Panasonic AG-HPX250PJ Understanding P2 Workflow: Avid Xpress Pro HD - Page 3

KEY POINT. P2 Cards are temporary storage Do not think of P2 media as a tape replacement. It is only a temporary storage media for your camera master. You will want to get your footage off of a P2 and onto some field archival system immediately, so that you can reuse your P2 cards. This is one of the major advantages of P2 cards, they are reusable! With the correct workflow, you can produce almost any project with a minimum of just three P2 cards. And remember you can instantly review any shot in the field and delete bad takes, freezing up space on the P2 card. Alternate Workflow Options If you are recording a long form production (concert, play, wedding, corporate talking head) that requires you to continually record for over a long continuous time, there are a couple of alternative workflows available to you. Record on a Firestore fs-100 Hard Drive This portable hard drive connects directly to your camera and based on your recording format can capture record times of 100 minutes or more. However, remember this is a camera capture and like the P2 cards, you should archive this material asap, to another hard drive or other media. Key Point. Make sure you install FS-100 Version 3.0 Upgrade. This upgrade provides DVCPROHD Quicktime support and Native 720p MXF support. Contact www. focusinfo.com for details on this upgrade. Record directly to a laptop This option will allow greater record times (based on the hard drive of your computer, or an external hard drive). The downside is that you have to have a laptop in the field connected via Firewire to your camera. Obviously this will not work in locations where there is a lot of camera movement, but for locked down long shots, this is an attractive option. In addition, you can actually capture directly to your Avid Xpress Pro HD (so that you are instantly ready to edit in the field). Connect camera via firewire. Open Avid Xpress Pro HD.