1080i/1080p

hi, i have a sony camera HDR-HC7E 1080i, and i'm interesed in buying a sony HDR-FX1000 1080p. If i had a timeline with half of the footage being 1080i and the other half 1080p, would they be able to work on the same timeline without having to resize the footage etc. The reason i ask this is because i recently had trouble with mixing SD and HD into the same timeline and want two have two cameras that will both produce footage that will work on the same timeline.

Thanks

The size will be the same (1920x108) but one is interlaced the other is progressive footage. You'll have to de-interlace the 1080i footage (you can do this with filters in FCP) and then make it all progressive for DVDs, unless of course you're working for broadcast, in which case you'd want all of your footage eventually to be interlaced.

oh ok no worries thank you. A salesperson said to me that the sony hdr fx1000, is 1080i, however it says on internet sites that i've looked at that it is 1080p. Just wondering what quality is better?

1080P in NTSC countries usually refer to 24P. It can give you that filmic, stuttery look on fast action and pans. 1080i60 is smoother on fast action, and is almost always used for sports. For web, you always try to shoot progressive where possible.

SD and HD won't match up very well, as SD is of lower resolution than HD. Also, you do not try to mix frame rates.



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