Recent content by ObiMcD

Hi, I looked around on the forum but couldn't find the answer to my question. I recently shot some footage at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland at 720p24 but when I went back to look at the footage in Final Cut (in the clip viewer and the timeline), all of my pans and tilts are choppy (there was no...

So I was unloading my footage from today and have encountered a problem that is driving me nuts. I started off as always by going directly from p2 to a hard drive moving the hard drive over to my mac and then transferring the footage. Well one of my clips (the 45 minute chunk of a 1 hr...

Hey, figured I'd save space and cram two problems into one thread. My first is that I purchased an addonics PCMCIA to PCI-E adapter. The thing works great, every once in awhile. I don't know why but sometimes it just doesnt detect anything, sometimes it detects the adapter but not the P2 cards...

I was wondering if it was possible to write HDV onto tapes in the HVX. I know I can't play them back on there but I have a massive stockpile of DV tapes and figured it would be a cheap solution for a backup system (though I know I'll definitely lose quality). Any thoughts on the matter?

So I got my HVX today and now comes the grueling task of trying to figure out a decent portable workflow. I have an inspiron e1505 with a 1.66 GhZ dual core processor, 1gb of ram, and what I THOUGHT was the right size card slot. The p2 fit but never clicked, does this mean I should look in the...

Hi, I was just offered a great deal on an HVX and am looking at the practical aspect of using an HVX to shoot a documentary. I'm going to be in Scotland shooting with a somewhat new MacBook (would give you more specs but since its not my computer, I dont have them available at the moment) for...

Hey guys, I'm going to be going out to Scotland this summer to do a documentary and I THINK I'll be shooting on the EX-1 (Might end up shooting HDV but hopefully not). Anyway, I am obviously going to need to transfer footage from the cards to a hard drive. I only have a desktop but one of the...

I'm shooting a documentary this summer and its looking like the FX-1 (would have to double check i might be able to get an FX-7, but the problem is the same) is going to be my only viable option. I was wondering if anybody had any good solutions for feeding multiple audio signals (prbly 2 mics...

Greetings friends. This summer I'm going to be travelling all around Scotland doing interviews and was wondering if anybody had ideas on both a good kit and a good place to rent from. I need to do a 3 point set-up on basically the lowest budget possible, which would seem to coincide with the...

I'm currently in the middle of that great "Should I get the HVX or the XH-A1 debate". And I was wondering if you can really tell a difference in quality between the DVCPROHD and HDV. I unfortunately haven't been able to compare raw footage and have only been able to see examples through...

Hey, I'm at that terrible crossroads trying to decide between the XH-A1 and a camera like the HVX200. I've mainly been agonizing over DVCProHD and HDV. And while I can't tell much of a difference in the footage itself, I have heard that editing, color correcting, etc. with HDV can cause...