Editing HDV in Final Cut Pro 6...

Greetings fellow forum friends
I work in a film company. We are currently on a preproductional stage, aiming for a feature lenght high def dv film. I am still quite new to the HD scene so I was wondering if anyone with experience could guide me through it.
To begin with, can I use HDV in Final Cut Pro 6, with a Macbook Pro 2.16 (duo core) and 2GB RAM?
Best regards,
- Felexion

I'm with Jerry and the rest...don't cripple your production by using the VERY CONSUMER AVCHD format. Do yourself a favor and get an HVX-200 and shoot proper HD. You won't be able to work with AVCHD in the native format anyway, you'll need to transcode it to Apple Intermediate Codec or ProRes. And all the AVCHD cameras are really on the small handycam consumer level.
WOrk at a film company...get a decent camera.
Shane

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