HMC150 LCD Video and FCP Video Choppy/Dropped Frames

natev

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I recently purchased a used HMC150. I shot for the first time with it yesterday. I shot PH720/60p at 1/60 shutter. I shot to a Sandisk Ultra 32 Gig Card (I have updated the HMC's firmware to handle the class 10).

When I was shooting, occasionally when I panned the tripod, the LCD would appear to skip. At first I thought it might have been my poor tripod skills.

I made an image of the SD card and logged and transferred into FCP7. When I watch the footage, there are a few areas that it skips a bit. When I drop the clip into the timeline, I get dropped frames. Any suggestions?

I should note that my B cam is a canon T2i. I shot this in 720/60p as well. I plan to mix the footage. The t2i's 720 footage is not all that great. I would prefer to shoot 1080, but that would require me to shoot in 30. Would I be able to mix? Could I set the sequence at 720/30 and drop both in this timeline? Would this solve my t2i quality issues and my hmc's dropped frames?

Thanks for your help!
 
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Not sure about actual dropped frames in FCP, but using my HMC's on a tripod and panning on occasion I'll get a little "visual skip"...I don't think its an actual skipping of a frame, but something to do with the OIS. When it happens, its a reminder for me to turn OIS off while I'm on a tripod. That seams to stop the issue. Then when I'm done on tripod I put OIS back on and the world is a much less shaky place :) Good luck.
 
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