Thanks for the quick response! The 7D isn’t mine – I’m editing for my boss. The camera I used for years was a Panasonic DVX so I’ve never worked with HD footage before.
the cineform Neoscene you mentioned… is that what is called transcoding software? This is going to sound very elementary, but what is AVC/h.264? I’ve seen it a lot, but assume it’s an HD term. A codec or compression rate? These are all things I should know.