Re: KONA FCP WORKFLOW- General questions

arbolito,

Will it be ok to use the Sony JH-3 deck to load our footage? I'm pretty sure that it has an HD SDI out.

The answer is yes with HD SDI, otherwise you will need a converter in the mix.


Will we need tri-level sync or can we just use a blackburst generator- are there specific blackburst generators for 23.98?

Tri-level for HD will work best.

If we are shooting HDCAM with the Sony F900, should we load as 10 bit HD or 8 bit?

Words of wisdom from Gary Adcock
What the tape says it can do and what the camera and deck can do are 2 different things, and how the data is recorded to tape is another. Regular HDCam is 3:1:1 10-bit HDCAM CAMERA master is 3:1:1 @ 8bit

Sooooo....
*Are you mixing any other content with this, heavy on effects, going back out to film??? These are the things that will generally get a better response to the question.


How much storage is required for 1 hour of HD footage?

24p at 1080 RGB 3TB will give you 201 minutes
24p at 1080 YUV 3TB will give you 350 minutes

roughly 880Gb for 60 minutes of RGB

*But remember it's not about the capacity it's about the thruput of the combined drives that you should focus on.


Once we've captured our media, can the Kona card downconvert to SD on the fly so that we can view our project on an SD monitor as we edit, then rent a VTR when we have locked our cut and are ready to output?

Absolutely :)

Best of luck,
Ramona


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