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weezinsuffy

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I've shot some footage on the XH-a1 and am editing in FCP. When I monitor the capturing video and when I look at the imported footage, I've found that there is a noticable flicker and graininess not present when I look at the footage on the canon's LCD. The flicker seems to be between a slight red and green offtone in darker settings, and a flicker of brightness in well lit settings. Not really sure how to describe it, but it's constant.

I shot in HDV at 24f...I'm importing into FCP using firewire and the 1080p24 easy setting, with a frame rate of 23.998 ( or whatever that one is exactly)

I hooked the footage up to iMovie HD and although I couldn't import it because iMoive only does 30p ... when monitoring through iMovie, the flicker was gone. So I am positive this must be an issue between the XH-A1 and FCP.

Any thoughts, suggestions? I shot on the Letus Elite and my footage looks great on the LCD, but I need help making sure I can get it looking good on the computer. Originally I thought that I might have forgotten to turn on the vibrating grain glass, but the flicker is present in every shot, and I know I didn't forget to turn on the grain glass in every shot. Thanks!

Cheers,

matthew
 
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No sure, but I'm almost positive it's not the adapter. I know this because when I plug the Xh-a1 into FCP and turn the camera on so that FCP is monitoring the camera LIVE...I can see the flicker...and this occurs even when the adapter is not attached to the camera.
 
well, sound like perhaps a faulty firewire port and/or cable...new cable would be a cheap enough way to start troubleshooting...nothing else comes to mind at this moment, but it's worth a try, huh?

Chris
 
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