Recent content by Geno

I'm perplexed as to why I cant view my AF100 footage in Panasonics AVCCAM Viewer software after I copy to a Hard Drive. If I have the SD card in the Mac the AVCAM Viewer software see's it right away, so I copy the Private folder to the drive, and all subsequent folders are not messed with, but...

I've been doing a time-lapse film and yesterday I set my AF100 on top of my kitchen counter, about 9 feet up. I locked down the tripod, turned around and started doing the dishes. Two minutes later, CRASH! Right behind me. Shocked, I turned around and did an inspection. The camera seems fine...

I'm actually an editor and I want to thank everyone on this board for this education in lenses and cameras. Just invaluable stuff here, especially from Barry G. Here's my story. I have no formal education in filmmaking. I made a documentary feature that was rewarded with several broadcasts...

I am making my first documentary and am 98% done. I have a musician who has scored the film and I have agreed to pay him a lump sum for scoring the film with the understanding that he receive residual fees after distribution. Here is where my knowledge falls apart. Does anyone have examples of...

Long post here so bear with me. Shot some interviews with a DVX100a in 24p(n). Captured into FCP4.5. At the time the project looked destined for DVD. Next thing you know, maybe this could go to the silver screen. Decided to finish shooting interviews and b-roll with an HVX200 in 720p. Took all...

I'm talking audio synch. Most clips are with audio being 5-8 frames ahead. I'm editing a mixture of dv 23.98 and 720p 23.98 with FCS2 on a 2x 2.0 ghz with 2.5b RAM and all media on a 1TB ext. SATA. I've been running pretty much problem free for a couple of years but recently swithched from a DV...

I started my documentary by shooting with a DVX and an anamorphic adapter. Looked great but when we had a chance to upgrade to an HVX we did. Been shooting 720/24pn and now have an equal amount of both. The project is slated for a DVD distribution although I wouldn't rule out a theatrical...

I'm gonna give a very non-scientific guess and say that I'm seeing 75-80% of the original resolution. Does anyone have a way to test this. This is based on watching 720p24 from a 20" display. I know the Kona and BM cards allow to see all of it but they don't work in 720/24p which is the only...

These were interviews that we had conducted for a documentary film, different lighting conditions and shot with DVX100a. We since moved on to an HVX200 and the results were so good that we decided to re-shoot the convenient interviews, but due to time and distance restraints it wasn't prudent...

I am hot on the trail of solving this frame rate mystery, and hopefully complete this beautiful editing suite. I have HVX footage in my project. I open up a 720/24p sequence, drop it into FCP and viola, no rendering. I open up the item properties and I see a frame rate of 23.98 (24p) Good so far...

Sorry if this has been answered but I searched the forums and don't see an answer. I have a folder of P2 that was copied and had the last clip txt. removed. How do I rebuild this file?

Just picked one up used off Craigslist for $440. Stuck a $40 firewire card into the PCMCIA slot, Installed FCP 5.1, connected a firewire drive, capture-nowed us some 720p footage and what do you know, worked like a lucky charm. An 867 is the minimum for FCP. Keep your eye out for these lower end...

I was thinking to myself today (I always get in trouble when I do this) that the aesthetic difference from 24p to 60i might be the same as the difference between the waking state and the dreaming state. I was watching a bead of water roll down my glass last night and it was unmistakenly in 60i...

How bout an HVX200 timelapse festival? Winners could be judged by the DVX/HVX community, all music would have to be self created, There could be a best slow-mo and best FF. Help me out here people.

If I am viewing ext. video through a minidv deck, am I limited to just seeing dv-25? I thought maybe as long as I wasn't printing to tape, I might be getting what the firewire datastream can handle.