@bataaard yeah I was thinking handbrake seems a bit convoluted and could result in almost a loss of quality, my reasoning being
my method: capture over firewire to avi, edit in vegas and export to 1440x1080 50fps and vegas handles deinterlacing etc (i have yadif for vegas)
method suggested to me by another guy: capture over firewire to avi, encode with handbrake to mp4 with the fast 1080p preset, original dimensions, 50fps and yadif deinterlacing, then edit and export at 720p etc.
maybe it's just me but the handbrake way seems more convoluted and could result in a quality loss since it's being encoded twice.
rad video btw.