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HVX-200 External TC / 3 Camera with FCP


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HVX-200 External TC / 3 Camera with FCP
by Douglas Ryan on Aug 21, 2008 at 2:29:15 am

I'm a Post Super at a facility that works primarily in Avid. A project has come along needing mixed frame rate and resolution so we're doing it in our Final Cut bay. My Final Cut experience is limited.

We're doing a 3-camera shoot (36 episodes) with Panasonic HVX-200's shooting 720p 24p 59.94. So far so good.

The editor, who primarily works in Avid, doesn't think the 3 cameras need to be feed external TC. He thinks he can just use the clapper to sync up the three and work like that.
I'm advocating, strongly, the use of a TC Generator and jam syncing the cameras.

I've found Steve Martin's great explanation of Multicam editing in Final Cut Pro but I'm looking for some opinions from folks that have tried it both ways.

Two questions....

1. Can you feed external TC to a HVX-200? I don't have a manual but after casual examination I can't find a BNC input for external code.

2. Should I press the issue and insist on Jam Syncing or let him do what he wants and let the issue slide?

Thanks for your input. I appreciate it.

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Re: HVX-200 External TC / 3 Camera with FCP
by Arnie Schlissel on Aug 21, 2008 at 4:29:54 am

The HVX does not accept external TC. If you need to sync them, you should use a something like clapper or camera strobe.

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Re: HVX-200 External TC / 3 Camera with FCP
by Douglas Ryan on Aug 21, 2008 at 4:42:40 pm

Thanks for the reply. I appreciate it.

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Re: HVX-200 External TC / 3 Camera with FCP
by Rafael Amador on Aug 21, 2008 at 4:45:41 am

Right, the PANA have no TC in.
A solution is to feed an external TC Gen to one of the audio tracks as Aux TC. then in FC you can use that as the original LTC but you need this:

http://www.videotoolshed.com/?page=products&pID=26

I don't think is much necessary to do all that.
Better than a clapper is to use the flash of a still camera to synchronize the clips.
Rafael

www.nagavideo.com

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Re: HVX-200 External TC / 3 Camera with FCP
by Ben Scott on Aug 21, 2008 at 8:50:09 am

no TC genlock signal on this camera however that isnt the only way and this camera works this way

you use firewire and then look in the menu to sync to second camera

http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/193/869035

http://www.dvxuser.com/articles/sync/

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Re: HVX-200 External TC / 3 Camera with FCP
by Douglas Ryan on Aug 21, 2008 at 4:49:11 pm

Thanks for replying. It was appreciated.
Doug Ryan

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Re: HVX-200 External TC / 3 Camera with FCP
by Reid Caulfield on Aug 22, 2008 at 4:51:27 am

Also, without external common genlock to each camera, expect a bit of drift between cameras during long takes.

Reid C

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Re: HVX-200 External TC / 3 Camera with FCP
by Ben Scott on Aug 22, 2008 at 9:02:36 am

could use time of day timecode if cameras set to same time on clock

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Re: HVX-200 External TC / 3 Camera with FCP
by Reid Caulfield on Aug 22, 2008 at 3:42:01 pm

is it a studio or field shoot?

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Re: HVX-200 External TC / 3 Camera with FCP
by Reid Caulfield on Aug 22, 2008 at 3:42:59 pm

is it a studio or field shoot?

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