Canon 5D Mark II and 7D Final Cut Pro Importer

A short runthrough on how to use the new plugin from Canon for Apples Final Cut Pro to import footage from the Canon 5D Mark II and 7D by way of the log and transfer function. This plugin still is not a 'native' approach, in that it still converts your footage to ProRes 422 but it is much faster and easier to use than other methods. 

Canon Support FCP - Sort of

So Canon has released a plugin to allow importing of files from both the Canon 5D Mark II and the 7D into Final Cut Pro via the Log and Transfer function. Basically the plugin is just a nicer way of batch converting your footage to ProRes 422. Its still not native support, ie your not playing the actual H.264 files in the timeline. But it means one less piece of software you need to get the files in the timeline.

Note, I had a lot of trouble with the file not downloading using Firefox, I ended up using Safari to download the file.

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=17662#DownloadDetailAct