Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
September 12th, 2011, 01:10 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,779
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
September 9th, 2011, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,310
Re: Archival SD Footage in 1080p HD Project
When I need to include SD archival footage in an HD project, I always use a smaller than HD framesize- either letterboxed on a black background, or as a PIP over some HD content.
IMO, enlarging 480...
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Forum: Sony NEX-VG10 / VG20 / VG30 / VG900
September 8th, 2011, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 15,203
Re: A clue regarding HDMI output?
This is the part that I have never been clear about.
The raw video comes off of the chip, into the DSP, and then out the other side as 4:2:0 AVCHD.
The signal can be recorded to the camera card...
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
September 5th, 2011, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,110
Re: XA10 still have rattling XLR buttons?
IMO, the XA 10 is a unique camera that provides excellent image quality, excellent low light performance, and professional features/controls in a package that is hardly bigger than a "tourist' cam. ...
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
September 4th, 2011, 01:54 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,110
Re: XA10 still have rattling XLR buttons?
Reports vary.
I got my XA 10 about 6 weeks ago from the Canon web store.
If I shake the detached handle vigorously, I can hear some rattle.
When handle is mounted with a shotgun mic in place, I...
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Forum: Sony NEX-VG10 / VG20 / VG30 / VG900
September 3rd, 2011, 07:42 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 16,282
Re: NEX-VG20 in November
The spec for the FMU 128 is that it is a device made specifically for the Sony NX5.
That suggests that it probably will not work on any other cameras.
But there are other back up devices that...
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Forum: Sony NEX-VG10 / VG20 / VG30 / VG900
August 30th, 2011, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,015
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Forum: Sony NEX-VG10 / VG20 / VG30 / VG900
August 27th, 2011, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 16,282
Re: NEX-VG20 in November
IMO, the specs on the VG 20 indicate that Sony is signalling that they are committed to keeping the VG model in their big chip camera line up, and that they intend on keeping it competitive going...
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Forum: AVCHD Format Discussion
August 23rd, 2011, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,457
Re: AVCHD Glitch
I've not used the GH2, but both my Sony and Canon AVCHD cameras came with file transfer utilities (Sony PMB, & Canon Transfer Utility) that make the import really bulletproof.
The utilities will...
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Forum: AVCHD Format Discussion
August 20th, 2011, 01:22 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,219
Re: How to handle AVCHD 720 60p & 1080 30p in post
One nice thing about the Cineform software- it does use the Lanczos algorithm and will resize all of the files that require it, on the fly, during the initial conversion.
You simply set the desired...
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
August 18th, 2011, 01:06 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,823
Re: XA 10: Wide Angle adaptor vs STD lens
My bad- I failed to mention that I wasn't shooting full WA with either lens.
The entire purpose for shooting this little test was to determine if I needed to remove the adaptor every time I was not...
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
August 16th, 2011, 09:42 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,823
Re: XA 10: Wide Angle adaptor vs STD lens
For the video, the zoom was deliberately adjusted to attempt to create the same angle of view for both the WA and STD shots.
In order to isolate the image quality/characteristics of the two lenses I...
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
August 16th, 2011, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,865
Re: XA10, G10 vs HV30/40 Comparison?
I think it is a nice look for that sort of content.
A lot of color, a lot of image "pop".
The XA 10 will do it so easily with a little boost to the color sat and the contrast.
And, when you want a...
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
August 16th, 2011, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,905
Re: Best DVD settings
Good advice.
Getting a really high quality DVD is way harder than one would think it should be.
Fortunately, Adobe CS5 has dramatically improved the downscaling & transcode from HD to DVD.
As a...
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
August 15th, 2011, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,905
Re: Best DVD settings
Exactly- you can shoot either 60i or 30p, but for greatest player compatability, the DVD m2t file should be 60i.
Most encoders will convert a 30p original to a 60i PsF DVD file.
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
August 12th, 2011, 07:09 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,656
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
August 11th, 2011, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,905
Re: Best DVD settings
DVD is generally an interlaced format.
If you are shooting interlaced UFF, you should maintain those parameters all the way to DVD disk.
All DVD players will play both UFF and LFF, but not all will...
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Forum: AVCHD Format Discussion
August 9th, 2011, 01:00 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,219
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
August 8th, 2011, 04:43 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,823
Re: XA 10: Wide Angle adaptor vs STD lens
I shoot a lot of travel docs- so, I'm always needing WA shots.
The XA 10 is natively fairly wide (maybe 30mm) and with the addition of the 0.80 adaptor I can get to about the max angle that is just...
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
August 8th, 2011, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,823
Re: XA 10: Wide Angle adaptor vs STD lens
Yeah...
I've heard such a variety of opinion about it I decided to try and test it myself.
Once I started I realized that making any valid scientific comparison was going to be way over my head,...
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
August 6th, 2011, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 8,310
Re: Sell me on Premiere
This truely is the problem.
You can stay with FCP 7- for a while, but eventually you'll need to step into the future.
Otherwise, if you need a full featured Pro NLE, your choices are limited....
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
August 6th, 2011, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,823
XA 10: Wide Angle adaptor vs STD lens
The question: How much downside is there to routinely leaving the Canon WD-H58W wide angle adaptor on the camera??
Here is some comparison footage that sheds a little light on the question:
Please...
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Forum: Canon XA and VIXIA Series AVCHD Camcorders
August 4th, 2011, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 7,912
Re: external audio for xa10
Not sure exactly what the problem is, but clearly the VideoMic Pro circuitry is not playing well with the XA 10's 3.5mm audio section. I think this sort of thing does happen more often with...
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Forum: Adobe Creative Suite
August 4th, 2011, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,569
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Forum: AVCHD Format Discussion
July 28th, 2011, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,929
Re: AVCHD clip information
That is certainly the way I do it.
I import all clips using the import software, so I get all of the metadata, I get the unique date encoded clip names, and I get reconstruction of spanned clips....
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