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check out the Nikon adapter and P&S zeiss lenses

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Just tested the HZ-CA13U PL at IBC with an 8mm Arri prime lens. Virtually no light loss and no CA at all! Had it mounted next to a setup with the P&S mini35 which in comparison lost about 2 stops of light and had quite a lot of vignetting of the edges. I would prefere the HZ-CA13U PL anytime…

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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JVC HZ-CA13U PL

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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In AE you can use the depth matte to slice the image layer from a certain depth and forward.
You can use this to comp the layer in front of a 2D object that you place in Z-depth, but you will need a copy of the 3D-image in the background. A sandwich.

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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I would be careful to use the camera for digitizing large sums of tapes. I had to change my PD150s tape mechanism after using it to digitize for a 35min. documentary.

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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Finalcut does not fully support multible codecs in the same timeline.
Since part is 4:2:2 (uncompressed) and part is 4:1:1 (DV) you will have to render.

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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set the Kona output to Macintosh Desktop – if you’re in PAL world you’ll have to set the output to 525i

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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I’ll fill in the blanks with 10 favorites then:

1) Mixed codecs/resolutions in the same timeline
2) Background rendering while editing
3) Colorcorrection curves
4) Individual track height
5) Saved project includes setup
6) Used clip indicator in bins
7) Direct import of image sequences
8) Fixed 4/8 pt. garbage mattes
9) Subframe audio editing
10) Integration with Shake that works

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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would it work with 720P 25fps?

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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If you add same size you can stribe them together as Raid 0 and get double space – if the new drives are bigger you will loose that overhead in the new stribe – but you can create a separate partition for the exceeding size (Each side is normally stribed with Raid 5 and thereafter they appear as 2 drives, which can be stribed as a single volume) Hope it makes sense