Hi all,
Just about to make a music video with the Panasonic PAL HVX 200E HD – P2 camera
and I’m scared!!! This new-fad, hard-drive technology is making me nervous.
Not sure about a lot of things regarding this camera and how to use it effectively and, unfortunately, I don’t have Final Cut 5 (in time) to preview what I shoot. Perhaps someone could help?
Basically, we have the camera, two memory cards and a portable hard-drive (that will hold about 100 mins of footage). We’re shooting lots of stunts in front of a green-screen and some of the shots will be in slow-motion.
What I’d like to know is:
1) How can I preview what I’ve shot? Can I play it back through the camera at least?
2) After my 100 mins. of footage is up, can I simply dump it across to a normal computer hard-drive? If yes, how do I do this (I’m assuming my camera drive is a FS-100).
3) If I can just dump the footage to another drive, can I then clear the camera’s portable drive, effectively giving me another 100 mins.? Or do I have to format it, or something similar… and how?
4) Same for the cards: how do you get the info onto a hard-drive and then do you have to format them? How?
5) I’m told that it’s best to capture any slow-motion shots on the actual memory cards, not the hard-drive. True?
6) I’ve heard that there are some modes that are not supported in Final Cut? 720 pN I think. Is that true?
7) What’s the best mode to shoot in for the most film-like quality?
The answers to these (and more, I'm sure) questions would be so much appreciated.
Thanks kindly,
ALEX
Just about to make a music video with the Panasonic PAL HVX 200E HD – P2 camera
and I’m scared!!! This new-fad, hard-drive technology is making me nervous.
Not sure about a lot of things regarding this camera and how to use it effectively and, unfortunately, I don’t have Final Cut 5 (in time) to preview what I shoot. Perhaps someone could help?
Basically, we have the camera, two memory cards and a portable hard-drive (that will hold about 100 mins of footage). We’re shooting lots of stunts in front of a green-screen and some of the shots will be in slow-motion.
What I’d like to know is:
1) How can I preview what I’ve shot? Can I play it back through the camera at least?
2) After my 100 mins. of footage is up, can I simply dump it across to a normal computer hard-drive? If yes, how do I do this (I’m assuming my camera drive is a FS-100).
3) If I can just dump the footage to another drive, can I then clear the camera’s portable drive, effectively giving me another 100 mins.? Or do I have to format it, or something similar… and how?
4) Same for the cards: how do you get the info onto a hard-drive and then do you have to format them? How?
5) I’m told that it’s best to capture any slow-motion shots on the actual memory cards, not the hard-drive. True?
6) I’ve heard that there are some modes that are not supported in Final Cut? 720 pN I think. Is that true?
7) What’s the best mode to shoot in for the most film-like quality?
The answers to these (and more, I'm sure) questions would be so much appreciated.
Thanks kindly,
ALEX
