[Don Hutcheson]

Thanks Danny. When you record to your computer via the Intensity Shuttle, what capture program do you use? Vegas Pro?
Looks like I’ll get an Intensity Shuttle and go that route. I assume it requires AC power. I was hoping a portable solution was possible for field shooting. On the Z-1U, I use the computer and Adobe “On Location” to give me a backup to tape, but that still captures the heavily compressed signal via Firewire 400.

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[Don Hutcheson]

Danny,

I don’t need ProRes. I just want less compression than the Z-1U has and that was one of the Ninja’s formats. I’ve read a lot about the difficulty Premiere has with ProRes, (and that Vegas has even more difficulty). Ninja also records DNxHD. Is that more compatible with Premiere? I’m also planning to use it with my GH3 and soon GH4.

Thank you,

Hutch

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[Don Hutcheson]

Thank you Danny. I will research this. Actually I have a Windows computer, but I am switching from Vegas Pro to Adobe Premier Pro since it apppears to handle ProRes.

Thanks

Hutch

[Don Hutcheson]

Danny,
I got the Atomos Ninja 2 to use with the Sony Z-1U. Can I come off theZ-1U’s RCA RGB and audio outputs and into the Atomos HDMI input using an adaptor cable that has RCAs on one end and HDMI on the other? I want to take advantage of the Z-1U’s 3 CCD sensors while using the Ninja’s lower compression. You mentioned using a Blackmagic Intensity Shuttle to record to a laptop. Would I still need that as some sort of intermediary between the RGB outputs and the Atomos?

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[Don Hutcheson]

Been researching this for the last few hours. Great workflow, Danny! I assume one could also go from the component output of the camera into the Intensity Shuttle input, then use the HDMI output of the Intensity Shuttle into an HDMI input of any of the current Ninja , Blackmagic or other external monitor/recorders. A component signal straight off the sensor recorded into a 10-bit 422 Pro Res file on a Ninja, Black Magic Video Assist (etc) would probably be superior to a highly compressed mpeg 2 tape file. Not as good as uncompressed straight into your laptop, but still better than the original tape file.

Hutch

[Don Hutcheson]

I researched that, even the new one from Black Magic, but I haven’t found an external recorder that accepts Firewire400. They all accept HDMI (since that’s the standard now). Thanks

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[Don Hutcheson]

Thank you John. You’re always a huge help!

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[Don Hutcheson]

Thanks guys. Will order Boris.and later, a more robust camera than the Z1U. Is the Z7, with its larger sensors, any better? Other recomedations? BTW I thought the GH3 offers AVCHD or QuickTime file recording.

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[Don Hutcheson]

Yes. I was asking if I will lose the use of PP4/On Location in the process of upgrading. Usually you have to remove the current Adobe version when you upgrade to a newer version.

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[Don Hutcheson]

You are correct, Scott. What killed my interest was discovering that the outboard recorders need HDMI and the Z1-U only has component and Firewire out. By the time I bought converters, etc, I could buy another GH3 and have memory card capability built in (GH3s are now down from $1199 to $799 since the GH4 is out). This whole thing got started when I got hold of a bad tape on an interview and the color fades ands comes back in a maddening 3-second cycle all the way through. That will be a lot of color-correcting on a 50 minute interview!

Hutch