[Scott Clelland]

I see, good to know thanks again. So I assume that the workflow I have described is the best way for me to achieve the end footage I desire?

[Scott Clelland]

Thanks for the response, really appreciate it.

Could I export directly from Adobe Media Encoder in Premiere, changing the PAR and resolutions within the program? I assume that changing PAR has no effect on the video quality in this case?

Thanks again

[Scott Clelland]

You can capture directly to Final Cut Pro using just a firewire cable, and this also allows you to get a preview. I don’t have my macbook at the moment so I can’t tell you the exact settings but it’s pretty simple from what I remember.

[Scott Clelland]

I will look into the G4, but I have a Macbook which I usually capture directly to, but just can’t use it for the next couple of months. I realize now that a Firewire portable hard drive won’t work without an external power source, but do you know if a USB portable hard drive can be used to offload footage from the P2 cards in the field, without an external power source?

[Scott Clelland]

Sorry, I’m a bit confused here. Do you mean the transfer speed from the HVX to the hard drive? I read someone copied around a Gb a minute to a hard drive. I used to capture directly from the HVX to my Macbook using FCP but I don’t have any laptops to take on set at the moment.

I want to use the hard drive to temporarily store footage from the two 8Gb P2 cards (16 minutes at a time), and then format the cards and repeat this process a few times. I would then transfer the MPX files to my PC to use with my editing software. Transfer speed aside, is it possible to use a portable hard drive with the HVX and is it possible to write to the hard drive multiple times without erasing the previous files?

Thanks again, much appreciated

Scott

[Scott Clelland]

I will be buying a 64 Gb P2 card in the near future, but I was looking for an alternative just for the next couple of months. No where locally rents P2 cards here in Scotland and although the workflow is poor, it’s just for short films and test footage so I’m under no pressure with time. Do you know if my hard drive issues above will cause a problem or I could easily use a portable hard drive for transferring multiple clips?

Thanks again, appreciate the quick response

[Scott Clelland]

I used the RedRock M2 adapter whilst at film school with a series of prime lenses from a 35mm SLR camera and thought it gave a really nice and soft film look. I used my Nikon 18-135mm zoom lens from my DSLR also but this gave it a more dark and even distorted look. Maybe someone with more experience could elaborate on this.

I think they have updated to the M3 model now and it is still quite expensive to buy – but could be a worthy investment depending on what sort of stuff you are shooting.

They thing I did like was the ability to blend footage from the RedRock and standard lens on the HVX200 together in one project – fell free to check out a short film I made, where I shot different scenes using both:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x8d61_RFM4

Hope this helps.

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