[Rob Gutermuth]

This really doesn’t answer my original question… “get more storage” really?

Like saying… how can I make my car more fuel efficient? – Buy a different car….

I find it hard to believe that people aren’t using LT for HD material – 4K? maybe not, but for 1080i footage? Im sure it’s being used…

So, I will re-ask the question…

is there a noticeable difference between Prores LT and Prores422 if Im not looking to re-compress the video more than once? if so, great, I will take the hit on larger file sizes (I have 15TB’s btw) but I have 12 projects that all require about 750gb each and they are all there at once.

The way I understand it, is the more you re-compress, the higher codec you need to start with? but are there other factors if the footage to start with is 1080i 59.94

Has anyone uprezzed 1440x1080i HDV footage to 1920×1080 Square upper prores, and was happier with the results than if they just stayed in 1440×1080?

Thanks

Rob Gutermuth
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[Rob Gutermuth]

my usual sequence settings are for HDV, because 2 of the 3 or 4 cameras that I shoot with used that, but now I can capture to Prores via SDI, so I want an HD sequence setting that will match that I guess… since now I’d have 3 out of 4 cameras in a shoot that would be 1920×1080…. and then I guess have the other HDV footage rendered on that timeline to 1920×1080 from 1440×1080, right? Im just wondering about the quality, but yes, I know you only had 1/2 the story…

Simple editing, no compositing… just some brief text at end and beginning… I will just use the 3 way color corrector to match the 3 cameras color/contrast and brightness wise… so, some minor color correction.

if Im most concerned with a good quality MPEG2 (Im using episode to do the MPEG2 for DVD) – will I see any difference between exporting final sequence to Prores LT, or should I stay with the standard prores?

I have to export it this way, and not use “current settings” because for some reason, on this machine, the audio drifts out of sync over time – but if I have it export to anything else, it’s ok.

Also, would it be better to export to Prores NTSC 16×9 for import into Episode, or should I give episode my full HD file, and have it do the downconversion?

I know a lot of this is trial and error, and “see what looks better” – but I was really just going for a smaller file size vs any quality difference, and based on not re-encoding the codec 15 times…

off topic – what is the best color grader to use past the 3 way color correction? would that be the davinci product?

thanks for all the help

Rob Gutermuth
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[Rob Gutermuth]

I had a job a couple of years ago when I was still shooting SD – they had demo text that needed to be crystal clear at like 12 or 14 point size –

What I ended up doing was creating a new HD project, and up-rezzing the SD footage into the HD project, so that the graphics and text would stay sharp… the video didn’t take a hit at all really… it was 4:3, so it was cropped on it’s sides, but fine.

may or may not work for you, but this was FCP 7 I was using at the time… actually I think it was 6 then, can’t remember…. but very similar…

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[Rob Gutermuth]

ok…

AVCHD was the codec in the camera – shot 59.94 aka 60i at 24mps LPCM audio – basically the highest setting the camera allows, short of progressive mode…

So, I take this clip, and all I did was have EditReady transcode it to Prores… no timeline issue, nothing, since I didn’t bring it into FCP yet even… just played it back via QT player… EditReady can also just re-wrap the clip… which I guess doesn’t change the file, or not supposed to anyways…

I guess I could upload the clip with no audio… it’s only a 1 min clip… and I can do this directly off the camera, so it can be seen if that would be helpful?

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[Rob Gutermuth]

Yeah, that’s what I heard too, but I guess there is always a workaround 🙂

so, Im guessing with a 256gb card, you can get about 6 hours of video at the highest bit rate? (is that 50mps?)

did you stay with the extreme San Disk cards, or did you go up to the Ex Pro cards? Costly?

Thanks

Rob Gutermuth
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[Rob Gutermuth]

well, I tested the camera itself, and just recorded onto tape a 30 sec clip of me talking, and then I tried playing that back from the camera, in VTR mode off tape – I saw the meters moving, so I know audio was there on the tape, but no output from the RCA jacks….

