Re: Too many 15 second clips with P2

Hi Kal,
Yea, I did a 2-camera 8-hour job last October, and it was a nightmare - especially when you add the other camera and the goofy naming convention that Panasonic came up with.

If you don't already have it, pick up a copy of Barry Green's The HVX Book. It's written for the HVX 200 but it is almost totally applicable to the 500 and well worth the money.

As for file naming, you need to make sure that you are setting up your camera with an SD card to assign your own user file name prior to the shoot. This way you can sort the files in post by the name that you assigned. Like Camera01_001, Camera01_002 etc.

As Barry points out in his book, the P2 workflow and long-form shoots may not be the best combination at this stage of the game (for the very reason you created this thread). But I have learned a few tricks since my shoot in October that have really made the process a lot less painful.

-Brad