[Greg Boston]

Use the XDCAM Export tool from FCP file menu to put the sequence onto the disc. Note that you’ll need to have the deck in the same mode as your XDCAM sequence or you’ll get an error. Audio also has to be set to dual mono in the FCP preferences as well for the export to work. The XDCAM disc also has a 500mb General directory where you can copy supporting stuff like text files and still images that go along with the finished program. If there is sufficient room, you can put everything on one disc.

Sony PDW-F350, Apple FCP 5.1.4

[Greg Boston]

Michael, the ONLY XDCAM camera that shoots IMX format is the PDW-530. The other SD camera is the 510 which is DVCAM format only. The XDHD cameras shoot in MPEG2 format.

Hope this helps,

Greg Boston
Sony XDCAM ICE Team

Sony PDW-F350, Apple FCP 5.1.2

[Greg Boston]

Ummm… no, it’s not the dreaded cmos rolling shutter issue. The XD footage referred to by the original poster is IMX 50, that means it was shot with the PDW-530 SD camera, which of course, does not use CMOS imagers.

Sony PDW-F350, Apple FCP 5.1.2

[Greg Boston]

[rafalaos] “We have been talking about XDCam, and I always thought XDCam is 422 with 18-25-35Mbps. “

Sorry but that’s incorrect.

XDCAM HD is currently 4:2:0 @ 18mb VBR, 25mb CBR, and 35mb VBR.

The forthcoming XDCAM EX camera will not have the 18mb mode, but will offer 720P and have a full 1920×1080 pixel count imager. The current XDCAM HD cameras have a 1440×1080 chip.

The only XDCAM HD camera that can RECORD 4:2:2 is the forthcoming PDW-700 with 2/3 CCDs and a 50mb recording rate.

However, as was stated, if you take a LIVE FEED from the camera via HDSDI, you bypass the chroma subsampling and MPEG compression. This signal runs at around 1.4 Gb/second. This applies to several cameras on the market such as the full sized XDCAM HD F350, The Canon XLH1 and XHG1, and the JVC Pro HD 250.

Don’t get so hung up on the 4:2:0 thing because this isn’t like SD and there is quite a bit of chroma information in progressive mode. People have been pulling very nice keys with the 4:2:0.

The variable bit rate helps most with storage requirements per frame, but contributes to quality indirectly because it allows a higher maximum bitrate without eating up all your storage. The 35mb data rate allows for better motion compensation, etc and that is why XDCAM HD looks better than HDV in high motion scenes.

[Greg Boston]

Nigel,

There are more differences between the F350 and F355 than dual layer disc.

The F355 will have a faster transition between live and play, will have SDSDI output, DVCAM mode will also have the over/under, interval record functions, and memory card slot will accept Memory Stick Duo. I believe it will also get the new low noise mode announced with the F335 a few days ago.

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