Thanks for the reply. I used the Playback/Rec button to access the files through Premiere. I just can’t get them off the camera. I’ll definitely shoot to card in the future if you think that’ll help. I’ve tried dragging and dropping the .MTS file into a desktop folder, but wasn’t sure how to open it.
I am able, however, able to load the files through iPhoto. I got really frustrated trying to transcode them using Handbrake and gave up there. I figured there must be a simpler solution, which must be to shoot on cards.
So I just cracked open the manual and found out it’s possible to copy internal files to a card. Are you saying that if I were to read the files using a card reader they would be immediately available in the finder? How does this work exactly? Does the camera record to different containers between internal and external storage?
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