now if Canon can find a way to record what goes through the lens to a true HD stream (like the Panasonic P-2 cards, or an external Hard Drive)instead of having to use the problematic mpeg-2 HDV transport and mini DV tapes, they will also have the new Panasonic HD camera beat!
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The Boris effects are the definite culprit. They are EXTREMELY slow rendering on any system, including an AVID.
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Yes, the AXIO set-up is A LOT more expensive, and is like the the old Targa 2000 card with the Abekas 3-D board attached for hardware acceleration of the same type of Abekas-like effects. Especially if you already have FCP and an Apple, the answer is a no-brainer. Like the old Targa cards, this “solution” has EOL written all over it. Yet another expensive proprietary hardware doorstop!