[Ken Tannenbaum]

I ask for monetary reasons….there appear to be far more 30’s in the world of stock footage than 24fps. I have no other reason.
Having said that, although I know how to do it, I don’t want to degrade the content, which is why I ask…will it degrade?

Thanks.

Ken Tannenbaum

[Ken Tannenbaum]

Thanks for trying. There’s no .thm file….just .mov from the D7000.

Changing to .jpg is not recognized by preview or photoshop either.

It’s okay…my issue has entirely to do with the first sequence I shot with the camera…at a time when I knew JUST enough to do potential damage a few weeks ago. In this case, I didn’t understand the “need” to restrict the shutter speed to 1/50 and may have reduced to speed substantially.
The footage is worthwhile however. I just wanted to know if there’s a was to backtrack that information, as is so easy with stills.

Again, thanks.

Ken Tannenbaum

[Ken Tannenbaum]

Thanks gentlemen…sorry for possible redundancy here:

I thought I did select “self contained”, but more important, here’s the workflow…kindly advise. It seems to get me where I need to be, a PhotoJPEG file for stock footage.

1. H.264 from camera
2. MpegStreamclip conversion to ProRes422
3. FCP edit
4. Export to QT Movie @ “current settings” – yields FCP Movie File
5. back to MpegStremclip for conversion to PhotoJpeg @ 95% – yields QT Movie.

ON ANOTHER NOTE, I have great familiarity with post-shoot camera data in the stills world…IPTC, EXIF, camera speed, etc. I can’t find, if it exists, similar information for video from the D7000. I’m trying to see what shutter speed I used for a particular clip. Thanks.

Ken Tannenbaum

[Ken Tannenbaum]

Very interesting about FCP6…I really didn’t think that was the case…but you know what…different configurations seem to respond differently to software upgrade and more specifically, how they’re installed.

I like the D7000 very much…was using a couple of D200’s for my work. Now, getting into video, I considered Canon but have way more Nikon equipment than I cared to walk from, hence the choice. I did decide immediately to get the battery grid to give the camera more weight and size…but it wasn’t absolutely necessary.

While I’m here, I’m confused about shutter speeds…heard from everyone that sticking with 1/50 or 1/60 is key. If true, is shutter priority the ticket? Seems it messes too much with ISO and my beloved f2.8.
What’s the story, if there is one?

Thanks.

Ken Tannenbaum

[Ken Tannenbaum]

Thanks for the reply. BTW, my G5 is not an intel machine, which I believe is a requirement of FCP 6 and certainly 7. Xmas is around the corner and my birthday’s even closer. I’ll check out the other forum.
Again, thanks.

Ken Tannenbaum

[Ken Tannenbaum]

ProRes codecs aren’t available to me using a G5 with FCPv5. They don’t show up in the MpegSreamclip dialog. Any thought on that?
It was suggested that Apple PhotoJpeg or Apple Intermediate Codec would do the trick.

I’m new at this…using a D7000.

Ken Tannenbaum