The Nikon 1 J2 is a stylish compact system camera featuring a 10-megapixel “CX” format sensor and the Nikon 1 lens mount. Boasting continuous shooting speeds of up to 60 frames per second at full resolution, Full HD video capture, an ultra-fast hybrid auto-focus system, Smart Photo Selector and a unique Motion Snapshot Mode, the portable Nikon J2 also offers more conventional shooting modes like Programmed Auto, Aperture and Shutter Priority, as well as Metered Manual and a new Creative Mode that provides a variety of photo effects and easier access to the camera’s key settings. Also on board is a built-in pop-up flash with a guide number of 5, a 3 inch rear display with an increased resolution of 921k-dots, and an electronic shutter. But this MOV video format came from Nikon 1 J2 is a long GOP format that is highly compressed, it is not a good editing format.

So you will not playback or edit smoothly the highly compressed MOV on your Mac with FCP 6/7 or FCP X. You need to convert the 1080p HD MOV footage off your Nikon 1 J2 with Mac Nikon 1 J2 MOV Converter for FCP 6/7 or FCP X for Snow Leopard. It does not only convert Nikon 1 J2 MOV to a playable/compatible Mac H.264 MOV, Apple ProRes 422 MOV on Mac for Final Cut Pro 6/7 or Final Cut Pro X but also supports other Nikon 1 J2 cameras.



Here is the step-by-step guide for you to import and convert Nikon 1 J2 HD MOV files to Final Cut Pro 6/7/X on iMac/MacBook Pro with Mac OS X like Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion.

Step 1. Load Nikon 1 J2 HD MOV videos to Nikon MOV Converter for Mac.

After transferring .mov files from Nikon 1 J2 camera, run Nikon Video Converter for Mac from UFUSoft as the best Mac Nikon 1 J2 to Final Cut MOV Converter, and click the “Add” button to load .mov videos.

Step 2. Choose HD MOV or ProRes 422 MOV output format for Final Cut Pro 6/7/X.

Click the “Profile” option, and choose HD Video > HD MOV Video (*.mov) or Final Cut Pro > ProRes 422 MOV (*.mov) for converting the highly compressed Nikon 1 J2 HD MOV to compatible MOV for loading to Final Cut Pro 6/7 or Final Cut Pro X. With this option, the output video will be kept as high definition 1920×1080.



Step3. Merge Nikon 1 J2 1080p H.264 MOV files. (Optional)

Select the files in the filelist and click Merge, and the Nikon 1 J2 1080p H.264 MOV converter will join and combine the video clips into a single file as output.

Step4. Convert Nikon 1 J2 1080p H.264 MOV to Final Cut Pro 6/7/X on Mac

Click the convert button under the preview window, the Mac Nikon 1 J2 MOV converter starts converting Nikon 1 J2 MOV videos to Final Cut Pro 6/7/X MOV, and joining the files for playing/editing on FCP 6/7 or FCP X.

After converting and merging the Nikon 1 J2 MOV files, just import the output files to Final Cut Pro 6/7 or Final Cut Pro X for editing still in HD.

If you are on a Windows computer with Windows XP/2003/Vista, Windows 7, Windows Home Server, and would like to put Nikon 1 J2 videos to Windows Moive Maker,Adobe Premiere,Sony Vegas for editing, just use the Windows Nikon 1 J2 video converter.

Tip:

1. The Best Nikon Video Converter for Mac also supports converting Nikon D7000, Nikon D5100, Nikon D3100, Nikon D800, Nikon 1 J2, Nikon 1 J1, Nikon 1 V1, Nikon D3200, Nikon D3S, Nikon D600, Nikon D4, Nikon 1 V2, etc MOV videos to ProRes MOV, H.264 MOV, MPG, DV, AVI, etc on Mac for Final Cut Pro 6/7, Final Cut Express 4, iMovie 8/9/11, Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro, etc.

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