ProRes422HQ with a Canon HV30 and Final Cut....

I'm shooting with a Canon HV30 in HDV24p Cinema Mode. When interfacing to Final Cut Pro, my understanding is that the Cinema Mode records at regular 29.97, but with the look of 24fps. FCP crashes when I try to import it as ProRes422(HQ).
Can anyone please enlighten me as to what sequence settings I should be using to edit an HD movie, combining old home movies that are 720x480 alongside the HD footage? This is for a high end customer who wants the best quality possible (with reasonable render times and work loads on the CPU).

For the Canon VIXIA HV30 If you set cinema mode up correctly on the cannon your shooting in 24fps or 24p
Try using 1080i/24p setting for easy setup. You can get there by going to easy set up. Then chosing:
Format:HD
Rate:(all rates) from the "all rates" drop down chose 1080/24p firewire basic. Not sure on this.
I just got the camera and noticed that when I select the "firewire basic" option I have issues.
I have been using the: HD 1080i/60 as that is what cannon mentions that HDV is being encoded at.
Hope that helps. I plan on shooting some 24p clips soon and will post my results.
GLUCK

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ColeRothacker wrote:
I just got my first Mac computer, a Mac Mini
congrats!
and I ordered it with Final Cut Express. I also have a new camera, a Canon HF200, but I'm having trouble with it.
I have the HF 10 & had an import error due to sound mixing settings, but we'll hold off on that for now...
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I have some dics that came with the camera. The first one installed an image viewer type thing, but the second one is doing nothing and I can't even seem to eject it.
were these full size CDs? the canon software is useless, btw, so I wouldn't bother with it.
rebooting holding the left mouse button down will eject the disc, if it's the std size.
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