[Dale West]

John,
I’m not an editor myself but my staff guy tells me that at one time FCP could do that throught the fire wire but it doesn’t do it any longer.
Beets the stuffings outa me. I shoot it and Brandon cleans it. Keeps the economy rolling.

Regards

dw

Dale West
Dale West Video
12225 NE 13th Court
North Miam, FL 33161
305-892-1201

[Dale West]

Steve,
This is how we lay off a project to the 1200a or the 130: Our editor presets the timecode then starts the recorder then runs back into the suite and on the fly starts the playback of the timeline in hopes of getting it close to 01:00:00:00. This works fairly well unless a problem occures, then we have to start from scratch. Since we normally don’t output an HD final yet we don’t have too many issues with that. While it is not the best solution it keeps us from having to have a 1700 or more. It is however a little disappointing to have to improvise on a 27-28 thousand dollar machine. Walter, is this the “editing” you are talking about or do you do something else. Our editor has not be able to fool the 1200a into thinking it can edit. I would love to hear how you do it. At least a crash edit in the black section would be tolorable.

Guys thanks for the thoughtful and the thought provoking posts here on the VariCow. I check in a couple of times a day and always find some nugget there.

Best
dw

Dale West
Dale West Video
12225 NE 13th Court
North Miam, FL 33161
305-892-1201

[Dale West]

Joe
At first I took to mic of my dvx100 until I could get something better. Like most everyone it’s just to get nat. sound when doing b-roll. I ended up buying a sanken from Trew Audio. I could have gone a little cheaper but liked the sound and it was a bit shorter than other shotguns.

Dale West
Dale West Video
12225 NE 13th Court
North Miam, FL 33161
305-892-1201