Stu Siegal
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Hey David,
Point well taken, didn’t mean to slag the format – quite the opposite, actually. I shoot HDV exclusively and am very happy with it. Perhaps short-lived might have been a better way to put it.
At some point in the next 5 years, max, there will be a new flavor that will quickly erode the HDV marketplace – maybe Scarlett, maybe something else. Granted, it’s not just about the format, a workflow and hardware to support it need to come along, but it will, as it always does, and we’ll all shell out for new gear and do our little part to keep the economy moving.
DVD’s are enjoying a great run of what, maybe 10 years of market dominance? My point was that if Bluray drags its feet in terms of licensing and mass market acceptability, they won’t be the next mass market format, because by the time they get their act together something better will have supplanted them. Perhaps this is what apple thinks, putting their main focus on delivering content via Apple tv and itunes. A quick look at imovie shows that they’re encouraging the consumer crowd to upload instead of burning a dvd.
BTW, congrats on being an official forum leader. Happy to read your bio and see a fellow COM person (or was it SPC when you were there?) with his name in the bright lights atop the forum!
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The Boston Final Cut User group had a great session on Bluray last night, and after listening to Bruce Nazarian, I left feeling there’s a reasonable likelihood that Bluray will wind up as the HDV of shiny discs – a comparatively short-lived interim format.
Why? Well, for one, the cost of replication licensing is prohibitive – somewhere around 5 K per project, and this doesn’t look to change any time soon. The cost of duplication is nil, but compatibility issues and cost of media are still problematic.
The potential for hd content to be delivered online is a Bluray killer, when and if – and that is a big if – it happens. If Apple’s not on the Bluray bandwagon, perhaps they’ve set their sites one step ahead. Interesting food for thought…
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Dan,
You’re telling him he needs a $4k wireless setup to sit atop a $3600 camcorder? Sure, we’d all love to own nothing but high end gear, but I strongly suspect Brian’s needs are much more along the lines of one man band/prosumer/indie doc/filmmaker, many of whom create excellent – and quite audible – content with the sennheisers/at/sony entry level setups.
Brian, buy the best gear you can afford and start (or keep) shooting, and don’t be discouraged by pros who, well intentioned though they may be, don’t recognize that their needs and criteria are at a different professional level than yours.
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I’ve been using the sennheiser evolution G2, and it’s precursor, for five or so years, and it’s a very serviceable, reliable wireless system for general field production, thought a bit out of your range. Try shopping around and see if you can get closer to your price, and be sure and get the ME2 omni mic, which is much more functional if people are going to be moving and talking while you shoot.
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5.1.4 works just fine with the A1 in HDV, use it all the time.
You need to set the camera’s output before connecting the fw cable. Double check to make sure the output is not set to downconvert to DV. Connect the fw to your computer before booting up, power up the cam before launching FCP, and you should be good to go.
Also, in the painfully obvious oversight dept., make sure you’re using an hdv easy setup.
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The way I usually do it is to do a match frame on the clip I need to slow down, create a new sub clip identical to the one you want to slow down, change the speed, and then put it back in the timeline using a three point edit.
Watched the digital heaven tutorial, wondering if there’s any advantage to doing it their way?
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You didn’t exactly say what was happening when you tried to capture – was it not seeing the camera?
Check the A1’s output settings under and set the appropriate output before you connect the firewire cable and before you launch FCP. It’s important to do this in the right sequence, and a common mistake to do it with the firewire cable attached, which might be your problem.
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Well, I’ll second that thanks to Walter, Bob, Gary, Shane, Jerry, David, and all the regular posters here and the other Cow forums. I’ve been on a year end tax spending spree too, and managed to make about two dozen purchases with just one post for advice, thanks to the great archive of everyone’s daily posts. Your daily efforts are much appreciated, have a great new year!
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Jay, was wondering if you’d consider doing an interview for an article on your production? You can drop me an e-mail off list at stu at verite-media dot com.