[Olaf Steel]

Also worth noting is that I will want to relink to the original raw media when the project has been edited. So I need a way to do the above, while keeping the original metadata intact.

[Olaf Steel]

I have found that this problem also occurs with HVX footage. Any clips that are long – over 40 mins force the drive to be ejected and the same error message. If I import those long files individually, it seems to work fine, at least so far. But this is not a good option and will slow things down for me tremendously.

[Olaf Steel]

Thanks for your response Michael. I just checked the system settings and
both Limit Capture Size and Limit Capture Now are bow unchecked.

[Olaf Steel]

Excellent! That seems to be just what I’m looking for. Thank you!
I’ll let you know how it goes.

[Olaf Steel]

Thanks for your response Carl,

I think you’re right. The best method seems to be to bring it in as DNxHD. But what about setting up an offline edit? Should I just import it heavily compressed, and then link it back to the original 7D footage when I’m done to bring it online?

Or do I have to bring it in high rez, then transcode that to low rez footage, edit the project, then link it back to the high rez footage I originally imported to bring it online again?

Thanks again for your help.

[Olaf Steel]

That’s it exactly!
Thanks so much for your help.

[Olaf Steel]

Something maybe worth noting is that the full-screen video mode on the internet from places like Youtube works. But the browser itself won’t work in full-screen.

[Olaf Steel]

The actor is basically just standing still. He will be singing, but not moving around.

Yes, I really want to go with the Zeiss but the budget is very limited.
I’ll have to see.

Thanks for all your help. Really appreciated.

I’ll try to post a link to the video here once it’s done so you can see if I was successful.

Olaf

[Olaf Steel]

Thanks Todd. That was reassuring.
I’ve had a look at the rental company’s website, and they have two brands of lenses that I could rent that are in the 100mm, 85mm, 50mm, 35mm categories. The brands are Zeiss, and Nikon. I know the Zeiss lenses would give me a more cinematic look, however I would save a lot of money using the Nikon set.

Also, they don’t have a 10omm Nikon lens. Instead they offer a 135mm f/2.8 lens. I presume this has a macro feature?

Would these lenses work, or do you think I should avoid and definitely go with the Zeiss?

Thanks again for all you help.

Olaf

[Olaf Steel]

Thanks for your help everyone. The unanimous response seems to be to use a combination of primes.
There is no room in the budget for all those lenses, as well as a dolly system that is high enough quality – probably would need to be electronic so I can set a constant speed for it to track back.

With much regret, I think I might have to think of an alternative way to shoot this. And yes, I don’t want it to have a ‘cartoony’ look. Things going in an out of focus as the camera moves back would be fine though. Could sort of use that style that was used in the Tyler The Creator “Goblin” video where the moving in and out of focus is done to the rhythm of the song, which worked well since there isn’t many cuts (at least as far as I can remember).

If anyone has any other suggestions as to how this shot might be achieved on a shoestring budget, I’d be delighted to hear from you. But for now, I’ll work on replanning the scene.

Thanks again for your comments so far.

Olaf