ABSTRACT
With the rapid and continued adoption of Sony HDCAM as the acquisition format of choice for the independent filmmaker, many people have asked how they could use Sony Vegas software as an editing tool for 24p HDCAM production. Sony offers an extensive line of HDCAM cameras and decks, many of which are also available for rental. To ensure frame-accurate edits as well as a time-accurate soundtrack, one need to set their Vegas project up correctly prior to the start of editing. As always, proper tape naming and clip naming is essential during the logging/capturing stage-one will need a reference back to the original master tapes, and failure to name the tape correctly at capture time can result in time-consuming/expensive searching at the online facility. It is not recommended that one capture across scene breaks in the original HDCAM tape. This may result in improper timecode or pulldown removal inside Vegas.
