Final Cut Pro and Canon 5D Mark II

Hi,
I have been shooting on the Canon 5D for a few months now. My problem is when i have to edit the footage. I have tried converting to Apple ProRes using compressor, fcp, mpeg stream and i find a lot of jitters if the moving shots - i have been using Twixtor to convert my footage and this seams to take forever - close to 1 hour for 60 Seconds of footage.
I have been some footage on the net it seams to be pretty clean - how do i speed up my process.

The Popper wrote:
...and you'll be looking at feature film quality results - promise.
Mmm, not quite. You had me up until the "feature film" quality bit...
Sure, these cameras shoot really nice footage. No question. However, the people that are executing the best results are those that are well aware of the limitations of these cameras and are doing what's necessary to cope with these issues, while on set. There are certainly things to be aware of with the DSLR footage: moiring, aliasing, rolling shutter and general image softening. come to mind. There can also be artifacts from the H.264 compression that often comes to light once you start trying to grade the footage beyond the most modest amount.
If these cameras cost $15,000 then no one would be talking about how amazing they are. Part of the fashion of shooting with these DSLR's right now is cost: they're cheap to buy/rent/use. But "feature film" quality? Sorry, not in my book. Unless you consider movies like "The Blair Witch Project" and "Paranormal Activity" to be feature quality. (Both of these, and I'm sure other 'low budget' films, were shot on small/cheap camcorders.)
Maybe I'm one of the few folks that puts a premium on image fidelity while most other folks are embracing the concept of "good enough".
Just my 2¢ here...

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