As the first affordable and fully professional large-sensor video camera, Sony NEX-FS100 comes equipped with a stabilized 11x zoom lens while using the same S35-size CMOS sensor as the higher-end PMW-F3. Able to shoot full 1080p video in a range of frame rates up to 60p, the FS100 provides the option of recording 28Mbps AVCHD footage onto SD or Memory Stick media, or it can output uncompressed 4:2:2 video (with embedded timecode) and RGB via HDMI 1.4 to an external recording unit. Using the FS100, you can record full HD .mts cliops at 1080/60p or 50p mode. While enjoying the stunning HD image quality, many folks are having problems when importing FS100 60p/50p AVCHD footage to Final Cut Pro X like the below:
fcp x doesn't recognize sony fs100.
Hi I could use some help. I just purchased a sony nx fs100. I shot some video at hd 1080/30p fh and at hd 1080/60p fh. The problem is I can't get fcp to reconize the camera. I can see the camera is connected in finder. Is this the result of a setting on the camera?
Well, in fact, it’s not a "fresh" problem we've met when getting 1080 60p/50p AVCHD clips into Final Cut Pro X. The reason that you can't successfully ingest those recorded AVCHD footages on 1080 60P/50P format to Final Cut Pro X is limited by the FCP itself. Currently 1080/60p or 1080/50p footage is a very non-standard format and it's unsupported in FCP X. In order to import Sony FS100 media to Final Cut Pro X for smoothly editing, you can use use 3rd-party software to re-wrap and convert 60p/50p MTS footage to Apple ProRes encoded mov format first, which is a native format for Final Cut Pro X. It's a great way to achieve your goal smoothly. For this purose, this article will show you how to transcode Sony NEX-FS100 AVCHD Footage to ProRes MOV in detail.
First of all, free download Brorsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac:
The program is an easy-to-use yet professional app which can be used as a Mac Sony MTS Converter under OS X Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), Mountain Lion (10.8). It is free, clean and safe to install and use. With it, you can effortlessly transcode MTS to ProRes MOV for Final Cut Pro 6/7/X, and it works well and converts flawlessly. Below is how.
How to convert Sony FS100 60p/50p AVCHD to Apple ProRes MOV for Final Cut Pro X
Step 1: Load Sony FS100 1080p MTS to Mac MTS to ProRes Converter.
Use a card reader to copy and transfer the .mts files to iMac hard drive disk, run Mac Sony 60p AVCHD Converter as the fast Mac MTS to ProRes Converter, and click the “Add” button to load the .mts videos. You can also use the drag-and-drop method to load the 1080p .mts files to the application UI.
Step 2. Choose outout format
Press “Format” option and navigate the mouse cursor to choose “Format > Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as the best codec for FCP X on Mac. The Mac Sony MTS converter will transcode Sony FS100 MTS to FCP X compatible MOV with ProRes as video codec in HD 1920×1080.
Step 3. Start the MTS to ProRes MOV conversion
Click the “Convert” icon under the preview window, and the Mac MTS to ProRes Converter will start transcode Sony FS100 60p/50p MTS to Prores MOV for FCP(X) on Mac.
Tips:
a. You can click “settings” button in the main interface to customize the output video’s parameters, such as resolution, frame rate, etc.
b. You can edit the MTS video before you convert FS100 MTS to ProRes MOV.
By clicking “Edit” button, you can trim, crop the video, or add watermark and adjust effect to the videos which you will convert.
Trim – Choose to reserve the part you need. Just choose the chapter which you need to trim, to set “start time” or “end time”, type the portion which you want to save.
Crop – Remove black edges of your video or just get the scale of this video you want.
Effect – Adjust the effects by adjusting the parameters, such as:
1) Deinterlacing – If there are some stripes on the picture, you can check this option to make a better picture effect. (Checked by default)
2) If you want to get 3D effect, just enable this fuction and do settings:
After the conversion, click the “Open” button to locate converted files, then load ProRes .MOV files in FCP (X). Now you can successfully and easily import Sony FS100 1080 60p/50p AVCHD footage to Final Cut Pro X, or FCP 7/FCP 6 for editing with best quality.
Additional Tips:
1. If you are also a FCP X user, before you try to do the conversion, don’t forget to make sure that you have installed the Apple ProRes Codec manually since the FCP X asks users to install it by themselves.
2. If you want to edit Sony 60p AVCHD footage in iMovie, you just need to choose the "iMovie and Final Cut Express -> Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov)" in the second step.
3. If you want to batch conversion, the professional iMedia Converter for Mac is the best choice for you.
Read More:
Sony 60p AVCHD workflow in iMovie
Load Sony 1080 50p/60p AVCHD footage in Premiere
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