Recent content by davolt13

I pulled an XH-A1 out of the box the other day and I'm trying to figure out some of the intricacies of capture. My original thought was that I could shoot HD and downconvert to SD upon capture. It seems to me that the option is available, but when I go into the menu to choose downconvert, it's...

I am working off of a PowerBook G4, FCP 5.1.4. I've been ingesting P2 footage via the card slot directly into FCP for about a year now with little to no problem. I recently installed the crossgrade version of FCP on this machine and I am having problems with the P2 import window. When I go...

Maybe I'm just taking the wrong approach, but when I'm shooting outside and it's very bright I use the built-in ND filter to bring down the exposure. It has seemed like a decent solution in the past, but now in comparing some shoots, it seems to flatten the colors a bit. If I don't use it, the...

I shot some footage at a soccer game recently. 720, 24p, Filmcam, 60 fps. Imported into FCP, everything looks fine etc. I wanted to see how well this would look in slow mo, so I reduced the speed on several clips to 50%. One of the clips turned out fine but most all of the others get about 75%...