AVC HD Footage without huge file sizes

I want to edit some footage from my Sony HDR-SR11 in Final Cut but when I try to log and transfer the file sizes are huge. It's about 1 gig per 1 minute of footage. Is there anyway to use like the HDV codec for this so it's more like 15 gigs per hour? This is my first work with AVC HD but I've done a lot with HDV. I am willing to lose quality if there is a loss, it's only a behind the scenes documentary. I would like to keep it in HD but can't deal with file sizes that large. Thanks

welcome to the fun world of avc. what bit rate are you shooting at, are you bringing in 1920x1080 or 1440x1080? i transcode 1920x1080 at 24mbs and the files are big, but the quality is impressive especially once you remove the pulldown and edit it with prores at full size.
if you bring it in at the smaller resolution, it should take up less space.
you shot hdv, that is 1440x1080, with the sr11 i think you can shoot 1920x1080. if you scale it down on the camera side, it'll be closer to shooting HDV.

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