ferry
We came back across on the ferry last night trying out the new XDCAM EX3 all the way, which I’m very impressed with. On getting home moving the footage into Final Cut was less than straightforward. Turns out apart from the latest version of FCP (6.05 which I had) you also need a variety of software addons from Sony to get it to work. None too clear from any of the included docs or from anything other than deeply forensic googling for that matter. The real bits and pieces required are listed here. I was filled with dread at the thought of installing Sony driver software which is usually made, as they say, of fail. My fears were misplaced however and the files transferred flawlessly.
Footage below is originally HD at 25p. I’ve slowed it to 50% and crushed the blacks slightly in FCP before running it through the FLV compressor. I’m keen to try the overcranking to 50p that the camera will do if you shoot at 720 rather than 1080.
Lovely and cinematic but why must thou maketh me so homesick?
Ah yes, I forget that you grew up a stonesthrow from this lovely scene.