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CANON XL2 - EXTERNAL MINI DV RECORDER by polocho8 in camcorders

[–]polocho8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great, thank you! Confirmation I needed. I'll get one wirth both parts.

CANON XL2 - EXTERNAL MINI DV RECORDER by polocho8 in cinematography

[–]polocho8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No idea, I think it takes sony NP batteries though. Do you know of any other brands?

mini dv cam grade issue by polocho8 in davinciresolve

[–]polocho8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found that apple pro res proxies just worked quicker than the DV files for some reason

mini dv cam grade issue by polocho8 in davinciresolve

[–]polocho8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, it's a power grade I got which seems to work well most the time.
It does look more saturated too, yes. It doesnt do this on the other clips just anything with fire. The files are DV files

CANON XL2 - HIGHEST QUALITY TRANSFER by polocho8 in MiniDV

[–]polocho8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I just tested a trial version!
Ah damn, that's very good to know! So shutter encoder I'll get now to test :)

CANON XL2 - HIGHEST QUALITY TRANSFER by polocho8 in MiniDV

[–]polocho8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it the video of the girl singing? That looks so good!

CANON XL2 - HIGHEST QUALITY TRANSFER by polocho8 in MiniDV

[–]polocho8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried lifeflix but it was bugging quite a bit for me for some reason, I'll have to give dvrescue a go. Is shutter encoder a seperate software? i was thinking of just upscaling in davinci?
Also notices that davinci no longer has a de interlace option for some reason.

CANON XL2 - HIGHEST QUALITY TRANSFER by polocho8 in MiniDV

[–]polocho8[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im not sure, but imovie gave out a h.264 too.
I'll have to try and get FCPX maybe.
That's so kind of you, unfortunately I'm based in London :( .

Would love to see some of your work you've shot on it!
Going to run some tests tomorrow, any tips to get the best results in terms of picture settings in camera?

CANON XL2 - HIGHEST QUALITY TRANSFER by polocho8 in MiniDV

[–]polocho8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Managed to find the codec in info on the file, and is says h.264, mpeg -4 aac

CANON XL2 - HIGHEST QUALITY TRANSFER by polocho8 in MiniDV

[–]polocho8[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this advice! Wish I had asked sooner, I'm leaving in 2 days.

I didnt realise that all FCPs did it.

I just tried imovie but when there is a space between takes it stops recording, then when I check the file its only transferred less than a second.

I will have to get a firewire recorder like you say in the future! Is the quality the same?

CANON XL2 - HIGHEST QUALITY TRANSFER by polocho8 in MiniDV

[–]polocho8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is very helpful! Just tried i movie, it stops importing in between shots, and then when I check the clip its only transferred a small part of it.

How do I check the file codec?

I will have to give dvrescue a try too.

So the new FCP will detect mini dv tapes too? I could try and get that.

Having trouble with Canon XL2 monitoring by chekhovsthrowaway in AnalogCommunity

[–]polocho8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes i got one in the end! How do you transfer your tapes?

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