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Tearing t he c amera d own
Is p retty m uch t he r everse o f s etting i t u p. T urn t he c amera o ff, t hen r emove t he l ens h ood b y
pressing t he t wo b uttons. P ut t he l ens c over b ack o n t o p rotect t he l ens.
Put t he c amera b ack i n i ts b ubblewrap p rotection s leeve, t hen p ut i t b ack i n t he p rotecting b ag.
Importing v ideo i nto t he c omputer:
There's a U SB c able w ith t he c amera, b ut t hat's a ctually d ifficult t o s et u p, s o I w ould a void
trying t o t ransfer f ootage t hat w ay. Y ou c an i nsert t he S D c ard i nto t he c omputer ( the l ab
computers h ave S D c ard r eader s lots b uilt i n) a nd d rag a nd d rop t he f iles t o y our F ireWire h ard
drive u sing t he f inder. T he v ideo f iles w ill b e l ocated i n t he f older " DICM > 1 00CANON."
The v ideo f iles w ill b e Q uickTime . mov f iles, a nd c an b e i mported i nto F CP. Y ou c an e dit t hose
files, t hough t he p erformance o f t he c omputer m ay n ot b e u p t o s nuff a s y ou p lay b ack a nd
shuffle t hrough. Y ou'll f ind t he c omputer w ill s low d own a nd h iccup a l ot a s y ou t ry t o p lay t he
footage, a nd t he c hances o f p roblems a s y ou e dit a re a l ot g reater.
We r ecommend t hat y ou u se C ompressor t o c onvert t he f ootage t o " Apple P roRes 4 22" f ormat.
Though t hese v ideo f iles w ill b e m uch l arger t han t he f iles f rom t he T 2i, t hey'll b e m uch e asier
to e dit. T he A pple P roRes 4 22 s etting i n C ompressor i s l ocated i n t he " Formats > Q uicktime"
folder.
Once y ou've c onverted t he f ootage, y ou're r eady t o e dit. D rag t he n ewly c onverted f iles i n t o
FCP a nd g et t o w ork!