Capturing live video from Canon 5D Mark II onto Premiere Pro or OnLocation?

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February 24, 2012
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Question: Anyone know how or if you can capture LIVE video from a Canon 5D Mark II onto Adobe CS5.5 OnLocation or Premiere Pro? Trying to get more than 12 minutes of recording time from the camera, so I wanted to record straight from the camera to the Computer.

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Richard M Knight

Community Expert

I think I right but On Location will not record full 1920x1080 HD.

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urevonlineAuthor

Participant

Wonderful information everyone thank you. Now i just want to be clear that I am not concerned about the viewing of the image on a big screen more so i am just trying to capture it to the computer so later i can go in and edit it. I am shooting an event from a distance and want to run a line from the camera to the computer and "record" or "capture" ( what ever the correct term is ) to Premiere Pro & or OnLocation. I looked at www.blackmagic-design.com and it looks promising for this to be done.

Thank you everyone for your input, really helps me out!

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SAFEHARBOR11

Participating Frequently

I think you are missing the point - the HDMI output does NOT put out the same quality of image that is being recorded on the memory card - the HDMI output quality is unsuitable for use in editing, regardless of capture method. I brought up the big screen as a way of you checking what the camera is putting out, prior to moving ahead with any capture plans/purchases. What you see is what you get. Whatever you see on the HD display is the same thing that you would be recording.

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Harm_Millaard

Inspiring

No, unless you can output over firewire.

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urevonlineAuthor

Participant

wow thank you for such the fast response haha almost in shock! ok so is there a firewire that can go from the camera to the computer?

Its so strange because I use to have a simple Canon HV4 handycam and it would show up in Premiere Pro wihin seconds of looking for it, and I could shoot live from the camera and capture directly to the computer, but with the Canon 5D Mark II its not possible?

Harm_Millaard

Inspiring

You probably mean the Canon HV40? Capturing only works over firewire for tape based cameras. I think the problem is the directory structure required by card based cameras that prevents the use of live capture as well as the interface used. Almost all card based cameras use a USB connection for data transfer from card to disk. But it also raises the question why would you want to capture live, when you can simply copy the contents of the card to your hard disk in minutes?

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