Firestores...Who's using what?

As I understand it, the FS-4 will not record Canon's 24F or 30F. So if you're happy to just shoot in 60i, sure, go ahead. But if you want to use the 24F or 30F modes, then no -- it can't be done.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong...

(as to the applicability of FCE, I have no comment, I've never used it)
 
Jokerswild said:
is it ok to rewind the tape and re-use it for the next job. Or, is this not recommended?
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I would never do this. Taping on top of old footage increases the likely hood of getting dropouts. Might not happen the first time, but the more you do it the more unstable the tape gets.
 
Came back to this thread today after messing around with my greenscreen. I recorded these in 24f on the FS-4 HD. Vegas reads this as 24 p footage. I don't know about other NLEs. This is actually the easiest I have been able to edit 24f/p footage. Had a hell of a time with Premier 1.5 and my dvx.

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Making my son stand in for some trial runs. I know the FS-C is made for the canon specifically, but unless I am not seeing something, it seems to work just fine with an m2t file. I'm planning on shooting my timefest entry with this camera and FireStore, I hope it works past these 5 second clips.
 
AFIK the FS-4 will only record HDV as a native m2t stream, but it does record the 24F and 30F streams so it'll work with Vegas, Premiere etc, but not Final Cut Pro currently. The FS-C is Canon-FCP-specific, in that it can be selected to record QT HDV (rewrapped file) that FCP recognizes.

It's possible to transcode the m2t's as ProRes with a third-party utility such as MPEG Streamclip, but that defeats the instant-editing thing that everyone loves about DTE recorders.
 
I use a Dell laptop and Vegas as my direct HD capture device. Gives me a nice big monitor, too. I've been wondering if one of those little Asus eeePC things or even an XO (One Laptop per Child) mini-laptop would have enough CPU to handle it; I tend to use external USB hard drivers, so their storage limits are not a problem, and Kino (free video edit program for Linux) isn't much of an editor, but it's okay for captures.

Meanwhile, the few times I need to shoot more than an hour at a time, I'll stick with the laptop on a chair or milk crate under the tripod. About the only times I need to capture that much video are live concerts and similar events, where I'm working from a fixed location anyway.


Yes, I'm cheap. :)
 
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