Forum: Panasonic P2HD / DVCPRO HD Camcorders
April 14th, 2005, 08:14 AM
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Replies: 34
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I have no personal experience with the Varicam,...
I have no personal experience with the Varicam, but a buddy of mine tested it at his studio and came to the conclusion that the compression was too great for what they do (which is a lot of keying,...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
April 13th, 2005, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,155
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
April 12th, 2005, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,155
SDK kit available now?
Little tidbit on maccentral.com this morning mentions the availability of a Mac OS SDK for the XL2 in july. It says that the windows xp version is currently available...although I can't find...
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Forum: Panasonic P2HD / DVCPRO HD Camcorders
April 7th, 2005, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,011
Your thoughts on the hvx200 sensor
While we all have nothing much to do but stare at the "bride" photo and wonder the wonders of DVCPRO-HD, I'm curious about what you all think about the sensor, and how it all relates. My guess is...
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Forum: Panasonic P2HD / DVCPRO HD Camcorders
April 5th, 2005, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 13,519
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Forum: Panasonic P2HD / DVCPRO HD Camcorders
April 2nd, 2005, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 206
Views: 43,474
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Forum: Panasonic P2HD / DVCPRO HD Camcorders
April 1st, 2005, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 206
Views: 43,474
Jan
I'm not sure. Let me phrase it the way...
Jan
I'm not sure. Let me phrase it the way it was put over at dvxuser...When shooting in 720 24p...are we really shooting 60p, and then the camera pulls some magic and tosses away some frames to...
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Forum: Panasonic P2HD / DVCPRO HD Camcorders
April 1st, 2005, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 206
Views: 43,474
Jan
I don't know if this in your scope of...
Jan
I don't know if this in your scope of "able to talk about", but I saw this question raised on another forum, and I thought it was worth a shot.
Will the "little camera" (that now has a...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
April 1st, 2005, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 18,199
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
April 1st, 2005, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 76
Views: 18,199
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Forum: The DV Challenge
April 1st, 2005, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 6,773
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
March 31st, 2005, 08:48 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,586
Greg..
hope I didn't give that...
Greg..
hope I didn't give that impression...the files I first tested on the projecter were captured in iMovie, exported as DV files then played back in the Qt player...
But I did drag some...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
March 30th, 2005, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,248
Eric
I think the most obvious solution is to...
Eric
I think the most obvious solution is to play your 480p footage back on a 480p device. Many of the cheaper LCD and plasma televisions are exactly this kind of monitor. I play my footage back...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
March 30th, 2005, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,586
AJ
Now that I'm thinking of it, the stuff I...
AJ
Now that I'm thinking of it, the stuff I tested was actually captured and exported as a .dv file in iMovie. The camera was hooked up with s-video. Laptop was connected through the dvi port on...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
March 29th, 2005, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,586
Armando,
I've a tale to tell that I think...
Armando,
I've a tale to tell that I think fits in this discussion. Recently I purchased Canon's new Realis sx-50 projector. It's a very high resolution beast (1050x1400). Immediately I hooked up...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
March 29th, 2005, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,031
Kevin
I just imported a frame, and the...
Kevin
I just imported a frame, and the histogram looks fine to me, although I'm not sure what you are surmising from the presence of flat histograms. A histogram is a graphic interpretation of the...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
March 29th, 2005, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,248
Eric
Yes the dvx100a will also show this...
Eric
Yes the dvx100a will also show this issue, although in my experience, it would appear that either panasonic has used an anti-moire filter (or algorithm), or canon has applied more sharpening...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
March 29th, 2005, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,248
Eric,
In all likelyhood, the primary culprit...
Eric,
In all likelyhood, the primary culprit in the moire/aliasing problem you are seeing is your output device (monitor) or as we just found (scroll down to the thread "sample video- need...
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Forum: The DV Challenge
March 25th, 2005, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 9,060
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
March 24th, 2005, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,761
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
March 20th, 2005, 10:51 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,761
Richard,
Sorry, my WM9 settings were...
Richard,
Sorry, my WM9 settings were wrong...I was viewing at half size. I think something is going on in the windows media encoding, As the problem seems much more prevalant in full size .Are you...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
March 19th, 2005, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,761
Richard
Your sony, being an interlaced only...
Richard
Your sony, being an interlaced only camera will not show this problem to the extent of the xl2 or DVX100. The higher resolution progressive scan is really the culprit (especially when...
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Forum: Canon XL and GL Series DV Camcorders
March 19th, 2005, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,761
Richard,
You've just discovered the source...
Richard,
You've just discovered the source of a lot of conversation around here a few months back. Do a search for "moire" and you will find angst, bitterness and even a little truth about the...
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
March 14th, 2005, 09:25 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,073
Rob
I'm not a big fan of using frame mode in...
Rob
I'm not a big fan of using frame mode in slow motion. You'll get a smoother playback with interlaced video (at the expense of some vertical resolution). Additionally, some NLE's have...
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Forum: Canon GL Series DV Camcorders
March 12th, 2005, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,073
The biggest strengths of the gl2 in your...
The biggest strengths of the gl2 in your situation will be in its relative compactness, and in its 20x lens.
as to your questions
1. The GL2 is a decent low light camera, but not the best....
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