looking to start filming with HD, advice?

[killinemsoftly]

well im looking to get an FX1, and im somewhat curious as to what computer i would be looking in to needing. i would use either desktop or laptop... so i am open to suggestions!!

[ivan narez]

i use both. I have a 2 year old mac tower, and the new macbook pro. Both work fine. what kind of comp you rolling with now?

[al dolega]

FX1, ewww.

HDV isn't that intensive computer-wise. My desktop is:

C2D 1.86
8GB DDR2
Some lame 128MB Nvidia card
320GB 7200RPM system drive
2 1TB 7200 storage drives
Win7 Pro 64-bit

and it handles HDV in Premiere Pro CS3 just fine.

[Ozzie Sandoval]

I don't know anything about filming or HD or cameras but I build computers....

my experimental computer...
2.8ghz dual core amd 64
4gb RAM DDR2
Intergrated graphics [ the cheap kind that come on the MoBo]
500 gb 7200 16mb

My built computer...
3.2ghz quad core phenon 4 [not over clocked yet]
8gb RAM DDR3 skillz
Nvidia geforce 9700? [ I forget I swap a lot]
500gb 7200 32mb seagate
Asus Evo MoBo
Antec 902 case
900 watt Modular
Dual cold cathode
each fan adjustable speed from the front of the case
... I forget the cpu cooler, I know it's a master cooler...
And i have cable managment very well....

I'll take pictures of it soon, I built it all for $650

I also own a Dell and might be buying a alienware laptop soon, In your case I would go with a desktop.

[bander_saleh]

one thing. if u film in HD, export in HD. because i got and HD cam and i never exported in HD for a couple projects, then i found out how and i did, looks much nicer

[sw]

Win7 Pro 64-bit

and it handles HDV in Premiere Pro CS3 just fine.

al, are you running a 32bit-version of CS3!? i wanted to upgrade to a windows7 64bit version, but i´m afraid that none of my programs will run on it!?

[al dolega]

To be honest I'm not running any version of Premiere at the moment. My pirated copy of CS3 was working fine for me but when I installed Win7 I figured why not go for CS4? So I spent a bunch of time reading up on cracking it, blocking registration, etc. Everything installed fine, and everything but Premiere works great, but Premiere will not accept any HD footage or open a HD project. I guess with CS4 this is how it is until you download an update or codec pack or something from Adobe, and obviously I can't do that. I tried reverting to CS3 but now that's doing the same thing... so I'm going to reformat and re-install this weekend and hopefully CS3 will work again.

Anyways, 32-bit programs run fine on Win7x64, at least all of mine do- including Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.

[sw]

thanks for your answer! that sounds really interesting, and i think i might give win7-64bit a try within the next few weeks. right now i´m constantly pushing the 2gb-limit for programs on windows32bit and therefor premiere is crashing every 10min during editing.

[RollingDist46Sweden]

pretty informative... getting into filming as well and thankfully im on the right track getting the macbookpro either one of these:

Sony HDR FX1000

Sony HVR-A1P

Canon XH A1S Black

and will be studying in film&media and if i can borrow 14000grand for film school or just opt for film&media in collage... we ll see