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December 22nd, 2005, 12:15 AM | #1 |
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Sony HC1 Cineframe Rocks
I was goofing around with my hc1 the other day, and I turned the cineframe option on. I must say that I was suprised at how excellent the pictures behavior was. I would definately say it is in the in the same league as any of the prosumer 24p formats out there. Even though it is technically 24f, whatever that means. Anyhow. Overall other than the small size of the camera (which would be a selling point to many), and the bottom loading tape, I have to admit I am quite happy with my purchase. I tested a tape with footage gathered with a jvc hd100 in 720p hdv by playing it in the hc1 and it played back perfectly. Even downcoverts the hd footage to pristine DV. On the other hand the JVC would not playback the 1080i footage gathered with the hc1, fx1, or z1 cameras. This is the perfect camera for a 2nd unit camera to the z1, that can also be used as a playback deck. Definately will be sticking with Sony in the future. If other owners of the hc1 can try out the cineframe mode, and let me know your thoughts, I'd like to confirm that my observations are indeed not too good to be true.
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December 22nd, 2005, 10:32 AM | #2 |
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I cant find that option in my camera Albert, its gotto be somewhere there !
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December 22nd, 2005, 10:38 AM | #3 |
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Here's a link to Adam Wilt's article about how Cineframe works, in case you're interested: http://adamwilt.com/HDV/cineframe.html
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December 22nd, 2005, 12:03 PM | #4 |
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you can access the cineframe feature under the effects touch panel. The effects option is not part of the default options, and would need to be added to the access menus. Use the intital menu screen to get to it. It's in there with a few of the less desirable cheese effects like sepia and mosaic. I think you will indeed find the cineframe most definately worth while to look at and use.
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December 22nd, 2005, 12:57 PM | #5 |
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cineframe
Is that really officially cineframe? just curious, because I've seen dv cams, even D8 cams that also list a "cinema effect"
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December 22nd, 2005, 02:11 PM | #6 |
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i believe it is. At least it is what it claims in the manual. On other forums the cineframe in the hc1 is also discussed. I haven't seen the cinema effect in too many other cameras myself. At least not one that works this well.
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December 22nd, 2005, 08:54 PM | #7 |
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It is 30fps or "24"fps?
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December 23rd, 2005, 02:48 AM | #8 |
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It is confusing, as there is no mode actually called "Cineframe" on the HC1. There is on it's A1 cousin.
The HC1 has an option called "Cinema effect". It's been reported that this is the same as Cineframe but I'm not sure. On the A1, the NTSC version has a choice of 24p or 30p, the PAL is 25p. I've seen reports that the HC1 Cinema effect is 24p on the NTSC model (and 25p on PAL). I must admit I haven't tried it yet. Mark |
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Cinema Effect vs. Cineframe??
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December 26th, 2005, 01:10 PM | #10 |
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Cineframe Article
Here's a pretty good article about Cineframe and hwo to smooth your images out.
http://www.cineform.com/products/Son.../CineFrame.htm |
December 28th, 2005, 08:13 AM | #11 |
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What would the workflow be from Cineframe to DVD?
Also, are there any benefits in picture quality if DVD is my detination? Will the DVD be in a progressive format, if there is such a thing. Or will it be different than if I shot and edited in 60i?
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December 29th, 2005, 11:21 PM | #12 |
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Cineframe 24p isn't that great unless you capture using the Cineform HDLink program using the special 24p pulldown removal capture mode. The Adam Wilt article was written before this was available I believe. In any case, Cineframe 24 captured with HDLink in the pulldown removal mode actually gives you pretty good 24p.
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December 30th, 2005, 11:01 AM | #13 |
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The footage in the cinema mode is equivelant is a default 30f cineframe setting. They don't call it cineframe, because the frame modes aren't adjustable. So officially it's not cineframe, but only one aspect of it. But not a bad one at that.
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It looks suspiciously like Cineframe24! ... I will try extracting it with the Cineform 24p option and report back on what I find. Also, I notice that when cinema mode is selected the ability to adjust exposure becomes disabled. I don't know if this is how Cineframe works on the A1, but I thought that was rather disappointing. |
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January 26th, 2006, 10:41 PM | #15 |
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Yep, it sure seems to be CF24!
Capturing "Cinema mode" footage from the HC1 using Cineform's HDLink, with "remove 3:2 pulldown" checked, produces smooth 23.976fps progressive footage. Footage captured without that option checked stutters (verified in Vdub as described above). |
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