XHA1 and Final Cut Capture Presets

[tomflint]

I was wondering which capture and sequence presets I should be using when importing footage from my Canon XHA1 HDV camera into Final Cut 7.

I've shot all of my footage using Canon's own HDV 24f frame rate, and because it's not a "true" 24p (like what Panasonic uses) I was told that I should be importing at "HDV - 1080i60" which Final Cut recommends using when shooting source material at 29.97 fps. Is this right?

Some of the camera settings I used when shooting were:

SIGNAL STD - HD
FRAME RATE - 24f
COMP. OUT - 1080i/480i
IMAGE SIZE - LW 1920x1080

Obviously, I want to import the footage at the best possible quality so which presets should I be using for the log and capture?

Some of the options are:

HDV - 1080i60
HDV - 1080i60 FireWire Basic
HDV - 1080p24 FireWire Basic
DVC PRO HD - 1080i60
DVC PRO HD - 1080pA24

Any thoughts..?

 

[Kevin Dorsey]

I've shot all of my footage using Canon's own HDV 24f frame rate, and because it's not a "true" 24p (like what Panasonic uses) I was told that I should be importing at "HDV - 1080i60" which Final Cut recommends using when shooting source material at 29.97 fps. Is this right?

It's true 24p, Canon just uses the F instead of the P. Use the setting Ryan mentioned above.

-Kevin

 

[tomflint]

Great, I'll use HDV - 1080p24 FireWire Basic, then.

I've already captured about an hour or so of footage using HDV - 1080i60. Can I mix that captured footage with other footage captured from another preset or should I capture everything on HDV - 1080p24 FireWire Basic..?