I like Cineform as it has gottem me through for the last few years. They made it possible to edit HDV even during Beta trials.
Having seen the difference between native HDV editing and Cineform, I can't see where you would say that any quality was reduced. I really don't think I would ever trust the RTX.2 to be supported past a single Premiere Pro release. The Axio stuff that I have seen is excellent, however.
I recently won a AJA XENA LHe and as soon as my new graphics card comes in (stupid backorder) I will be using that with my Cineform Prospect HD to work in 10 bit. It should be interesting.
As I said before, the only reason I posted to this thread was to make sure that Gary was willing to risk his reputaton on this one, and since he seems to be, I figure it is safe to try it.
Steven
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