Capturing in HD

[Nerfboy]

I am going to capture for the first time in HD with Edius 4.5, and was wondering what spec I need to capture it in.

I am shooting with a Sony Z1 and PAL, so 1080i. But what should my output format be? 1440 x 1080 50i 48Hz 2ch?

Any help would be appreciated.

[Bluetongue]

That is correct, make sure you use the CanopusHQ encoder, it will make life so easy but will take up a lot of disk space
Regards Barry

[Nerfboy]

Yeah I figured as much with the disk space...thanks for that Barry.

[Nerfboy]

So why not 1920 x 1080 50i?

[beachside]

So why not 1920 x 1080 50i?

HDV is only 1440 x1080 off tape, even though most cameras optics are 1920 x 1080.