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I finished editing a documentary a few weeks ago using fcp and enjoyed the process. In my photographic work, I rely mostly on adobe products. I'm wondering if anyone here has used both fcp and premiere and has an opinion about how the products compare and contrast. I really like the color tools...

Hi all, I'm selling my Sony HDR-FX1 and am including a BeachTek DXA-6 adapter. I used the camera for about 35 hours (with another 35 hours for capture) for a documentary I recently completed and it has performed very well for me. I am asking 2,125, including the adapter. You can see pictures...

I will begin filming a documentary in the next month and have been playing with the idea of using a white backdrop, a la Errol Morris. I have the impression that lighting white is difficult in general, and especially when shooting video. Does anyone have any pointers? Anyone want to talk me out...

Anyone have experience converting 60i to 24p with dvfilm? I'm curious if the results are as good as 24p advanced on the dvx or xl2. How does this conversion affect sound? I'm curious if it handles deinterlacing well, but am mostly concerned with if it produces a smoothly flowing film look. Thanks.  

Okay, bear with me. I understand the dvx doesn't have true 16:9 but I've also heard the lens allows you a wider angle than the xl2. Does this mean if you shoot 4:3 with the letterbox you're seeing a similar amount of visual information? I think this is a long shot, but I'm trying to think of...

Hey everyone. I've been using gmail for a while now (google's new email service); it's still in beta and not available to the public but once you've used it for a while they give you invitations to invite friends. I've already invited the people I know to use the service and currently have 6...

Hi. I am in pre-production on a documentary about the summer camp I attended as a kid and have a person who wants to contribute a sizable chunk for production of the movie. I'll be happy to give details about how and what I'm filming, but my question pertains to tax deductions for contributions...

I found this link really helpful. They give audio samples of a handful of shotgun mics. To my ear the Audio Technica 4073 was the warmest. The Sennhesier also sounded good, but perhaps a bit tinny.   http://www.dvfreelancer.com/articles/mic_samples.html

Okay. I'd like to get the impressions of those that have used the anamorphic adapter in terms of how it affected their shooting experience. Would any of you buy the xl2, regardless of color qualities and so forth, because of the fact that it allows you to focus more simply in the 16:9 format...

My apologies if this has been discussed to death, but I'm new here, so I get a pass, right? Anyway, I'm curious if it is possible to record straight from the dvx to a firewire hard drive. If so, please describe the details. Thanks.