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What hardware do you have? How much RAM? What kind of hard drive? What resolution and bit-rate of video?

The Core 2 processors might be a bit slow if you do any kind of intensive graphics processing or 3D rendering. i5 or i7 processers give far superior number-crunching performance. 8GB of RAM ain't bad, 1920x1200 juuuust allows for full HD video display, and the machine as a whole will let you...

I'm also a still photographer, so using my 5D MkIII for video just means I don't have to get another camera. Issues: form factor, menus, hacky third-party firmware to unlock special features, rolling shutter, lossy h.264 video codec. Super awesome advantages: All that expensive glass I use in...

I'm guessing they mean the camera will not do any kind of conversion of 24p footage to SD 60i, but you don't care about that since you're no longer a regular standard-level consumer person (to whom this restriction would actually apply). :)

PF24 (interlaced 24fps) was invented as a way of shooting 24fps that would natively play back on a standard-def interlaced TV that doesn't support true 24p. I'd consider it rather useless in today's world of computer monitors and HD TVs. Shoot and edit in native 24p and avoid the headaches of...

Be warned that zoom lenses tend to show a lot more barrel distortion compared to primes at the same focal length (especially at the wider end of the spectrum). Although is is probably less of a big deal on documentaries, but you should be aware of it.

My feature is three years behind schedule, I've got a 4-minute short (a 5D technical test shot in candle light) edited/cc'ed and currently in scoring, and I'm editing a short film shot in Montana by some friends of mine.

Once you have your footage in a computer you can convert to SD and any other format. I'm betting this is just a recording "limitation" of the camera where it won't shoot SD in 24fps. This is not a bad thing. :) Just shoot in HD for optimal image quality.

Is there a site with the dates on it? I need to get my PTO request in at work as soon as possible.

I am going to do my damndest to make it to your indiefest thingy whatnot this year. I was hoping to have something to show, but my feature is waaaay behind schedule. Like, three years behind schedule.

Flicker Pictures: MY GOD I AM A WONDER

I can do a "ratman" face...

PluralEyes is amazing. It even managed to perfectly sync audio when the camera's reference audio track was barely audible due to me forgetting to change my gain levels. And without a clapboard. And no dialog in the scenes. The loudest thing in the shots is the sound of 3x5 index cards being slid...

Cracker Funk and richy speak truth, although I maintain that bipedalism gives a serious advantage to those organisms that evolve it, both in freeing up limbs for flying/tool use and, in the case of humans, allowing for the development of the ability to both run and breath heavily simultaneously...

I've actually done that in "Adam Funn". We had a spot where the video was from take D, and the first half of the line was from take A and the second half of the same sentence was from take C. While the actor was facing the camera. That's pretty rare for me, though. I think having synced audio...

Hah! No no no, what I meant was, for proper motion blur at 24p, you have to set your shutter speed as close to 1/48 as you can, so it's "fixed". Sure you can change it, it's a friggin' DSLR, but then your motion blur won't be quite right, leaving you with just aperture and ISO for exposure...

Bipedalism is incredibly advantageous because it frees up two limbs for tasks other than locomotion. But it's long-term advantageous, and as you pointed out, evolution is random and chaotic. Unless the environment and other factors push a species towards bipedalism, they'll remain stuck in their...

If you're going laptop, I'll echo the "get a MacBook pro" sentiment. They are incredibly well-built and worth every penny. Desktop systems are debatable -- sure, you can build a cheaper machine with similar specs, but the hardware will be a tad flimsier. And you'll be running Windows, also a...

I hate waiting, and usually pay ridiculous amounts of money on fast shipping as a result.

No worries. If you listen to Scott's audio commentary on Prometheus, you'll see that he's... not entirely coherent anymore either.