matching 60i to canon 5DmarkII

I have a client that I'm shooting for. He said he's been shooting some previous footage at 60i. I wanted to shoot with Canon 5DMarkII. He said they need me to shoot at 29.97 DROP FRAME. Is this possible with my camera? Is the 5D MarkII Drop Frame or Non-Drop Frame??

Suggestions?

Ok, From what I understand, the 5D actually doesn't generate time-code in the original h264 files off of the camera. At 30P Setting, the camera will shoot 29.97. If we use the EOS E1 Plugin with Final Cut Pro, it will add timecode to the ProRes clips, drop-frame Timecode.

So, I think that we are OK...Anyone else have other info? Does this sound right?

I mixed DVCPRO HD 1080i 59.94 with H264s from the Canon 5D which was recorded at 30p. I ran it through compressor to match the DVCPRO HD 1080i60 and everything has worked okay.

Yea, that's right, David. The 5D only takes time of day.



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As a side note, can't you switch between drop and non-drop in FCP without too much of a hassle?

I always thought the source's timecode was non-drop and when you're seeing drop-frame it was just FCP, or any thing else showing drop-frame, accounting for 29.97 and what-not. Drop frame doesn't actually drop a physical frame from the file, it just skips two every minute in the timecode unless that minute is dividable by 10...