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It seems part of the reason P2s are so expensive and hard to find is that panasonic is the only one making them. Thus, it's like our only option with memory cards are the uber-expensive professional kind. When I'd shoot DVX, I'd by the professional pansonic tapes for my own stuff but use...

I'm having some workflow issues. I take the MXFs off the P2, burn a back up to DVD, then give them their own folder in the Avid Media Files/MXF area (1,2,3,4). I've been told that the whole point of doing this is so that you can keep groups of files seperate and not have ALL your media pop up...

I'm having some workflow issues. I take the MXFs off the P2, burn a back up to DVD, then give them their own folder in the Avid Media Files/MXF area (1,2,3,4). I've been told that the whole point of doing this is so that you can keep groups of files seperate and not have ALL your media pop up...

A big reason I've held out with this thing is because it doesn't support native recording. This means it takes far more space in 720p and I'd have to run frame extractions for variable frame rates. I'm also not sure how i'd be able to edit the footage since Avid only takes regular 720 24p...

I'm shooting a promo video for a local school. I keep hearing so many people talking about the wonders of M2. I personally am a fan of deep focus and like to limit my shallow DoF shots to my close ups. That said, I think people don't give the HVX enough credit as far as DoF goes. You can do...

What do you guys recommend. How do the Kodak lense cleaning wipes work?

Well, finally found a friend who said he would mind letting me use his retail copy of Avid with Sorensen to encode an MPEG2 (I love external Hard drives). I'm curious though what is the best DVD authoring program as far as power, ease of use, and compatability with Avid. My academic version...

Doing a promo video for a school. Don't have the cash for more than one P2 card so much of the stuff is going to be shot on tape. However, some stuff will be P2 720pN. Any advice to make sure these look as close as possible when burned to an SD-DVD?

I have the Academic Version of Avid that came with Xpress Pro HD, Metasync, and Sonic DVDiT. In my quest to burn an 720x480 16x9 non-square pixel DVD, I'm finding that all the suggestions for doing this and all the guides from Avid and others involve Sorensen Squeeze. Does this come with the...

Got a job coming up. A promo video for a school. I only have one memory card and, since they aren't really paying me enough to justify getting a FS-100 or an 8 gig, and since it's going to be delivered onto an SD DVD, I'm going to shoot much of the promo strait to mini-DV tape. Some stuff...

I've been hired for a project to take a bunch of fine arts footage (shots of paintings, dance perfomances, stage performances, music, ect) and compile them into a 10-15 minute video. The school that is hiring me wanted to know if I wanted to be paid based on hourly work or in one lump some. I...

I've been hired for a project to take a bunch of fine arts footage (shots of paintings, dance perfomances, stage performances, music, ect) and compile them into a 10-15 minute video. The school that is hiring me wanted to know if I wanted to be paid based on hourly work or in one lump some. I...

I've heard more than a few people talking about using the HVX200 as a B camera on Varicam shoots and trying to get the two to match up. I'm curious if anyone has some stills from such attempts. The only time I've seen the two together are from the initial shootout which, like most shoot outs...

I love working in digital. I love the flexibility and the workflow. But if there's one thing that still makes me ach for super 16mm sometimes it's the greater lattitude of film. I've heard that the new Genisis cameras are indisinguishible from film (I certainly can't tell the difference) and...

Back when I was taking my 16mm film production courses, I was only introduced to polarizers and something you'd use to get rid of reflections on glass, metal, ect. Now hear people telling me that polarizers can greatly help outdoor footage with my HVX (or a DVX). How exactly do polarizers...

I took a compositing course at my school. We used to use After Effects for the course but the teacher decided to go with Combustion instead this time. I learned Combustion and must say that I really like the program and it's power. However, it seems like everyone else, even Avid users, use...

What's the best way to do this? When i shot 16x9 footage on the DVX100, I'd usually shoot letterbox or crop in post, export that as a 720x480 uncompressed quicktime (or quicktime reference), and then take that into the DVD program to be transcoded to MPEG2 and burned to a DVD. With the HVX200...

What's the best way to do this? When i shot 16x9 footage on the DVX100, I'd usually shoot letterbox or crop in post, export that as a 720x480 uncompressed quicktime (or quicktime reference), and then take that into the DVD program to be transcoded to MPEG2 and burned to a DVD. With the HVX200...

I was doing some test footage at a small horse farm. It was near the end of the day everything had that gorgeous rim lighting I'm so fond of. I did some telephoto shots of the horses and the grass as well as some long shots. The telaphoto stuff was some of the best stuff I've shot with the...

I, and a number of others before me, have noticed that HVX200 noise appears to look a lot more like film grain than the noise of other HD cameras. This struck me especially when i was looking at some of my own footage and for a split second forgot I was looking at digital and thought to myself...