[Ed Dooley]

There are very few reasons to use FW anymore for anything related to video capture. You can get desktop or portable SATA solutions,
and SATA is faster, therefore more RT, drive prices are comparable to ATA drives.
Look for throughput specs or posts, they’re everywhere. A 2 drive FW RAID won’t be fast enough for DVCProHD, but will
be for DVCPro50, except you won’t get multiple layers. A 4 or 5 drive SATA RAID is the most economical fast setup.
FC is overkill for DVCProHD/50, if there is any such thing as overkill. FC will be appreciated if you get that UC HD project.
Ed

[joslyn20] “how about for dvcprohd and dvcpro50? firewire800 or sata? which will give me more realtime layers? is fibre channel overkill for dvcprohd/50?”

[Ed Dooley]

The GRaid is 2 drives in one case, and they’re hardware striped as RAID0. There’s also the
new GDriveQ, which is USB2, FW400 and 800, and e-SATA, all in one case. The company says
it (and the regular GSATA) deliver a lot more speed than the FW800 GRAID.
Ed

[PEYIII] “shane, can you explain this? How do you have these drives raided together, I’m in the same situation as meeroo.
[Shane Ross] ” I have two G-Raids that are not only firewire 800, but TWO drives RAIDED together via hardware,””

[Ed Dooley]

And since you’re a newbie, you might want to hang out in the forum right below this forum,
Final Cut Pro Basics (the Creative Calf). While there is a tolerance here for beginner questions
(we’ve all been there), it will get old fast. Check out the Calf.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Did you do a search of the posts? I guess……..no. Probably 100 or so posts about it, read them first.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

That’s kind of where we’re at as well. Our “day-rate” basic charge is an operator with a camera, basic light kit, and wireless lavs.
The type of job starts the sliding scale going. As for skill level determining the rate, it’s sort of self-regulating. If you tell someone
your rate is over $1,000, they had better find out how you justify it. 🙂
Ed

[Dean Sensui] “Where I am, rates are based on a cameraman’s or DP’s skill level. The equipment is a seperate charge.”

[Ed Dooley]

Those extra costs seem like givens. For example, when I shoot, the client pays my day rate plus
tape costs (with a markup). The same should be the case for BlueRay, hard drives for archive, and
deck rentals. A good production company has an expensive camera and expensive decks. Their
day rate reflects their local market for their services. My local market says I get a day rate of $1,050
a day for me and my camera, an additional $400 a day for my sound person, and more for additional
crew. We use a $30,000 camera (I wish it was still worth that) and a $17,000 deck (ditto on current value).
If I bought a $6,000 camera should I still get $1,050 locally, and still charge for deck rental etc. when someone
down the street will shoot with their *real* HD camera (2/3″ chip Varicam for example) for that same day rate,
which will include an HD tape?
It all comes down to what the market is willing to pay.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Why do you think a camera that cost a fraction of a high end SD camera demands a higher rate? I’m not trying to
be rude here, but one of the things that determines a rate is the cost of amortizing equipment costs. Ten years ago
a high-end Beta-SP camera could cost $60,000+, so the owner/shooter had to amortize that cost plus the expensive deck.
Why should a client pay a “higher rate” for a $5-6,000 camera because it *says* HD (it’s still a 1/3″ chip camera)? A Varicam or HDCam owner has a lot
more invested in his or her equipment, shouldn’t *they* be the ones getting the higher rate? Just curious.
Ed

[mag One] “Any tips to help sell or promote my business using HVX200 & HD possibilitys, in addition getting people to understand a more expensive rate?”

[Ed Dooley]

I love the English language (or whatever this one is). 🙂
Ed

[Ron] “hey got just needed to change a setting”

[Ed Dooley]

Have you done a search of the posts in this forum (I guess no)/ There are tons of posts about it.
Try a simple search, like Import Flash

Here’s another source: https://www.ccs.ucsb.edu/course_sites/music/studiodoc/index.php/Using_Flash_with_Final_Cut_Pro
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Are the boxes just a pixel thick or so? If so, they’ll jump back and forth between fields as they play on a TV.
Add a vertical blur to the box to fix that (just a 1 to 2 pixel vertical blur will fix it if that’s the problem).
Ed