[Harold Eastman]

Shane,

Thanks for your thoughts. I really should have read more widely in this thread before posting. My apologies.

Because I’ll be retiring the A1U soon, I’m reluctant to invest in a capture card.

Unless you see any obvious issues that will come back to bite me later, I think I’ll just go with ingesting HDV with ProRes 422, dropping the resulting files into my 23.98 timeline and then rendering.

I’ve experimented with this approach this weekend, outputting to a 720p H.264 file and everything seemed fine.

As for H.264 ingest, I’ll follow your tutorial.

Again, thanks for your comments.

[Harold Eastman]

Oops, sorry I forgot to reply to your question!

Basically, the issue seems to have just gone away. I fiddled with ice packs for the first paying shoot I did, then just forgot about it on the next. And it just hasn’t been a big problem. The overheating icon will sometimes show up towards the end of an interview, but I usually have to pause to change chips anyway, or for some other reason, and this gives the camera a chance to cool down a little

The only time it seemed like it was going to be a problem, I swapped batteries and that seemed to give me the extra time I needed.

I have to qualify all this by saying that I mainly shoot indoors. If I was outside, shooting in the tropics, my experience might be different.

Sorry I don’t have any more hard info than that.

Best,

Harold

[Harold Eastman]

I’ll be careful all right! I certainly wouldn’t risk it in a humid environment. But frankly, my main concern is that the pack won’t bleed off enough heat. We’ll see.

In terms of resolution/frame rate, I’ve had about the same results shooting at all three HD settings.

Will keep everyone posted.

[Harold Eastman]

Thanks for the link, Jonathon. Lots of good stuff on that site.

I certainly understand that DSLRs have their limitations for long-form work, but it also seems to me that the brief history of the technology so far, as it relates to video, is a story of overcoming limitations with a little creative thinking.

With that in mind, I’m going to experiment with small freezer packs attached to the back of the camera. A little silly looking, but nobody’s laughing when you get that great bokeh effect in an interview with a $900 camera.

Again, thanks for the link. I’ll keep this site updated on my anti-heating quest.

H.

[Harold Eastman]

Daniel, thanks again. Much appreciated.

H.

[Harold Eastman]

An excellent clear answer. Very helpful. Thanks.

And of course, the inevitable follow up questions…

• If I’m starting with a lower quality codec from the camera – say, SD DV or HDV – is there any point at all to transcoding my footage or changing the sequence/render setting to a better quality codec – say, ProRes – before adding titles and effect? I read somewhere that ProRes is more graphics friendly.

• Secondly, can you point me to a good book or web source that goes into detail on this stuff?

Again, thanks for taking the time Daniel.

H.

[Harold Eastman]

I’m scouring this forum for help in making the move from SD to HD – and the consequent need to create client and reel DVDs from HD productions. As a result, this post caught my eye.

Doesn’t creating an “HD DVD” project in DVDSP simply refer to the source material being used? And therefore shouldn’t a DVD created in DVDSP from HD sources play on any DVD player? Or am I missing a something here? (It wouldn’t be the first time.)

Thanks,

H.