[Craig Alan]

I’d give it a couple of weeks after they start being sold. You’ll know then if there are any problems. You’ll also know how much the old ones are selling for. And lots of comparisons between them. If you can really wait it out, there should be a new FCS by the end of the year. I’m shopping too. My VAR says the new ones should be faster due to the new graphic cards. But he said he’ll know more when he gets his hands on them.

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[Craig Alan]

Know the three ways (or so) of doing something such as opening a project, making the viewer active, etc. The book is an excellent prep. The test is easier than actually remembering how to do something. There are either multiple choices or a picture where you choose the right keys or button to press. You should know the names of all things in the interface. Search on-line for practice tests. I forget how long it was but time was not an issue. Use the chapter reviews/quiz at the end of each chapter.

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[Craig Alan]

Even if they offered a one yr warranty, that does not equal apple care for 3 years which I think is always worth getting. Though it would imply that OWC is standing by their mod.

What do you think this mod would do to the heat/airflow inside the Imac?

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[Craig Alan]

If you are still using tape-based media and/or Esata external raids and you don’t need any PCIe cards, this could be a very reasonable low-end FCP choice. The big question is whether it voids the warranty. Bad idea to not be under Apple Care, particularly on an all-in-one.

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[Craig Alan]

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1077093

A couple of thoughts: You do store your media and render files on a separate drive, right? If you store them on your system drive that is a major reason you are getting slow renders. Also if the drive is more than 80% full it will slow down. That said any of the new computers would blow yours out of the water in terms of speed. There are issues with the current software not being written to fully take advantage of the potential of these systems but they are way faster than what you have.

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[Craig Alan]

So you think Avid will qualify them?

I guess with a tower we can always add whatever in/out we want, though I was expecting at least one new flavor built in. Maybe the reasoning is let’s see what takes off and add it then. I think usb 3 will take off since its cheap, backwards compatible and user friendly.

I was kinda hoping there would be a built in port for my esata raids.

And something new … oh well.

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[Craig Alan]

Thanks. Thought as much but they do list it that way.

[Craig Alan]

Todd is correct. I should have said shutter speed. The frame rate remains the same but each frame is taken faster, thus less motion blur but also less light exposing each frame.

With the HV30 you can adjust shutter speed.

https://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/camcorders/high_definition_camcorders/vixia_hv30#BrochuresAndManuals

Save the PDF of the user manual and it makes it easy to do a search for any given feature.

Set switch on side of camera to P not auto

On back of cam press “func” (function) button.

Use joystick to select TV (one push to the right)

Press func button to exit menu

Use joystick up and down to set shutter speed.

Aperture will adjust automatically.

Press joystick in like a button.
Press it again to toggle on and off.
While its control graphic appears on the LCD,
Press down for “next.”
Press up into the function you want to set.
Then right or left to make changes.
EXP is exposure.
But keep in mind, that faster shutter speeds require more light which is why “fast” cameras/lens have greater apertures.
Experiment. Take a shot you want to slow down and try it with all normal settings (30p). Load it into your editor and see if the results are acceptable.

As for how to slow it down in your editing program: what program do you use? Post in the proper forum for that program.

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[Craig Alan]

Increase your fps and in post slow it down.

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[Craig Alan]

The HV30 can play out as either SD or HDV. It’s a menu setting. It won’t hurt anything to use the reset button. You might want to jot down your user settings first. Pretty sure the default in and out is HDV.

It is also possible it was accidentally recorded in SD wide.

https://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/camcorders/high_definition_camcorders/vixia_hv30#BrochuresAndManuals

Save the PDF of the user manual and it makes it easy to do a search for any given feature.

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