[Peter Von puttkamer]

Hi again…BTW have you ever encountered 5fps audio delay when loading from firewire- either off the camera or from 1400 deck? It’s just on HD firewire transfers, DV ok. I thought perhaps it was just my G4 (I have 2mb ram, 2 buses for firewire)limitations. Would a full system with Kona card take care of this?

Peter

[Peter Von puttkamer]

This is crucial information…thanks again; this will definitely help me and the project out!
Best,

Peter

[Peter Von puttkamer]

Excellent information- thanks so much; I’ve been doing most of my shows in 60i till now; or like the last show- we did 23.98, but converted it to 60i and finished in 1080i.
This one, they want 23.98; so this was not shot in 108024pa, just 108024p, so I’m not getting a kona card-based system which should be able to handle that. I just wondered if doing standard capture off my camera of a 108024p show, would actually give me a 23.98 show, or does it do a downconvert each time to a 1080i output? Also the firewire HD always comes in at 13mb/sec. off the camera; I assume, with the kona card, you can actually select the degree of compression, or no compression, via SDI inputs…
Best,

Peter

[Peter Von puttkamer]

Ok great…so capture card only for 24p. So 108030p can be done through firewire off the deck at 59.94 then? How about thru the camera- does that output a 108030p signal, as well? Does the camera output always do the downconvert on the 23.98 then? thanks peter

[Peter Von puttkamer]

One more question please; setting the system setting in this deck to 23/24 will allow 108024p
HDX900 tapes to be brought in as actual 24p, yes? What about 108030p- just system 59.94i setting?

thanks

Peter

[Peter Von puttkamer]

Thanks so much, that’s very helpful info…appreciate you getting on this so fast.

Peter

[Peter Von puttkamer]

RE: the AJHD 1400 deck; I’m trying to output some SD DVPRO50 timelines(Sequences) off
my FCP onto the 1400 deck; it appears that pansonic does not support recording of the
DVpro50 format now. Is this correct? Any solutions?

Thanks

[Peter Von puttkamer]

Yes…I meant HDX900, which does 1080 30p….

[Peter Von puttkamer]

On a slightlier different note- we’re doing a show shot on 1080 30p on the Varicam- I’ve been told it’s best to edit this in 30p- then output to whatever format at the end. But I have an issue- some HDCAM shot at 30p- with no way to download thru firewire- unless I go J3- which may or may not work at putting out a DV res image; can I put this whole project onto a
108060i timeline- since it is much the same as 30p; then maybe in final assembly go back to a 30p? What about mixing in 1080i footage into this? Do I need latest version 6 FCP software to do this?

thanks

[Peter Von puttkamer]

I have a similar shoot coming up; HD delivery in the US and Canada, but digi beta PAL in the UK; from what I’ve seen- the SD down converts should look fine- and most importantly retain the “film look” you can’t really get with digi-beta, unless it’s one of those rare newer models with 24p. My question is- we were going to shoot 30fps for the North American TV market for a clearer picture without the 2:3 pulldown look; now with the UK delivery- it’s been suggested that the downconverts from 30fps will not look great. So we’re leaning to 23.98 now- though that comes with inherant issues for shooting fast-moving wildlife photography. Any thoughts on this? thanks