What shall I use? Aspect or Prospect? at DVinfo.net

Joerg Falk · April 13th, 2008, 04:12 PM

Hi,

I need help. I bought a new Canon HV30 and I want to use Cineform. Which kind of version shall I buy? Aspect HD or Prospect? I use APP CS3 for editing.

Thanx
Joerg

Graham Hickling · April 13th, 2008, 09:12 PM

AspectHD will work fine with the Canon.

Prospect input/output can be 10-bit (rather than 8-bit) and 1920x1080 (rather than 1440x1080). (Both are 10-bit internally.) If either of those features are worth $500 to you, get Prospect. Remember that files off tape from the Canon are 1440x1080.

I assume you've seen the product selector guide on this page?
http://www.cineform.com/products/aspect-prospect.htm

Ray Bell · April 15th, 2008, 06:51 PM

You can get some nice 1920x1080 footage from tape on the HV20... just off load the tape through the HDMI port via Black Magic... not the firewire port.

I use Prospect... started with the Aspect and just had to upgrade.... :-)

Harm Millaard · April 15th, 2008, 07:39 PM

Once recorded on tape the signal out from the camera is 4:2:0 1440x1080. HDMI is a video transfer, fire wire is a data transfer, which means that (despite all the hype) HDMI is no better than fire wire transfer, no it even loses all meta data, such as time code, exposure, date and time stamp, shutter speed and other data.

HDMI has no value other than for direct display on a HD monitor, for the rest fire wire is the better solution, unless you are talking about live recording, then HDMI may in some cases (depending on the camera and the HV30 is not one of them) offer you a poor man's HD-SDI like connection.

William Middleton · April 16th, 2008, 01:28 PM

Agreed! Unless it's live, go with firewire.

April 13th, 2008, 04:12 PM	#1
Joerg Falk Tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lohe-Rickelshof, Germany Posts: 3	What shall I use? Aspect or Prospect? Hi, I need help. I bought a new Canon HV30 and I want to use Cineform. Which kind of version shall I buy? Aspect HD or Prospect? I use APP CS3 for editing. Thanx Joerg

April 13th, 2008, 09:12 PM	#2
Graham Hickling Trustee Join Date: May 2004 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 1,669	AspectHD will work fine with the Canon. Prospect input/output can be 10-bit (rather than 8-bit) and 1920x1080 (rather than 1440x1080). (Both are 10-bit internally.) If either of those features are worth $500 to you, get Prospect. Remember that files off tape from the Canon are 1440x1080. I assume you've seen the product selector guide on this page? http://www.cineform.com/products/aspect-prospect.htm

April 15th, 2008, 06:51 PM	#3
Ray Bell Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,414	You can get some nice 1920x1080 footage from tape on the HV20... just off load the tape through the HDMI port via Black Magic... not the firewire port. I use Prospect... started with the Aspect and just had to upgrade.... :-)

April 15th, 2008, 07:39 PM	#4
Harm Millaard Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,832	Once recorded on tape the signal out from the camera is 4:2:0 1440x1080. HDMI is a video transfer, fire wire is a data transfer, which means that (despite all the hype) HDMI is no better than fire wire transfer, no it even loses all meta data, such as time code, exposure, date and time stamp, shutter speed and other data. HDMI has no value other than for direct display on a HD monitor, for the rest fire wire is the better solution, unless you are talking about live recording, then HDMI may in some cases (depending on the camera and the HV30 is not one of them) offer you a poor man's HD-SDI like connection.

April 16th, 2008, 01:28 PM	#5
William Middleton Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Antioch, TN Posts: 67	Agreed! Unless it's live, go with firewire.