Thanks Bill, However, I am wondering about the new Mark ii and how well the video clips from that camera will edit in Vegas.

They edit in Vegas Couple of codec choices, apparently, and Vegas reads only the quicktime J2K. I've asked for a RAW file sequence, but haven't rec'd it yet.. There is a lengthy discussion on this in one of the sports camera forums. The general consencus is that the camera isn't a video camera, it just is a fabulous still camera with fair video features.
But...there i

Douglas, have you even seen the video footage from this camera? It's mind-blowing how good it is.

What's the best way to convert the 30 fps D5 MKII clips to 29.97 fps? Or just leave them that way (30 fps)? I'm asking because Cineform NEO won't convert the D5 MKII format properly to a Cineform AVI file, but it will do the 0.1% slowdown.

I am REALLY hopeing I can just put it into a Vegas 8 timeline and edit. No conversion. I hope someone knows. thanks

I downloaded a source file from the camera. A one minute clip that was 275 mb's.

I was able to open it and edit it in Vegas, but being that it's full HD, I didn't really know how to properly set up the project. I still shoot and edit in SD, so I didn't know which HD preset to select.

The information you need is here:
(it's faster to create proxies than to edit as is)
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/09/21/vegas-workflow-with-the-5d-markii/
(jabloomf1230, proper slow down of video without ghosting)
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/09/23/vegas-tip-re-timing-your-video/

I wrote these blog posts because I had the same problems like you did guys when played with the 5D sample footage.

I currently use a Canon XH A1 with a 35 mm adapter for documentary interviews. I have a HV20 for a second camera also with a 35mm adapter and am contemplating selling it and buying another XH A1 (of which I don't really want to spend that amount of money)

Any speculation if the new Canon 5D might be used as a HD Vid camera in interview situations as a 2nd unit to the XH A1 for Video ? (not worried about the audio at this point, but they do have an mini plug input for audio)

I'm in need of a better Digital 35mm SLR and since I'm using a 35mm adapter with my XH A1 make use of depth of field, the new 5D is of interest.

I know it's only speculation, but my gut feeling is this is the start of something with the 35mm Digital SLR's capturing video. I'm even wondering if the announcement on the 5d has something to do with Red canceling their new lower end camera and doing a re-engineering. This is from their web site posted by Jannard

"Scarlet... not the same.
We have changed everything about Scarlet because the market has changed and we have discovered a lot of things in the process. We have a new vision.

"Wipe you minds of the past announced Scarlet. Forget the design and forget the price. It is all different now. We think you will be surprised. Glad we didn't take any deposits... :-)

Thanks. That works great with a the demo files. We can hope for a script.

>What's the best way to convert the 30 fps D5 MKII clips to 29.97 fps? Or just leave them that way (30 fps)? I'm asking because Cineform NEO won't convert the D5 MKII format properly to a Cineform AVI file, but it will do the 0.1% slowdown.

CineForm HDLink is converting Canon's 5D mk2 files fine on most installations. Some PC may need to manually register the MP4Splitter.ax (already installed) and rename the .MOV to .MOVx, and it converts fine. Eugenia had some problems doing this on her Vista 64 system, but it is working widely elsewhere. Yes the 30.0 to 29.97 work as well. For all to work, you no need an AVCHD decoder already on your system.

David Newman
CTO, CineForm

Apparently you need to have Nero installed, and I don't own Nero. I have ffdshow, CoreAVC and Quicktime though, which are ranging from free to cheap. I think Cineform should work with Quicktime IMHO.