HMC150 questions answered...

Barry_Green said:
Don't know everything for sure, but I put the Ultimate on the HMC150 and it looked pretty darn good as is. My Ultimate has the HVX achromat. You can see some stills earlier in this thread (the shots of the prairie girls).

I didn't do chart testing or edge-to-edge etc., I just shot with it as-is.
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Next question... will it simultaneously record to the sdhc cards and output through the HDMI port? I'm just thinking down the line to when Cineform releases their Direct-to-Disk Recorder
 
Edweirdo said:
Also, the Sony has another feature I would love to see in the HMC, programmable rack focusing. In the V1U, you can set a beginning point of focus and an end point, and hit execute and it would perform the rack automatically (and will do the same for zooms).
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Just FYI: see http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=145630 - the Manfrotto focus/iris controller has a nice way of doing something like this. Not perfect, but pretty darn good!
 
David S. said:
I spent an hour reconstructing the folder hierarchy and downloading all the original files on a Mac.

I had it exactly as the videomaker PRIVATE folder, which imported into FCP 6.0.4 without issue.
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David, please post a link to this misterious videomaker thingy.
I am on a Mac, too.

Thx in advance. Pe
 
B&H emailed me today to report they are taking orders for the HMC150.... Seems like we're getting very close!
 
Barry_Green said:
I don't hold out a lot of hope for Sony Vegas ever going out of their way to be pro-active in supporting competitors' products. I would think that Vegas is likely to be the last editor to have proper AVC-HD support across the board.
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Presumably you meant to refer to the AVC-CAM format, since Sony is part of the AVCHD consortium. And it's a bit early to be critical of Vegas if it's not totally up to speed for the new Panasonic footage - it can take a year or more for everyone to get on board with such variations. And doesn't Cineform have a Vegas plugin you could use to convert AVC-CAM footage for effective editing?
 
Kevin Shaw said:
Presumably you meant to refer to the AVC-CAM format, since Sony is part of the AVCHD consortium.
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No, I meant what I said, and I meant it based on their existing history (meaning, when they first added AVC-HD support, they specifically said "support for AVC-HD footage from SONY camcorders." They made no effort to ensure compatibility with already-marketed, already existing Canon and Panasonic models.

They have since updated the software to add support for some modes but not all.

And it's a bit early to be critical of Vegas if it's not totally up to speed for the new Panasonic footage - it can take a year or more for everyone to get on board with such variations.
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It's not early at all to be critical of them for adopting an attitude of supporting only footage from their own parent company's products. It's a simple thing for them to clarify: they can say "we, as an NLE, will support all officially licensed AVC-HD products" or they can say "we, as an NLE, are supporting footage from our parent company's products, and everyone else is on a "we'll see" basis." So far, they've taken the second line, not the first. And because of that, I think said criticism is entirely justified.

Just as it was ridiculous that HD100 users of Avid had to wait over two years before they could properly cut their footage. That was ridiculous (as in, deserving of being ridiculed).

With that said, the ball is completely in their court. There's enough footage out there publicly downloadable that they could make their product 100% compatible right now, if they so chose. And if they choose not to? Then yes, I think that's ridiculous (meaning, a proprietary self-preservationist attitude would be worthy of being ridiculed.)

Let us hope this is not the case, as I have always been a Vegas fan and would love to be able to continue using the program.

And, for the record, yes I've installed the beta MTS plug-in on version 8.0c, and yes it still crashes horribly, just not as quickly. The files work for a few seconds, and then it crashes. This tells me that they perhaps have the basics of the code correct and just need to fix a few things, meaning that withholding proper support could almost certainly be seen as a political decision rather than as a technological issue. So if they add proper support, kudos to them. If they withhold it, then that is ridiculous.

And doesn't Cineform have a Vegas plugin you could use to convert AVC-CAM footage for effective editing?
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Don't know. Probably.
 
What I don’t understand is that Sony already has AVCHD Panny capabilities, the Platinum version of their consumer Vegas, Movie Studio- imports them just fine. :huh:

The playback is slow (slow machine maybe) but I was able to edit Barry's clips from the 150.

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Mike Harvey said:
B&H list it as "Approx Arrival September" so I would think awfully darn soon. :happy:
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That of course is based on promises made to us. If it turns out to have been optimistic (and I do not know one way or the other so this is not designed to be reinterpreted) we'll be as sorry as you. That said, our buyer wouldn't have bumped the status to "accepting orders" without reason.
 
I have a duel core AMD laptop with 4 gigs and I cant even begin to play the HMC 150 clips. Does anyone know what type of hardware is needed to not only view these clips but actually be fast enough to edit them without any lag?

I would like to buy or build a desktop, but I don't want to waste money on the wrong hardware.

Thanks
 
Edweirdo said:
What I don’t understand is that Sony already has AVCHD Panny capabilities, the Platinum version of their consumer Vegas, Movie Studio- imports them just fine. :huh:

The playback is slow (slow machine maybe) but I was able to edit Barry's clips from the 150.
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Can you edit (not just playback) the 60p clips? i was able to get the 24p and 30p clips to work in VegasPro.
 
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Is it best to stick with Panasonic brand cards for this camera?

Just ordered mine and want to get some cards.....
 
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