Dear Brandon,
Thanks for the excellent article on July 25 on Ken Stone's FCP web site. I live in India, own a G4 (dual processors) and am upgrading to FCP 5 from FCP 3.04.
I'm thinking of doing a small project I have with limited money on HDV with the Sony HVR-Z1.
Two things bother me and since I shoot in three days (19th Sep) I was wondering if I could ask you two questions, please ?
1. Will my system be able to handle capture and editing HDV without and any additional equipment and software ?
2. How do I screen the film on HDV ? Can ordinary DVCam players play back HDV as HDV or will I have to output on SD and project SD. I don't think there are any specialized players for HDV in India yet...
Will really be obliged if you could find a minute to respond to this.
Thanks.
Pankaj