Canon 5D MkII h.264 HD video for FCP: best Sequence Preset?

I'm the web host for lafcpug, but I'm also a photographer. And my new Christmas toy of a Canon 5D MkII digital SLR has already turned into a video gig...

I've imported some of my footage into FCP but I immediately see that all of it needs rendering on the timeline. I'm using the HDV 1080i60 sequence preset, but I'm wondering if there is a more efficient preset to use. According to the manual the 5DII is 1920x1080 ("Full HD" whatever that is ;-)

Thanks!
Daniel Sofer
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There is a tutorial over on the provideo coalition web site. I just don't know where it is.

Do a search when you get there.

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Michael Horton
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as far as i know its not an FCP accepted codec so you WILL have to render...

Thanks Michael:

I found the tutorial here:
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I don't like that method. It's better to transcode the footage to ProRes and work with ProRes. Less lossy method of compression.

Takes up too much storage? Oh Boo Hoo.

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Thanks everyone!
I don't have the latest FCP ( one previous) so I couldn't use ProRes. I guess i'll need to upgrade.

I converted to HDV 60i to match the footage from the Canon HV-30 I was intercutting with, and it worked fine. The 5DII seems to be 1080P and looked much better than the HDV, when I was able to get things in focus :-)

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Be aware that the 5D records 1080p30, not 1080p29.97. So your footage will have to be conformed to 29.97 before you can intercut it with, well, absolutely anything else ever shot, ever.