Would any other owners here please test their SSR mode to confirm image degradation in their recordings please? We just need one other witness for confirmation we've been dupped by marketing. Thanks.
OK good. So that's the computer part right? In that case keep your powder dry until Sunday April 15 when the world will change on the Final Cut Studio front. We may or may not get the 8 core Mac Pro announcement then. But in any event, be patient for everything new to ship before you spend that much — even if it winds up being a current (soon to be old) model refurb. Big changes are happening this Spring and you need to ride out this wave of new stuff before you can make a wise non-impulsive non-impatient decision.
No problem. The HC7 can deliver DVCPro HD too by hooking its HDMI port to a Blackmagic Design Intensity PCIe card in a Mac Pro or last gen Dual Core or Quad G5 PM..To hell with HDV! DVCPRO HD for life!
Yea, if you want to lug your computer to every shoot. Kinda defeats the purpose of a small, portable cam.
Yeah. It's a luggable remote application for concerts, raves, weddings, church services, events of all sorts.Yea, if you want to lug your computer to every shoot. Kinda defeats the purpose of a small, portable cam.
Not from tape. Live from the sensor. Have you read Blackmagic Design's Intensity/On-Air pages yet?
Converting to DVCPro HD won't give you anything that wasn't there in the original HDV signal, but it will give you a much better format to edit your video with. HDV is proving to be an adequate acquisition format, but it is a PITA as a post format in my experience.
Maybe as a single, locked down camera on a multi-camera shoot, in certain situations, but in no way is lugging around a full sized tower, monitor, keyboard, mouse, surge protector, extension cord & gaffe tape (what are the odds you'll always next to a power socket?) a good way to shoot on location at events, IMO. Not to mention the relatively short runs you are limited to w/HDMI cable and the fact that it doesn't have a positive locking connectors which make it less than ideal for a tethered shooting solution.
If you're proposing the HVX200 as a solution, it's better to suggest direct-to-disk recording over P2. P2 is fine for scripted stuff, but for unscripted events it's seriously lacking.
Both recording in DV and exporting HDV in DV are possible. You were obviously speaking to an incompetent Sony "tech" hack. My recommendation is to continue recording in HDV but, for the purposes of this project, export in DV. That way you maintain your original work in HDV even though you have to export in DV at this time.
. lol. As long as you can export in DV there is no logical reason to shoot in DV. Later you will be glad you got it in HDV in the first place. So I'm not even going to tell you how to switch it to DV recording cause I feel strongly you should always master in HDV. But it is there in the book.
In the General Preferences you have to change the New Project frame rate to 25 before creating a NEW Project in HDV 1080i. Then it will say (HD-1080i-25) in the title at top of the project window. Did you get that far successfully? I did just now. Import should work properly from there. Your iMac is fast enough for that as long as it's HD is not too full.
Check your HC5 to see it's recording in 16 bit audio HDV not 12 bit DV.
Maybe. Have you checked "Filter audio from camera" on in the import pane?
Well try importing more than a test moment. I am not familiar with that indication. I hope someone else here is and can tell you how to overcome the audio problem.
Manual Page 49 CAMERA SET menu: STEADYSHOT should be ON (default) when hand held. When you can, use a tripod. Test with STEADYSHOT OFF when on the tripod.