Capturing & Editing Down-Converted Footage

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bballis

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On the XH A1, if I down-convert in-camera, will capturing and editing be exactly the same as capturing and editing mini DV footage? Will it be as if I shot the footage on a non-HDV camera? I am looking at buying the A1, and I have a Mac G4, dual 1GHtz processor, with 512 RAM, and I use FCPro HD 4.5, which does not capture HDV. I'd rather not upgrade the computer or software yet, but be able to have the footage in HDV for possible later re-edits. I capture and edit from mini DV and Digital8 without a problem. I want to shoot broadcastable TV pilots that are Travel Channel type stuff.
Thanks.
 
Jade8472:

Thanks for the clarification. I shorted the fact in my hast to answer.. Shooting 24p SD in the A1 uses a 60I wrapper with flags but in HDV 24f mode its true 23.976.

Again thanks for the correction.

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Hey, I didn't want to make a thread for a question so simple, so if you don't mind that I leach and bump your thread,

in Final Cut Pro 5.1.4, it's as good as anything to use 1080p24 for capturing (footage, yes, is 1080i and 24f), correct? It's what I've gathered, but before I start an important capture I wanted to here it out Is there a more appropriate setup for 24f available?

Thanks pallies
 
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I had FCP 4.5 on my G5 and it would not recognize the camera. I'm not sure if I ever tried it with the camera set to down-convert though so that may still be possible.

The downconverted SD footage looks so good though.
 
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