> Thought I would try to stay in the native H.264 format, since the project was for the web.
Don't do it. Period. H.264 is actually pretty predictable in FCP7...predictably awful. Sooner or later, your edits will slip because there is no timecode, and I'm not talking about five-frame shifts -- I'm talking about your edits shifting two minutes within the clip and even a media reconnect can't restore your original editing decision.
> I find DSLRs highly overrated, for the professional world.
The professional world uses DSLRs all the time for video. You just have to learn to use the correct workflow.
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