This has happened to me all throughout the years of using FCP. I have never found a way to make it regenerate the thumbnails. Sometimes they come back, sometimes they don’t.
I’ll be watching to see if someone has the answer too.
Nope, not a DSLR, but you can use just about any lens with it. I’m currently using Olympus still lenses with great results. The other AF100 advantage is that the basic operations of the camera are like the video camera you were used to. DSLRs take a lot of extra gadgets and tinkering to do video. There is the time limit of 11 minutes per shot on a DSLR too, so if you want to do interviews it’s a real pain. Here is the link to Panasonic’s info;
Here are the Af-100 Scene File settings for shooting flat.
Operation Type – Film Cam
Rec Format – 1080/24p
Syncro Scan – 180.0d
Detail Level – -6
Ver Detail Level – -6
Detail Coring – -4
Chroma Level – -4
Chroma Phase – 0
Master Ped – -2
Gamma – Cine Like D
Matrix – Norm 2
This comes from Marvels Film, they call it Flat Cinematic. I’ve used it a couple of times, it’s great. Make sure it is a project you are going to color grade, because the image looks pretty sad straight out of the camera. Meaning, don’t show any clients until it is graded. Also, don’t use this when you are doing greenscreen. It sucks most of the color saturation out that a keyer can use.