bhodgson0739
Active member
Hello everyone,
I am a communications student in media production. In a month or so, I'll have enough to purchase the HVX with the 8gb P2 rebate. I'm really excited! This is a camera I am planning on growing with and really using it to its full potential... I would love to hear from everyone here as I'm sure everyone has their own experiences and good advice.
This was my tentative plan: record SD for awhile while learning the camera in and out. I only own Final Cut Express HD on an older base-and-arm 1.25ghz G4 iMac, so I don't even have the capabilities at this point to do HD (well, I actually do... I can always use my school's facilities... the school is just 5 minutes down the road from my house... I just don't have the capabilities working at home). As far as I have read, I'd have no problem recording 24p, capturing in FCE HD and editing it to export as a quicktime movie for web or DVD - albeit in SD. I'm correct in that thinking, yes?
After the camera, I'm hoping I'll have about $2000 left. First, I thought I'd use this to get a good tripod. I have a small studio in my home for audio recording and I can always check out booms, lighting kits, etc. from my school for now, so I think I should be fairly covered otherwise for the time being.
Though now, I'm having the hardest time deciding between cutting costs on the tripod and getting Final Cut Studio so I can start working with HD or just really getting a nice tripod (assuming Final Cut Studio will even work well on my older iMac). I really like the idea of recording in HD in the 4:2:2 format and then going down to SD. I can get the Educational version of Final Cut Studio for $699, so I could throw in a bit extra and still have $1300-1400 for a tripod. The problem there is I'm worried about not being able to upgrade to a later version of Final Cut Pro, as I am sure Final Cut Studio 6 is just around the corner.
My brother and wife both own PC laptops with PCMCIA slots, so I would offload P2 footage to one of those then bring those home to my iMac at home if I did HD.
Would anyone mind chiming in and give their opinion on what they'd do? Or is there a different path one might take entirely? Thank you much in advance... looking forward to being part of the team.
Brad
I am a communications student in media production. In a month or so, I'll have enough to purchase the HVX with the 8gb P2 rebate. I'm really excited! This is a camera I am planning on growing with and really using it to its full potential... I would love to hear from everyone here as I'm sure everyone has their own experiences and good advice.
This was my tentative plan: record SD for awhile while learning the camera in and out. I only own Final Cut Express HD on an older base-and-arm 1.25ghz G4 iMac, so I don't even have the capabilities at this point to do HD (well, I actually do... I can always use my school's facilities... the school is just 5 minutes down the road from my house... I just don't have the capabilities working at home). As far as I have read, I'd have no problem recording 24p, capturing in FCE HD and editing it to export as a quicktime movie for web or DVD - albeit in SD. I'm correct in that thinking, yes?
After the camera, I'm hoping I'll have about $2000 left. First, I thought I'd use this to get a good tripod. I have a small studio in my home for audio recording and I can always check out booms, lighting kits, etc. from my school for now, so I think I should be fairly covered otherwise for the time being.
Though now, I'm having the hardest time deciding between cutting costs on the tripod and getting Final Cut Studio so I can start working with HD or just really getting a nice tripod (assuming Final Cut Studio will even work well on my older iMac). I really like the idea of recording in HD in the 4:2:2 format and then going down to SD. I can get the Educational version of Final Cut Studio for $699, so I could throw in a bit extra and still have $1300-1400 for a tripod. The problem there is I'm worried about not being able to upgrade to a later version of Final Cut Pro, as I am sure Final Cut Studio 6 is just around the corner.
My brother and wife both own PC laptops with PCMCIA slots, so I would offload P2 footage to one of those then bring those home to my iMac at home if I did HD.
Would anyone mind chiming in and give their opinion on what they'd do? Or is there a different path one might take entirely? Thank you much in advance... looking forward to being part of the team.
Brad
