Finally Leaving Tape-Questions about Working w/ AVCHD on Kar
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 9:09 am
OK so I have delayed the inevitable for years, and now I am thinking about making the switch from a tape based cam to a card based cam. Currently, with tape, my process is to save the master, burn to two blu Ray dvds and archive on 2 HDDs. I output via storyboard and it is an HDV file that saves as a MPG format. My question is if I go with a card based cam, I completely lose the security of the master tape which I really don't like. So I need to come up with a strategy to archive data and am curious what folks do. I was planning on making multiple copies while filming w/ 2 cards in place, save both in avchd format (for security while filming), then load to a computer where footage is stored until I can process it on the Karat. I would then export to 2 HDDs as I do now and burn to 2 Blu Ray dvds and I guess just not live with the security of a tape backup. I could always save sd cards but from what I read this is foolish to do with flash memory and probably a waste of $.
What do you think? Overly paranoid? I know quality degrades a tad when burning original to Blu Ray but honestly, while quality is great, preserving footage - even if a tad worse than original- trumps everything else. Other thing Im concerned about is avchd. Another reason I stayed with tape for so long b/c I heard a lot of negative things about avchd, particularly at lower end consumer models. Is this still the same case? I am thinking of swapping from a Canon HV40 to the Canon G40. Would love to hear any thoughts regarding archival process, compression when sending to Blu Ray DVD, any differences I need to be concerned about working w/ Karat and avchd as opposed to tape as this will all be totally new to me.
What do you think? Overly paranoid? I know quality degrades a tad when burning original to Blu Ray but honestly, while quality is great, preserving footage - even if a tad worse than original- trumps everything else. Other thing Im concerned about is avchd. Another reason I stayed with tape for so long b/c I heard a lot of negative things about avchd, particularly at lower end consumer models. Is this still the same case? I am thinking of swapping from a Canon HV40 to the Canon G40. Would love to hear any thoughts regarding archival process, compression when sending to Blu Ray DVD, any differences I need to be concerned about working w/ Karat and avchd as opposed to tape as this will all be totally new to me.