Jason Jenkins
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Just record directly to the SD card in the camera. The footage looks fantastic!
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[mike albertini] “have read that you can import footage from the GH2 using USB or HDMI…”
Are you talking about live capture? If you are talking about getting recorded footage from the camera to your Mac, then just get an SD card reader.
[mike albertini] ”
I’m considering only getting it with the 14-42 mm lens…I plan on using this for mini-docs/short films etc…does anyone with experience of using this camera think this will be sufficient?…I can of course buy more lenses if needed but just wanted to get opinions first…”That is a good starting point. I have an f-mount adapter so I can use my old Nikon lenses. That’s a pretty cost effective way to go.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “What Rob says. Do all this prep in the Event in a compound that is “open in timeline”ed.”
Thanks, guys! I’ll be testing this out…
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[Chris Harlan] “I had a Speed Razor with a Digisuite LE.”
That was high end! I was using a Fast DVMaster Pro card. My very first NLE. Running Windows NT -now that was brutal!
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Don’t overlook the Panasonic GH2! No overheating; unlimited record time; no moire; on-screen audio meters; swivel screen… All this in a $900 body!
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[Bill Davis] ”
It’s so astonishingly easy to “red-x” ranges of your clips in X and achieve a very rough “first cleanup” (kinda a stage prior to SELECTS) and start building your initial database with EXCLUSION ranges – that I don’t think I’m EVER going to just send out “wall to wall” footage again.”Bill,
I agree with what you are saying. I usually use keywords and/or favorites to pare down the footage and shape the story, but in this scenario, the content is rather technical and the experts are picking out the content they need. I need to find an efficient way of pulling out their selects.
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I’m waiting for Speed Razor to come back.
Jason Jenkins
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We GH2 owners need no such silly devices (he said snobbily).
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[Colin McQuillan] ” Although they are both slightly more than the $500 you want to spend, FWIW I own a Kessler pocket dolly and have used a Cinevate slider, and between the two I kind of wish I had the Cinevate. I find the teeth of the band in the Kessler translates vibration through to the lens. It can be very annoying as you pay more for the crank/band and I ended up removing it to make the slider usable for the type of production I do.”
Thanks for that comparison, Colin. I’ve never heard that about the Kessler before.
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Ben,
I don’t know if this will help you or not, because I don’t use the 550D or Magic Lantern… but I use the Juicedlink DT454 and I get plenty of amplification. I usually only have to turn the gain halfway up on the Juicedlink to max out the audio meters on my GH2. The GH2 does not allow the internal preamp to be turned all the way off, but I do turn the gain down to the lowest it will go. I’m very happy with the audio I have recorded in-camera using the DT454. I not sure on battery life because my mic has it’s own battery, so I don’t use phantom power on the DT454. My guess is that power consumption would be about the same, though. I do wish the Juicedlink had an AC adapter.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!