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Note:
Poorly captured audio can ruin an otherwise
excellent project. You can’t always “fix it in post.”
Take the time to
test the mic and set levels correctly
; you’ll be glad you did.
Miscellaneous Features
•
Color Bars and Test Tone
Located in the
[MENU]
under the Film Tab. Scroll to the bottom and
just touch
Color Bars & Test Tone.
It outputs standard SMPTE Color
Bars and a –12dB 1Khz tone for calibration. This tone plays back at a
perfect –12dB in Final Cut, so it’s useful to have 30 seconds of this at
the start of your footage for calibration.
•
Video Light
If you are really stuck and need some quick light, activate the onboard
video light by touching
[FUNC]
>
[Video Light] > [ON].
Remember
this is not a great light, just a quick fix and does add to battery
consumption.
•
HDMI Out
If you want to check some footage and you have an HDMI equipped
HDTV, simply plug an HDMI-mini cable into the camera, behind the
hand strap.
Importing Footage
(getting footage into a computer for editing)
Hopefully you’ve taken some time the day(s) before your shoot to practice
shooting with the camera. Now you’re ready to ingest that footage into a computer
for editing.
i.
Power off the camera, then connect the USB cable to its port (item 17
on pg. 2) and connect the other end to the computer.
ii.
Power on the camera, and then press the Playback button (item 3 on
pg 2). Now touch
[Computer/Printer]
and wait for the disk image to
show up on the desktop.
iii.
If using iMovie, import the normal way by clicking on Import From
Camera or use Quick Dump (clips may take a few minutes to appear).
iv.
If using FCP, use Log and Transfer and wait for a few minutes for the
footage to show up. Then you can select clips and add them to the
queue for importing.
Note:
AVCHD will not import into the older Power PC style Macs. Only Intel Macs support
this HD format.
Important:
If you are recording to SD cards, instead of the internal memory, ensure they are
at
least
Class 4 rated.
When copying the files over to the computer,
copy
all contents of AVCHD
folder
onto something that "mounts" on the computer - external flash memory stick, disk image,
DVD, or hard drive. Also, you should erase all memory on the camera before each shoot. This
ensures that the card(s) and/or internal memory are totally clear and ready to record onto, and it
eliminates the possibility of importing someone else’s footage.
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