I shoot stage events and use 4 cameras for almost all events. Currently using Canon XA10s. Great camera except for the 10X zoom. In some venues it is not long enough. I am considering the Canon XF300 to replace one of the XA10s. Several questions:
(1) The XF300 records to CF cards: are there any issues transferring the footage to Vegas Pro 10 or12?
(2) Lighting is usually not an issue, but will I need to color correct these 2 different cameras footage?
(3) Will Excalibur MultiCam work well with MXF (XF300) and AVCHD (XA10) footage?
(4) Anybody using the same combination with any tips or warnings?
I also wanted to highly recommend PluralEyes syncing software. I use 3 or 4 Zoom H1s to capture audio at my events, and PluralEyes has saved me hours and hours of time in the edit bay...works great with Vegas.
Thanks for your help.
Jerry

3) There will not be any issue with Excalibur. Excalibur just adds markers and cuts the events. Vegas does the playback.

Jerry?

You're probably already aware but Canon's new cams HFG30 XA20 & XA25 are upgrades from the XA10...well, 20 & 25 are - the 30 is upgrade from the HFG10/20.

Anyway they all have 20x zooms and if you're using Zooms for audio skip the XA20/25 and go with the HFG30...unless money isn't an issue. :)

ian