continuous shoot with 2 p2 cards

[slimchrisp]

i'm shooting an event tomorrow which will need one continuous shot for over an hour. anything specific i need to know when using 2 p2 cards? when one fills up, will footage just automatically start on the second card, or do i need to make a setting change in the camera? when i work with the files in final cut, will there just be 2 files that i will need to "bump up" together? i've never had to take a shot that lasted that long, so one card has always done the trick. i'm going to flip through barry's book tonight, but wanted to see if there are any potential gotchas.

thanks!

 

[THoff]

The camera will automatically span cards, just don't yank it out to offload until the camera has finished writing to it. Even though you'll have a bunch of 4GB segments, your editing software should automatically assemble all of the pieces into one long clip based on the metadata that's on the cards.

 

[slimchrisp]

thanks thoff. that's what i thought i remembered from barry's dvd and book, but just wanted to be sure. much appreciated.