I don’t think I ever used them before, since I usually have used FW for capture for video and audio, either off tape, or from my firestore – guess I need to send the camera into canon for repair… hopefully, it’s just a loose connection inside… maybe the last guy that replaced the tape transport and fw port, forgot to re-connect that board?

I used it yesterday – and ended up running the Headphone jack into the audio in of the Samurai, and just as you showed. gonna transfer the footage later… but I did monitor the audio with my headphones to the unit, and it sounded “ok” no distortion, etc… the levels, even maxed, were only about 3/4 of the way up on the meters, but I backed the output off just a hair to be sure it would record clean…

I do have a tape backup and also the firestore too… I like being able to record to all 3 things at one time… a back up for my back up 🙂

when you record from the XL-H1 to the samurai, do you use Prores or Prores LT? – I heard that LT is all you need from the XL-H1… I know that HQ is overkill… correct?

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[Rob Gutermuth]

does it mount ok? if you can mount the disk image fine, try this:

use disk utility, and when it opens, select the DMG file.

choose new image at the top…

then, just select where you want it to go… don’t rename it, etc… what I do, is make a folder first that has the clients info as the title of the folder, and then inside that folder is the CANON DMG file… (or whatever it’s named from your camera)

this will back it up… you could also choose of course, a memory card too, or another HD, etc…

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[Rob Gutermuth]

Hi Mike,

I’d like to know the exact same thing… it would be an expensive gamble for sure, since 256 cards aren’t that cheap even now 🙂

I know that for my little Vixia G30 (xa20) they claim that the camera can address 2TB of memory… I would never buy a 2TB card even if they were $50, and normally use 64gb cards, but these are also SD vs CF for the xf100/105

BTW – how do you like that camera? – more specifically, the codec it uses… I assume that since you have the 105, you are using the SDI output as well? – curious how that compares to the internal codec?

I’m toying with moving to a couple of those and an xf305… but the codec is newer, and wondered how it compares to something like sdi output directly to prores?

Thanks

Rob Gutermuth
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[Rob Gutermuth]

Hi,

EF-S lenses were designed for EF-S cameras… these are the “crop” cameras, meaning that their image sensors are smaller than a Full Frame sensor.

You can’t put EF lenses on an EF-S sensor camera, but you can put either on the FF cameras… will it work? most likely, will you see a difference anywhere? likely….

in my experience, I would not use EF-S lenses on a full frame camera, unless I had to. I have found that the optics are not as good, and depending on the camera, the focal range will not be the same, since the crop cameras use these lenses to complement the smaller sensor, so a 50mm lens is really shooting at 80mm on those cameras…

plus, since the EF-S lenses/cameras were really built for the consumer market, many of those lenses are just not made as well as the better EF lenses (plastic vs metal mounts, etc)

since glass is the most important factor as a starting point to any image, I would say that EF is the better/safer choice using any camera worth more than $2K… sometimes the L lenses are not must better than the non L lenses, but sometimes they are worlds better… (I know you didn’t ask about L lenses, but)

just my 2 cents, coming from a photographers perspective…

Rob Gutermuth
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[Rob Gutermuth]

Wish that worked, but still no audio…

I know its not the cable, cuz I tried 2 others…

I know it’s not the samurai, cuz I used the headphone 3.5inch jack to connect and I see the audio fine that way…

I guess aud M set means AUDIO MONITOR SET? – I have the switch for ch 1/2 set for front mic – and can see and hear the audio from that mic….

is it possible that the camera doesn’t send this signal for some reason to the RCA outs… I guess I can try plugging in an XLR mic just to see that?

Any other ideas? – I really wanted to use the samurai for Sunday’s shoot… I guess I could use the audio off of the headphone outs if I really had to, but I really wante this to work out with the RCAs….

Glad Im checking this all now 🙂 I wonder if using the headphone out to the Sammy input is a better idea than capturing the audio from Tape in post (yes, I know it would be compressed vs PCM, correct?)

ummm so many questions, but thanks! – I hope there is something else that Im missing here, and my line out is not hosed.

Thanks

Rob Gutermuth
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