601 or RGB color levels? at DVinfo.net

Ryan Leiderman · July 19th, 2006, 12:15 AM

can someone tell me what the differences are? which should I be using for dvcam video

Glenn Chan · July 22nd, 2006, 12:27 PM

Most SD digital formats like dvcam follow REc. 601, which standardizes a number of things including color. DVCAM records Y'CbCr color, with black level at Y'=16 and white level at Y'=235. The rest of the details you can find in books like Charles Poynton's for example.

But basically, there is only one right way to do it and that should be the default. The PD150 and 170 I believe can add fake setup (called "7.5% setup"?), which is improper and should almost always be avoided.
see http://www.glennchan.info/articles/t...5IREsetup.html

Your camera doesn't record R'G'B'. Your NLE may have to convert from Y'CbCr to R'G'B' to do image processing... and there are two flavours of R'G'B' in practice.

July 19th, 2006, 12:15 AM	#1
Ryan Leiderman Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ny, ny Posts: 25	601 or RGB color levels? can someone tell me what the differences are? which should I be using for dvcam video

July 22nd, 2006, 12:27 PM	#2
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Most SD digital formats like dvcam follow REc. 601, which standardizes a number of things including color. DVCAM records Y'CbCr color, with black level at Y'=16 and white level at Y'=235. The rest of the details you can find in books like Charles Poynton's for example. But basically, there is only one right way to do it and that should be the default. The PD150 and 170 I believe can add fake setup (called "7.5% setup"?), which is improper and should almost always be avoided. see http://www.glennchan.info/articles/t...5IREsetup.html Your camera doesn't record R'G'B'. Your NLE may have to convert from Y'CbCr to R'G'B' to do image processing... and there are two flavours of R'G'B' in practice.