Okay I bought the Ninja, played with it, and a bit disappointed.

I figured out the pull-down in Premiere, but what is the deal on the guessing game? Meaning "Lower/upper fields." It seems like there's no 'real' algorithm to it. It's pretty much, shoot footage, drag and drop into Premiere, then figure out whether "each clip" is a lower or upper field.

Now I don't know about anyone else, but I'm shooting 8 takes minimum at 5 different angles. Times that to 100 scenes.... Well you see my problem. I'm just wondering is this really a guessing game? Because if it is. I'm shipping this sucker straight back to B&H.

Note: On a positive, the Atomos Ninja does get rid of some banding, so it would have been worth it, but... anyway.

Never mind, I'm shipping it back.

Have you checked Sound Desigh pix 220? It looks like a much more pro product. Look it up at bhphotovideo.com

Ric

Yes, someone had mention that on a different thread. I think that may be the way to go. Although Atomos is trying there best to help me, the results are the same with this thing.