OT: Consumer HD camcorder compatible with FCP 6
by Dan Riley
on
Sep 2, 2008 at 5:03:00 am
Our project involves some experiments in production and we won't be using
Varicams or HDCAMs for this idea. I've been looking around and see two camcorders
that are reviewed well, the Sony HDR-SR11 (AVCHD to hard disk)
and the Canon HF100 (AVCHD to SD card). Both have USB2 and HDMI out.
Will FCP work with these cameras for capturing or transferring?
If FCP can capture these formats natively, then we can work with laptops and
without video cards, at least for roughcuts.
Or must I use a Mac Pro and a Blackmagic card that has HDMI in?
They have a card for around $350.
Will FCP work with USB for control, (not for video in) ?
The Blackmagic HDMI card does not control the camcorder
and they suggest firewire for control, but these camcorders
do not have firewire out. OR does FCP work with USB video/audio/control in
like it does with firewire?
I see the AJA's HD Io has HDMI in and out, but that's $3k, and not
in the right league for this kind of testing and budget.
Re: OT: Consumer HD camcorder compatible with FCP 6 by Paul Dickin on Sep 2, 2008 at 11:47:21 am
[Dan Riley]"If FCP can capture these formats natively..." Hi
I think you will find that NO editing system will work with MPEG-4 AHDVC natively - to do so is still beyond the power of an 8-core CPU.
Apple systems will require a transcode into ProRes 422 (or AIC at the consumer end of things in line with the expected users of this sort of kit).
Device control is an outmoded concept with digital file acquisition - its all file transfer, managed by the computer's OS, or a Log&Transfer utility.
Actually the Sony one has editing facilities in-camera - the clip DIVIDE function, erasing the trimmed sections.
Then I think you are supposed to output your movie to an SD card, and pop that in the slot of your large-scale plasma or LDC display, and play the movie off the card.
It looks like only Avid, with their Pinnacle subsidiary seem to be ahead of the game with consumer long-GOP ACHVD - check out Pinnacle Studio 12 ;-)
Re: OT: Consumer HD camcorder compatible with FCP 6 by Dan Riley on Sep 2, 2008 at 3:22:48 pm
After my first post above I kept searching around and found out both cameras
I mentioned work for file transferring within FCP. The downside is the capture time
is double, meaning an hour of footage takes 2 hours to transfer. Not the best scenario
but for the short clips we are planning to shoot it may be ok. Looks like the camera
with the best transfer speed from the media is the Sony EX1, but that will
have to wait.
