Log and Transfer time of AF100 compared to Canon DSLRs

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shortnstout

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Hi everyone,
I do a massive number of shoots and offloading time is very important to me and the comparison between cameras will affect which one I purchase. I'm currently shooting on a t2i and 60D. The FCP Log and Transfer takes way longer to transfer the files to ProRes than it used to take me to import my HVX footage (just as DVCPRO720p24).
I had bought a Gh1 and the workflow was so bad and long because there was no 24p native- I was transcoding with pulldown in compressor after the initial Log and Transfer. So I sold that and went with the Canons, as there was the simple workflow. I'm assuming the GH2 and AF100 have the same simple workflow as they shoot native 24p. How quickly do these clips go through Log and Transfer in FCP as compared to the Canon DSLR footage? Is it about the same? Not nearly as fast as my old p2 card used to go?
 
with 5D footage my transcode times to prores 422 are about 1.25 x clip duration (4 min clip transcodes in 5 min)
Af100 footage is much faster at about 0.25 x clip duration (4 minute clip transcodes in 1 minute)
This is transferring on a 2.8ghz octocore Original footage is on a firewire 800 external
and the scratch disk is an internal disk (not the system disk)
 
bgundu said:
I find the conversion much faster using clipwrap.
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In my tests clipwrap was significantly slower than log and transfer.
A 54 sec. clip took 46 seconds to encode.
Same clip in log and transfer took 14 seconds.

You also loose the connection to the original media if you transcode outside of final cut, ie you can't go back to a project and batch capture from the original media.
 
didn't i read that FCP 6 was slower at log and transfer than FCP 7 for some reason. what version of FCP is everyone using?
 
Also a fast machine with 4GB+ RAM and fast hard drives will greatly boost the process.

Noah
 
NoahK said:
Also a fast machine with 4GB+ RAM and fast hard drives will greatly boost the process. Noah
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I'm running FCP 7.0.3 in a quad-core with 8 gigs of RAM and I would describe the ingesting process as lightning fast with custom file names and incremental take #'s - almost on a par with P2 via build in card reader slot -> external firewire 800 RAID 1 2TB drives.
 
I'm using FCP 7. It is still slow for me to use daily. I admit, I'm using a MacBook Pro, but I'm not going to switch from that really soon. My main thought right now is just a comparison in times between the footage so as I improve my computer system it will be all the better.

Would be great if FCP X makes a difference because I'm going to get that for sure. I'm glad to hear tacotim says that the AF100 is much quicker than the 5D. That's great news! Thanks
 
Ingesting AVCHD from SD cards is quite slow on FCP 7. I think that's why so many have gone to Premiere.
As I said, I have high hopes for FCPX in this regard.
 
shortnstout said:
I'm using FCP 7. It is still slow for me to use daily. I admit, I'm using a MacBook Pro, but I'm not going to switch from that really soon. My main thought right now is just a comparison in times between the footage so as I improve my computer system it will be all the better.

Would be great if FCP X makes a difference because I'm going to get that for sure. I'm glad to hear tacotim says that the AF100 is much quicker than the 5D. That's great news! Thanks
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I have a single suggestion for you that will solve the issues that you have posted...

Adobe CS5 ( CS5.5) Suite. Esp. Premiere Pro.
 
Thanks, but I can't leave FCP. I shoot for editors that work remotely on FCP so I ingest right into shared FCP projects.
 
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