Panasonic HC-X900 is an enthusiast 3MOS-based (three 1/4.1-inch CMOS sensors are used) camcorder that records full HD 1920 x 1080 videos at 60p (50p for PAL units) based on the new AVCHD 2.0 (Progressive) standard. Like its predecessors, it has a 12x optical zoom lens (which starts at 29.8mm at the wide-angle end), supports 5.1-channel surround sound, and has a lens ring for manual controls.
The
HC-X900M also shoots full HD 3D video when you attach it with an optional 3D conversion lens. However, this isn’t the same conversion lens as the one introduced in 2011 (VW-CLT1). The new VW-CLT2 is not only smaller but also brighter (from F3.2 to F2.0). The HC-X900/HC-X900M HD camera stores videos in .mts format with MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression.
Final Cut Pro X, the latest version of video-editing software geared for professionals from a company increasingly focused on mainstream consumers. Final Cut Pro X is a follow-up to Final Cut Pro X, software Apple released in 2009 as part of Final Cut Studio. Like Apple’s newly released of Mac OS X Lion, Final Cut Pro X was only be available to customers through the Mac App Store. However, this new released FCP X does not support well with Panasonic HC-X900/X900M 1080 60p/50p AVCHD Videos.
So if you want to edit HC-X900/X900M 1080 60p/50p 28Mbps in Final Cut Pro X, you are recommended to use Panasonic Video Converter for Mac, which is the superior
Mac Panasonic 60p/50p MTS to FCP X converter for Snow Leopard. It does not only convert Panasonic 1080 60p/50p AVCHD to MOV on Mac, but also merges 1080 60p/50p MTS files for import into Final Cut Pro X.
Here is the step-by-step guide for you to import and edit Panasonic HC-X900/X900M 60p/50p MTS to Final Cut Pro X on iMac/MacBook Pro with Mac OS X like Lion, Snow Leopard.
Step 1. Load AVCHD 1080 60p/50p videos to
Panasonic Video Converter for Mac from UFUSoft.
After transferring .mts files from Panasonic HC-X900/X900M camera, run AVCHD Converter for Mac as the best Mac 1080 60p/50p MTS to MOV converter, and click the “Add File” button to load .mts videos.
Step 2. Choose H.264/AVC MOV or ProRes 422 MOV output format.
Click the “Format” option, and choose HD Video or Common Video > H.264 MOV (AVC)(*.mov) for converting AVCHD videos from MTS to MOV with H.264/AVC as video codec for loading to Final Cut Studio/FCP X. With this option, the output video will be kept as high definition 1920×1080. (You can also choose
Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422(HQ) (*.mov) as output format.)
Step 3. Merge Panasonic AVCHD files. (optional)
Select all the files and then click “Merge”, and the Panasonic HC-X900/X900M 1080 60p/50p MTS converter will join and combine the video clips into a single file as output.
Step 4. Convert HC-X900/X900M MTS to MOV for Final Cut Pro X.
Click the convert button under the preview window, the Mac Panasonic MTS converter starts
converting 1080 60p/50p MTS videos to H.246 .mov or ProRes .mov, and joining the MTS files for editing in Final Cut Pro X.
After converting and merging the MTS files, just import the output files to Final Cut Pro X and the video is in HD 1920×1080. You can also import the output videos to Final Cut Express (FCE) 4, Final Cut Pro 6/7, iMovie for editing in full HD.
