C300 FW 1.8: Weirdness in FCPX 10.0.8

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C300 FW 1.8: Weirdness in FCPX 10.0.8

Shooting on C300 @ 50Mbps 1920x1080 on fw 1.8. Dumped card on hard drive, imported to FCPX 10.0.8. The image looks flickery and grainy. I then did a test with converting a clip via MPEG Streamclip to Prores and it looked fine in FCPX. When I imported to FCPX there was no option to transcode, only proxy media- unusual.

When I exported from FCPX to file- image looked fine. When I used Share to post to Vimeo it also looked fine. So the problem exists within FCPX and the way it is monitoring the XF codec. It's just extremely unnerving.

I did a screen capture (at a lesser frame rate) where you can see the graininess and flickery image.

https://vimeo.com/truelifemedia/review/64823217/c1d15b6c76

Any ideas?

Posted on Apr 26, 2013 6:15 AM

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Tom Wolsky

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Apr 26, 2013 6:25 AM in response to eli22

When I imported to FCPX there was no option to transcode, only proxy media- unusual.

There should be. You don't have optimize?

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Apr 26, 2013 6:28 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

No- that option was greyed out. It was checked, but greyed out- I should say.

I may have solved the monitoring issue by changing the playback preference from Better Performance to Higher Quality, but still not sure why I had no option to Optimize media. Unless it's automatically doing it?

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Tom Wolsky

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Apr 26, 2013 6:31 AM in response to eli22

Please describe exactly your import procedure. Post a screen shot of what you're seeing in the import dialog.

Also use the reveal in finder function to see what your media actually is.

I've been hearing of problems with this camera and I'm not sure if Canon changed something in their file recording.

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Tom Wolsky

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Apr 26, 2013 6:32 AM in response to eli22

Any chance you can post a piece of this media somewhere?

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eli22 Author

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Apr 26, 2013 6:35 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

I used XF utility to make a backup of the directory. I then referenced that directory in FCPX to import all clips. Here is a screen shot from the import to FCPX.

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eli22 Author

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Apr 26, 2013 6:54 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Unfortunately I can't post media beyond the vimeo post.

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Tom Wolsky

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Apr 26, 2013 6:56 AM in response to eli22

Sorry. My mistake. I was thinking of a different camera. There is no optimize because FCP works with this format natively.

Ratheer than using the XF Utility can you just copy the whole card structure to a folder and import from that?

Where is the folder "4-23-13"? On the Pegasus?

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Tom Wolsky

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Apr 26, 2013 6:57 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

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Apr 26, 2013 6:58 AM in response to eli22

I am shooting with C100 and have the same grainess/flickering issue. I can still see it even if I change the playback to "higher quality".

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eli22 Author

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Apr 26, 2013 7:03 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

I should add that I have done it both ways. Initially, I did create a dated folder with separate folders for both C300 and 5D footage. This is because I am used to this method of backing up masters- I've always done it this way for the 5D. I then imported footage from my C300 folder (copied directly from the CF card). This is where the dated folder reference leads to- in my event folder.

I tried it with XF utility and it basically did the same thing, but less coherently than my dated folder system. I imported the same way.

I also attempted to import directly from the CF card- no dice, same lack of optimize (but you said it doesn't optimize XF?)

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eli22 Author

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Apr 26, 2013 7:03 AM in response to tarsier123

Do you see it if you just attempt to export a short clip?

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Tom Wolsky

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Apr 26, 2013 7:11 AM in response to tarsier123

Wait a second. Now I'm really confused. Looked at the C100 and C300 pages on the Canon web site and it says it shoots AVCHD. What do these cameras shoot?

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eli22 Author

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Apr 26, 2013 7:13 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

The C300 shoots XF and the C100 shoots AVCHD

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Tom Wolsky

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Apr 26, 2013 7:14 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Really confused now because of tarsier123's message. What does this camera shoot? Doesn't it shoot AVCHD? Why the XF Utility? Or is this some new and weird reecording system Canon has dreamed up?

Canon EOS C100

Versatile, compact storytelling

An affordable video production camera offering a unique combination of professional HD imaging, compact design and lens versatility, the user-friendly C100 is ideally configured for single person use.

8.3MP Super 35mm CMOS sensor; Full HD
High sensitivity, low noise
24Mbps AVCHD to SD cards

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Tom Wolsky

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Apr 26, 2013 7:20 AM in response to eli22

Thank you. Sorry for the confusion. Completely different animals that just look alike.

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