eelco74
2008 May 9th, 05:39
Hi,
I have been following this forum with great interest. I currently own a old Sony TR-PC5. I have used it for several years now. I mainly shoot and then Edit in Premere Elements. After that I export it to Tape (for backup) and burn a DVD. Now the build quality an reliability of the Sony is excellent, I have used it for about 7 years and it is still in good condition.
Now I was interested in the HV-30 as a replacement because HDV is easy to edit. I own a AMD quad core with 2 Gig memory and Vista Ultimate with premere Elements 4.0. Altough my system should be good for AVCHD editing, the lack of native support by Adobe was a major drawback to me.
Now I have read the HF10/100 reviews. A few days ago I held both the HV-30 and HF-100 in hand. I really liked the HF-100's lightness and also the front mounted mic's. The top mounted mic was a major problem with the Sony as well, because it would pick up all sorts of sound from other angles.
So because of the size, weight and solid state memory I am really tempted to go for the HF-100. The remaining problem is AVCHD editing.
Now I have been experimenting with VoltaicHD to convert AVCHD to premiere and as an intermidiate solution it is actually workable. At least untill Adobe descides to integrate AVCHD into Premiere.
I am however puzzled by the memory card requirements of the HF-100. It needs at least Class4. The Sandisk Ultra II is class 4 at 9Mbps. However according to the manual the best selectable quality in the HF-100 is 1080x1920 at 17mbps.
So do I need the Extreme III or the Ultra II. The manual states class 4 will do (page 32).
oh btw why the HF100 and not the HF10?
The HF-100 is 200 Euro's cheaper and an 8 Gb Ultra II costs 40 Euro's and takes about 1 hour of filming. I have never been able to fill a 60min DV tape on one holiday so 1 hour should be enough.
I have been following this forum with great interest. I currently own a old Sony TR-PC5. I have used it for several years now. I mainly shoot and then Edit in Premere Elements. After that I export it to Tape (for backup) and burn a DVD. Now the build quality an reliability of the Sony is excellent, I have used it for about 7 years and it is still in good condition.
Now I was interested in the HV-30 as a replacement because HDV is easy to edit. I own a AMD quad core with 2 Gig memory and Vista Ultimate with premere Elements 4.0. Altough my system should be good for AVCHD editing, the lack of native support by Adobe was a major drawback to me.
Now I have read the HF10/100 reviews. A few days ago I held both the HV-30 and HF-100 in hand. I really liked the HF-100's lightness and also the front mounted mic's. The top mounted mic was a major problem with the Sony as well, because it would pick up all sorts of sound from other angles.
So because of the size, weight and solid state memory I am really tempted to go for the HF-100. The remaining problem is AVCHD editing.
Now I have been experimenting with VoltaicHD to convert AVCHD to premiere and as an intermidiate solution it is actually workable. At least untill Adobe descides to integrate AVCHD into Premiere.
I am however puzzled by the memory card requirements of the HF-100. It needs at least Class4. The Sandisk Ultra II is class 4 at 9Mbps. However according to the manual the best selectable quality in the HF-100 is 1080x1920 at 17mbps.
So do I need the Extreme III or the Ultra II. The manual states class 4 will do (page 32).
oh btw why the HF100 and not the HF10?
The HF-100 is 200 Euro's cheaper and an 8 Gb Ultra II costs 40 Euro's and takes about 1 hour of filming. I have never been able to fill a 60min DV tape on one holiday so 1 hour should be enough.