Frank Nolan
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[doka15] “I see what you are saying. So if one wanted to they could mix SD 29.97 and HD 30p which is 29.97 and it works find.
Yes but in FCP you would have to render one or the other to work together on the timeline (up rez SD or down rez HD)Does the HVX do whole number as well as ntsc standard? “
Although the frame rates on the HVX are listed as 24, 30, 60, the actual FPS are 23.976, 29.97, 59.94. Some of those can be selected as DF or NDF.
Any 24p mode (1080 or 720) will always be NDF. Any 720 modes (apart from 720/30pn) will always be NDF. 30pn can be NDF or DF.
In 480i, 60i and 30p can be selected. 24p and 24pa are always NDF.
I figure the reasoning behind 24p always being NDF is that DF TC was invented so a show of 1:00:00;00 hour could fit into wall clock time for broadcast purposes. Being that all NTSC TV is broadcast at 59.94 interlaced fields per second (labled as 29.97fps) there is no reason to have 23.98 DF TC. -
[doka15] “So if it is shooting 23.976 then why does the info say for FCP say that it is non-drop when it clearly is a drop frame at 23.976.”
Because it is a NON drop frame TC. You are thinking about this all wrong. Just because the video time format has a slower frame rate i.e. 29.97, 23.98, 59.94 as compared to whole numbers like 24, 30, 60 does not mean it is drop frame. For instance in 29.97 ntsc video, you can have drop frame or non drop frame TC. Video in NTSC always runs .1% slower than the whole number frame rate. But that doesn’t automatically make it drop frame.
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Get a “movie horse”. There are a number of stables that have horses that are trained for working with film crews.
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[gary adcock] “P2 /HVX material was included as b-roll Flags of our Fathers/ Letters from Iwo Jima”
They wanted to use the HVX but went with the Sony Z1U. Here’s a link to an article.
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The simple thing to do would be to hook up the HVX directly to a 1200 or 1400 deck via firewire and record the footage to tape. The only draw back is you cant do this with footage shot in 720/24pn mode.
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On thing you may want to watch out for is that a lot of bus powered drives are only 5400rpm which may not be sufficient for sustained 1080 data transfer for long periods. Obviously if you are asking about bus powered or battery powered drives then you will not have acces to AC, so you will be running the MBP of it’s battery as well. If using a bus powered 7200 rpm drive you will definitely burn through the battery power on the mac a lot quicker than normal as well. TEST TEST TEST.
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I think one of the major causes of that “strobing” you are referring to from 24p video cameras is due to camera movement. A lot of people want to shoot 24p on these cameras to get the “film look” but then use the camera like they would any other video camera, hand held, fast pans, shakey shots, etc. If you look at 35mm film shot in this style you will also see the “strobing”.
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DO NOT buy from a store that is not an authorized panasonic re-seller. There are many online stores that advertise very low prices but they are usually selling grey market goods. They also have a habit of advertising the camera at a low price but then charge you a lot for extras you will need that normally come with the camera from an authorized dealer. Things like a battery, charger, remote, lens hood, etc. etc. By the time you get your credit card statement you’ll realize you ended up paying more and you will not have any panasonic warrantee. Before you buy from any online store I suggest you check them out on
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A spanned clip will still play in the camera up to the point it is spanned, even if the second card with the remainder of the footage is not loaded in the camera. You should see a little purple box with an “!” mark, in the top right corner of the the thumbnail. If you load the second card and remove the first the same thing will happen with it. The clip will pay from the change over point on to the end of the clip.
As for why it’s not playing in your camera, do you have the record function set up set to the same settings as the clip you are trying to play?