Just got my Sony SR11 avchd camcorder from b&h today, and it works *perfectly* with Vegas 8.0b ... I set the capture to capture it directly to my 8gb memory stick, HD 1440x1080 res at the 2nd-to-highest of 4 settings, and it captured perfectly.
Ingests fine to Vegas, and full res preview at best quality with no dropped frames or problems, in my winxp e6660 dualcore 4gig ram pc.
Really thrilled about this - my video production will get a lot easier, fast - because I can just take the little memory stick and plug it into the PCs usb port (I used an iomega $15 memory stick reader I got from amazon.com) and drag and drop the .mts file to the pc's hard drive. Makes it very easy to grab HD 1440x1080 res footage from the camcorder and No More vidcap.exe! hurrah.
-ken
p.s. b&h does have their bundle specials, I got the $1399 one, if you call and talk to a rep, the hdmi cables were backordered but they still took my order and shipped all but that, so it worked great, including the 3yr service warranty plus a few freebies, like bigger battery, cam light, lens cap etc.
p.p.s. the SR11 seems to be well-built, slick camcorder, but a bit outdated re form factor, it's still a full size camcorder, not as small/sleek as I'd expect, this late ... I'd expect a smaller form factor/size of the gear by now... but that's a minor nit. Overall it works great, and the lcd screen is large and clear etc. and it captures great.
Ingests fine to Vegas, and full res preview at best quality with no dropped frames or problems, in my winxp e6660 dualcore 4gig ram pc.
Really thrilled about this - my video production will get a lot easier, fast - because I can just take the little memory stick and plug it into the PCs usb port (I used an iomega $15 memory stick reader I got from amazon.com) and drag and drop the .mts file to the pc's hard drive. Makes it very easy to grab HD 1440x1080 res footage from the camcorder and No More vidcap.exe! hurrah.
-ken
p.s. b&h does have their bundle specials, I got the $1399 one, if you call and talk to a rep, the hdmi cables were backordered but they still took my order and shipped all but that, so it worked great, including the 3yr service warranty plus a few freebies, like bigger battery, cam light, lens cap etc.
p.p.s. the SR11 seems to be well-built, slick camcorder, but a bit outdated re form factor, it's still a full size camcorder, not as small/sleek as I'd expect, this late ... I'd expect a smaller form factor/size of the gear by now... but that's a minor nit. Overall it works great, and the lcd screen is large and clear etc. and it captures great.