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Hey, I'm shooting a documentary on an HVX200 and am considering buying a second camera in order to be able to cover more ground. We have looked into buying an additional camera that shoots on HDV in order to save some money, and specifically have been looking at the new Sony HVR Z5U. Any...

We are shooting a documentary on the Panasonic HVX200, using an FS-100 firestore. Now, we are running into problems importing the footage from the firestore into Final Cut Pro 6.0 When we go to file-->import, there is no P2 option. Has anyone else encountered this problem, or--better yet--...

Hi all, I just began editing (or attempting to edit) my first HDV work (having done all DV before). I shot with a Canon HV20 (limited budget) in its 24p mode. I captured everything using the Easy Setup in FCP for 24p without a problem. I just sat down to begin moving things onto the...

I have logged about 20 hours of footage on Sony digital HD video cassette recorder with no problems. However, I just put in a MiniDV to log that I recorded last night and it appeared to be 60 minutes of black! However, when I pressed fastfoward or rewind, I can see the picture! As soon as I...

Tagline: The night sky. The music. And a budding relationship... Hi Everyone! I am more of a documentary person but just finished my first screenplay!!! I've been thinking about writing one for a while and finally got around to it in the past month. Please read it and let me know what you...

Hi All, I am currently shooting my first feature length documentary in Argentina about a group of street kids. The idea is to give kids the video camera and work their experience and footage into a longer documentary (clearly this a very abbreviated version of the story). I am several...

Hi, I am shooting a documentary in Argentina, using a Canon GL2 and Panasonic PV-GS150. I would like to enter the film in festivals when it's finished, and for this reason, realize that I need to shoot in 16:9. But I am totally overwhelmed by the amount of information out there on this...