Hi there,
I have a question. I'm working on a project that is mainly done with US HVX-200 cameras running 720p/24pN. I have two cameras.
I'll need to do something in Europe, where in addition to my own two US cameras, I'll be running with 4 or 5 European HVX-200 cameras, and I need to figure out how to mix this footage.
First of all, I should say that sound is being recorded separately using a 4-channel sound card. I have a TC clapper for slating the audio. So no audio needs to be recorded by any camera, although it's nice to use as extra sync references or emergency audio.
Now, I understand that while European HVX-200 cameras don't run 24 fps, the Scene File hack allows these cameras to run a European version of 24 fps, resulting in 24.0333333 instead of 23.976. This would result in a drift of 0.15 seconds every minute. I could probably live with that, although it would mean that I'd have to adjust sync quite often on takes running longer than a few minutes. I would also have to slate every single take, and not rely on any TC free run (i.e. I can't just sync the first clip and use the media-TC for finding subsequent start points).
My question is, does anyone have any experience with this? Has anyone tried shooting with both European and US HVX cameras and mixing them in a 24p project.
Finally, the FCP project has a timebase of 23.98, and I understand that even if you can force the European camera to almost run 24 fps, it still has to be recorded into the 720p/25pN codec. Does this mean that every frame has the wrong time stamp when I import it? Can I reset the frame-rate to 23.976 before I place them on the FCP timeline, so that I know that a frame in the clip = a frame on the timeline?
Any help would be much appreciated. I'm not prepared to dump the two HVX cameras I have and buy European models, because it would be money out the window, and I need to start producing things on the US side now -- the European stuff is a year from now.
On the upside, I haven't chosen a project framerate yet, although I assume it'll be 24 (23.976). But that does leave the possibiliy of instead using the US cameras to try to match the European cameras. However, I have read that the Scene File hack causes an error in US cameras if you try to do 25fps.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Best,
Per
I have a question. I'm working on a project that is mainly done with US HVX-200 cameras running 720p/24pN. I have two cameras.
I'll need to do something in Europe, where in addition to my own two US cameras, I'll be running with 4 or 5 European HVX-200 cameras, and I need to figure out how to mix this footage.
First of all, I should say that sound is being recorded separately using a 4-channel sound card. I have a TC clapper for slating the audio. So no audio needs to be recorded by any camera, although it's nice to use as extra sync references or emergency audio.
Now, I understand that while European HVX-200 cameras don't run 24 fps, the Scene File hack allows these cameras to run a European version of 24 fps, resulting in 24.0333333 instead of 23.976. This would result in a drift of 0.15 seconds every minute. I could probably live with that, although it would mean that I'd have to adjust sync quite often on takes running longer than a few minutes. I would also have to slate every single take, and not rely on any TC free run (i.e. I can't just sync the first clip and use the media-TC for finding subsequent start points).
My question is, does anyone have any experience with this? Has anyone tried shooting with both European and US HVX cameras and mixing them in a 24p project.
Finally, the FCP project has a timebase of 23.98, and I understand that even if you can force the European camera to almost run 24 fps, it still has to be recorded into the 720p/25pN codec. Does this mean that every frame has the wrong time stamp when I import it? Can I reset the frame-rate to 23.976 before I place them on the FCP timeline, so that I know that a frame in the clip = a frame on the timeline?
Any help would be much appreciated. I'm not prepared to dump the two HVX cameras I have and buy European models, because it would be money out the window, and I need to start producing things on the US side now -- the European stuff is a year from now.
On the upside, I haven't chosen a project framerate yet, although I assume it'll be 24 (23.976). But that does leave the possibiliy of instead using the US cameras to try to match the European cameras. However, I have read that the Scene File hack causes an error in US cameras if you try to do 25fps.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Best,
Per
