[Sven Pannell]

Brilliant. I can’t hide anywhere, can I?

I was just thinking this afternoon about you and whether I could afford to send these tapes to you and for you to send me back a doco! Perhaps it’s time to talk, although I am enjoying the rather steep learning curve.

Not in LA at the mo … in New Zealand. Will send you an email

Sven

[Sven Pannell]

Thanks very much, both. Yes, firewire = iLink, I now realise. And the cable doesn’t come with the Sony but is an optional extra. I now have one and the camera can communicate with FCP.

However…

1. I cannot listen to the audio as I play and capture through FCP even though it plays on the camera speaker, and,

2. There is a terrible ‘rippling’ occuring (broad, dark, strobing lines) most noticeably around the edge line of a subject, whenever there is camera movement or subject motion within frame. I have tried a variety of different “Basic Settings” but nothing seems to alleviate the problem.

Again, system is Sony DSR-PDX10P recording to Mini DV, Final Cut Pro 5 and PowerBook G4 running 10.4.10.

Again, any advice for a newbie would be much appreciated.

Sven