Gary Adcock
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[Gunleik Groven] “OK. I might be way off here, but the Varicam doesn’t shoot 25p, does it?”
We have been thru this a few times and YES the Varicam does capture @ 25 frames.
HOWEVER there is not a FW workflow for that frame rate directly with the 1200a deck. It requires an additional 3rd party card like the AJA kona Cards to be able to handle it correctly.
The 720p format is Progressive only and it always captures at 60p to the tape.
Gary Adcock
Studio37
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[reel2reel] “Can somebody tell me if there’s a card slot that can be installed in a PowerMac yet, that can read the P2 cards?”
yes there are PCA card readers for the mac.
[reel2reel] “If not, do you take import the media straight from the camera via USB-2?”
Not on a mac use FW for the connection USB is for Windows only at this point in time.
Gary Adcock
Studio37
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[jaser] “o w/ a G5 fcp system w/ a sony pvm-14L5, i will need to use a kona LH(e) card to view dvcpro hd? also, what about for editing on a powerbook G4 out on the field? thanks again!”
thats a problem as you do not have any way to view HD out of a laptop, for NON Critical work you could set up a DVI display and use the Digital Cinema Desktop, which will work fine for progressive content.
Editing on a laptop is strictly for cutting – it should not be too much of an issue.Remember that this is not DV anymore and you now need to rethink the how and way of working. HD is a wildly different bird and needs to be treated in a new manner.
Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA -
[walter biscardi] “Actually in my experience they do need to have the fields defined or you get a bad “reverse interlaced” look in 720×486 interlace timelines.”
Funny, I stopped using field order sometime back for the animation files when I was jumping between machines / platforms / Apps.
Since that time I have not had these issues because I was letting the applications force their own field order.
it just shows there is never one answer to any question.
Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
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[jaser] “ok i see there is an aja io and blackmagic multibridge. is there any cheaper solutions? thanks…”
The AJA Io is SD only.
With the HVX 200 you will need to have some sort of editing system with video out — there is not any reason to write back to the camera when the cards are that expensive. Most projects deliver on tape.
I need HD deck controls and the ability to monitor the footage on a real display for finishing and the post process. No there are not cheaper solutions.
The Kona LH/e is a simple and cost effective solution for the HD Post process.Gary Adcock
Studio37
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[Berry Blanton] “Interesting…that leads me to: can you dump footage from the P2Store BACK to P2 Cards? In that case you could clear your P2Cards and reload them with the P2Store’s footage for the transfer to the 1200. ??”
no
the P2 Store is only USB and the 1200a is only FW (1394) the 2 devices are not directly compatible.Gary Adcock
Studio37
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[dsnowdy] “The files have these attributes:
720×486 29.97, Animation codec pixel aspect NTSC-CCIR 601 field dom. Lower (even)”in my experience Animation codec files should not have a field order defined.
Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA -
[Ken Pugh] “any advice on alternative drives (although I do like the Lacie and may stick with them).”
just remember that a single drive in a case is easier to recover data from rather than one with multiple drives with a proprietary raid structure.
Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA -
[tony salgado] “Using a “lazy susan” – rotating turntable is a great ideas along with a dolly for the camera to create motion from opposite directions.”
Tony
I use a Potters wheel for this – they are made to take more weight and because of that they are more stabe that a standard lazy susan.the small manual ones can be had for about $100 us.
Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA -
[David Saraceno] “I also received this error message BEFORE upgrading to 5.0.4. After that, as Jan has said, it worked without issue.”
you will not be able to access the cards directly in any version of the MAC OS other than 10.4.2 or later.
FCP 5.04 will run under 10.3.9 but the P2 import does not.
Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA