[Tony Au]

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the reply. I understand that SSD’s are more expensive, but if money is not an issue, is there any reason why editing on an external SSD shouldn’t be done?

Since external hard drives are so unreliable, I need to buy a new one every time I start a new project. I feel that it would be a worthy investment to pay more for an external SSD instead of an external HD if I could re-use the SSD again and again as a working drive for numerous projects. I wouldn’t use it for long term storage. I would just constantly back up my work from the external SSD onto a backup external HD and, when a project is done, I would just clear the space on the external SSD and use it for my next project. If I did this, would an SSD have an advantage over a HD in terms of fail rate?

Also, are there any external SSD’s that would have enough throughput to use for editing footage with resolutions of 4K and up?

[Tony Au]

Hey Steve,

Thanks for the reply.

I installed the latest version of iStopMotion that supposedly supports DSLR Live View and connected my 60D to my Macbook Pro via an HDMI cable. However, iStopMotion doesn’t recognize it.

I have not installed EOS Utility to my Macbook (I need to buy a remote CD drive in order to install with the installation disc). Is that required in order to connect my DSLR to programs such as these? Shouldn’t the program software be able to connect to the DSLR itself?

[Tony Au]

Hey John,

Thanks for the reply. What do you mean by “using Frame Controls”? I’m not as familiar with Compressor as I am with FCP.