John Lenihan
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When I shoot a three hour event, my nx5u file comes in at 30 gigs, so yours seems in the ball park.
Remember, in the olden days, minidv tape took up 13 gigs per hour.
When you say, comes in, do you mean the original m2ts file from the camera, or after it is converted to mac pro res?
Although I am not a mac person, I have heard there are more than one way to convert to the mac format, which will affect its size.
But size of file should not be your problem, just buy a bigger disk.
The more expensive problem is that editing the HD compressed as avchd takes a lot of computer power. Editing the SD, which the camera compresses as mpeg2, takes less computing power, although the file size will be about the same because it is compressed less than avchd.John Lenihan
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Michael,
Would you be willing to share some of your profiles?Thanks
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I have shot a lot of SD video in 740 x 480 60i 16×9 aspect ratio.
When I bring it into Sony Vegas, I do not have the symptoms you describe. For me, it works fine.
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I don’t have any experience with those cameras.
All I could do is read the specs and compares, the same as you could do.
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The only recommendations I have for buying from the beginning is
a. The FMU128 memory unit. Worth its weight in gold.
b. Two 970 sony batteries.Regarding monitors and handholding bracketry, I recommend you get the camera and play with it and see how it feels to you. Then you will get an idea of what additional stuff you might want.
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Regarding the NX70, it might be a good compromise for you for the safari.
What people on this forum have said comparing it to the nx5u
1. Only 10 x zoom instead of 20x
2. picture looks same at bright light
3. Picture is worse than the nx5u in dim light
4. Smaller, therefore easier to pack
5. Water and dust resistant. (Would seem important on a safari)
6. Sound will be the same for either.John Lenihan
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1. Most editing programs should all change the video plyback rate and the sound separately. If not just manually speed up the audio by 2.5 times.
2. Yes, If you shoot at 60i, then the longest the aperature can be opend is 1/60. The shortest time is up to you and the camera. Hi Seed motion could require 1/500 or 1/5000. It depends on the light levels you have and how fast the motion is and whether you would to get clean crips pictures or smooth blur.
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Richard,
You can grab a frame from anything you have videorecorded. The camera has a utility to do that and you could do it in your editor.
The resolution would be the same as the resolution that you are shooting the video in.
It does not have a photo buttom like a dslr.
john
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Benoit,
There is no perfect format for everything so just try some stuff.
Blu Ray is smart enough to play just about anything.
Vegas is smart enough to allow you to edit just about anything.
Don’t make your first use of the camera a paying job. I always take a new camera, get an hour of shooting, may a second hour with different setting, maybe all day with diferent settings, light, framerate, speed of subjects moving, etc.
Each time you change, record yourself saying what the new settings are.
Then bring it into the editor and compare the various looks. No effects, just titles to differentiate the settings.
Take it all the way to render and burn. Then you can really compare on a blu ray player and tv.
You will also have other items to play with regarding the 3 d effect, like focal point, do subjects converge in front or behind the tv, Is there enough light. (Active 3 d glasses only allow half the light to each eye).
By this point, you will feel more comfortable doing a second or third round of your own tests going all the way through production of a bluray.
This may take you a week or 4 to become experienced enough to actually do something for someone else.
John
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If you bought this outside the united states, you may have a different Sony service place to honor the warranty.
I would recommend finding that out before trying to bring it to the US and then finding out.
John
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