[Philip Coccioletti]

Thanks Mads… much appreciated.

Its the Sony EX3, older HD camera and I am all MAC

[Philip Coccioletti]

Hi Mads,

Thanks for the info. Got confused and tried to select a file from Sony that you sent and still not working on my source browser in Avid MC. Can you help me with sending me the link you think will solve this issue. Talking to Avid is like contacting the pope. lol

Thanks brother.

[Philip Coccioletti]

Thanks for your info
The AMA would not bring in the FS7 files on my Avid MC 6.5.2
The files were like 4K to internal cards. 3840 x 2160
I actually downloaded this apple pro app codeck 2.0 and then just brought the files into Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate and it converted everything to HD 1920x1080p and looked great on import.
Its a shame they are MXF files which avid creates and you just can’t drag them into any bin.

An avid tech friend wrote: Support for the footage in QuickTime applications (useful for transcoding in say an MPEG Streamclip or Adobe Media Encoder requires the installation of the Apple Pro Apps Codec 2.0 which can be downloaded from here: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1396

What my friend wound up doing was installing the Apple Pro Video Codecs 2.0 update and then using Adobe Media Encoder in his case to transcode the footage to 1920×1080 ProRes and importing from there or you can also export to DNX and match the frame rate / resolution of your project and then Avid will do Fast Import when you try to import those clips which should go a lot faster with most of the transcoding done earlier.

[Philip Coccioletti]

I am not saying I agree with the DSLR guys. I have seen great images with the Canon 5D and had a chance to use it. I was impressed with the visuals. Yes… its a pain with all the accessories and handling the unit, etc,etc.
My beef is with Sony and their decision to put such a heavy asking price on this new PMW F3 going for a small fortune at $18,900… and then they insist they are catering to the INDY crowd? The Indy crowd ain’t gonna shell out 20K for this little F3, especially when Panasonic’s AF 100 is under 1/3rd the price.
Why is Sony doing this with such a ridiculous price point?

[Philip Coccioletti]

I agree but am upset that Sony calls it an INDY camera with a price tag of over 18K!!! We work lots of INDY productions and are lucky to have any camera in the 10K range.
This new PMW F3 is a 10K range camera and no more. Look at the few videos on youtube or vimeo using the F3… they are ok. But look at the Bali shoot with the DSLR 5D Canon and that footage blows away the F3. Again… it always comes down to who is flying the plane. Sony missed the ball on this one and is over charging big time. Every review we read complains about the price point.
here is an example below

https://www.eoshd.com/content/446-Sample-Sony-F3-footage-and-first-impressions