Edit Video on your iPhone. Seriously?

I don't know how (or if—see comments below!) Walter Biscardi and Peter Wiggins got their hands on an iPhone to try this out, but they claim there's some kind of "lite" version of Final Cut Pro 6 that will run on and iPhone and allow cuts-only editing with the ProRes422 codec.

http://blogs.creativecow.net/node/174

I'll just pause for a minute while you collect yourself.

I knew the iPhone was going to have amazing potential for DV Rebels, but I did not expect this much, this soon. And as much as I might want it to be true, I'm not quite buying it.

Thanks to jwdenzel for posting the link on the Rebel Café! If you haven't checked it out lately it's becoming quite an active resource for filmmakers.

EDIT: So obviously this turned out to be a hoax. Touché guys, and as I commented below, if anything it makes it abundantly clear how enthusiastic people are about customizing the iPhone with mini-apps unique to their work and art. I hope someone somewhere is listening.

Video iPod as a Timecode Slate

Fricking genius and mucho Rebel. From The Editblog.

TurboHoopty2000™

The Canon HV20 with the Brevis35 and, like, everything else, as exhibited and discussed here.

I'm totally anti the whole "gear fetish" thing. I've seen some DVX100 rigs that were clearly designed more to look badass than to actually create nice images. But this "HV20 on 'roids" is not frivolous at all—everything on it is something you'd eventually discover you need once you've made the decision to use a 35mm lens adapter. And this rig is still missing the BeachTek adapter that would allow the use of pro mics!

But while it's fun to contemplate how one might pimp out such a camera, let's not forget that the thing itself, right out of the box, can capture images that can help you tell your story. The rig above is a great reminder than the sultry images that 35mm adapters allow come at the cost of one of the DV Rebel's most valuable assets: agility.

24p 4 < 1G

Amazon has lowered their price on the Canon HV20 to $950, and if you sign up for a trial of Amazon Prime you get free 2-day shipping. Damn.