[Matthew Jones]

It’s choppy in Premier too… and is worse when previewed in Adobe Bridge.
Which is crazy because I’m running top of the line MAC hardware here.

When I let premier pro auto-select sequence settings it goes for AVCHD 29.97fps instead of the DSLR presets… output files are looking good with some of the different export options…

It looks splendid in the camera’s playback. No IS on the lens… it’s a prime 50mm 1.4

Hang on… I just noticed this doesn’t happen on my Apple MacBook Pro… it happens only on my imac.
I’ll try reinstalling Premier on that machine… is there anything else I should also be looking for?

My iMac far out-specs my laptop…
iMAC-
3.4Ghz quad core i7
16Gb RAM
2Gb VRAM
(solid state boot drive)

Laptop-
2.2Ghz quad core i7
8Gb RAM
1Gb VRAM
(7200rpm SATA drive)

in theory, both machines should be capable of playing back multiple threads of just about anything out there. Although I’ve heard some reports about poor video playback in Lion, which is what they are both running…

Thanks for the help!

[Matthew Jones]

of course more premier pro settings…

dslr 1080p 29.97@30fps sequence settings
and then exported using h.264 ‘youtube widescreen HD’

does the same thing when I export matching sequence settings too.

using ‘render at max depth’ in all scenarios.

[Matthew Jones]

ISO 320, 60fps (shutter)
1080p 30fps
1.4 f aperture

Highlight tone priority off, auto lighting optimizer off, peripheral illumination correction off…
fluorescent white balance…
Neutral color profile…

Card out of the camera, into my sd slot, onto my scratch drive, into the timeline of premier pro and then exported using the settings for codec h.264 ‘youtube widescreen HD’.

Straight off the camera these files are jumpy… so I don’t know that it’s an issue of exporting…
I’ve tried playback in both Quicktime and VLC with the same results.

Thanks for the assist!

[Matthew Jones]

I own the Canon 60d and the Panny HMC-150
I shot a wedding with both, in a similar manner that you described…
Panny for the wide shots and Canon for the tight shots…

Post was a pain in the butt, that said, it did end up working out alright…
I don’t think I’d do it again, unless I had to… they just look different.

The footage out of my 60d was far easier to work with in post, (it held up better to grading and just had more latitude within the picture itself, which blew my mind) and ended up looking better, in my opinion…

although in the end the client couldn’t tell two different kinds of cameras were used… so I guess that’s what’s important.