[Rrayburn]

I have traveled many times this year hand taking the Varicam on planes. I carry two small Portabrace cases…1 case for the camera body and a battery just in case you are asked to power up. Remove the lens and viewfinder and carry them in the second portabrace…I put them in the Portabrace padded drawstring bags that came with the smuggler camera case. Put some foam or bubble wrap in the bottom of both cases.

I always ask to board early (I have never been turned down) Put one under the seat the other one or both in the overhead…watch them carefully, put a jacket or pillows around them and make sure someone doesn’t move them or try to jam a big case on top of them. They are well protected since you always hand carry them, and since you are in two rather small cases instead of one large odd looking camera case….no one gives you a hard time……you should always be able to store them in the cabin….but it is important to get on the plane early.

No scatches no bumps…works for me.
Russ

[Rrayburn]

I liked Thrillcat’s idea about transfering the HDV to DVCPro HD via component I have the 1200a in house so I will try it. If that works the Sony Z1U is for sale, looking at the new Pana200 to match my Varicam.

Russ

[Rrayburn]

No….go to the Apple.com site and find the Quicktime download to take out the QT 7 from your computer and restore 6.5.2.
FCP 4.5 with QT7 will do so many wierd things…it would be too hard to list…but Apple has acknowledged the mistake of offering the free upgrade download to users without warning FCP users that it is incompatable with FCP versions below 5.0. (nice there is a fix)…….. Just takes a few minutes and it works well after the 6.5.2 version is reinstalled.

Russ

[Rrayburn]

I have my Chicago collections on buyoutfootage.com.
All shot in SD on Betacam SP. For HD (720 P 24 frame progressive) shots my Chicago footage is on Producer’s Library Service.

Russ

[Rrayburn]

The easy way to do it……..go to your timeline…..select all….go to the “Modify” pull down menu…select label…..click on your favorite color….I always go for orange…then all the shots in your timeline turn orange and all the shots in the bins that were used in that timeline will also turn orange. This will not tell you if you have duplicates, …………but you can easily ID used from unused shots.
Russ

[Rrayburn]

I am told that each of the 60 progressive frames is made into each of the 60 fields in 1080i, resulting in very good quality.
R