FX1 quick review

Steven Fokkinga · November 13th, 2004, 06:42 PM

<<<-- Originally posted by Simon Wyndham : When I viewed Cineframe 25 yesterday it looked bloody awful to me. The strobing was too much. -->>>

Hey Simon, could that be because of a too high shutter speed? I've heard other people had some very nice feedback on this mode (= filmlike motion without much visible vert. resolution loss)

Simon Wyndham · November 14th, 2004, 04:06 AM

I don't think it was due to a high shutter speed. From what I could tell the shutter was at 1/50 (it was a PAL camera) and exhibited no motion stuttering associated with higher shutter speeds when it was in interlaced mode.

Since I viewed the FX1 for myself I have found a few comments littered around the web about Cineframe looking too strobophobic.

Carlos E. Martinez · November 14th, 2004, 05:07 AM

Just one question: are those Cineframe modes "burnt" into the tape?

If they are not what is the problem? Who will be using an HDV camera as a home-video player?

Or are people planning on transferring these processed videos from the HDV onto an editing deck/PC and edit from there? Why? Just for the "cinema look"?

Carlos

Steven Fokkinga · November 15th, 2004, 06:43 PM

And another one: Is it already known what the cineframe 30/25 modes actually do technically (so without pulldown as in the CF24)? Is it just a simple de-interlacer or is it more than that? Can probably not be a lot since it's done in RT.
And if it's not known, does a company or sony in particular come out with the technical explanations later or not at all and does someone else have to do reverse engineering on it?

Steven

November 13th, 2004, 06:42 PM	#16
Steven Fokkinga Major Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 204	strobing <<<-- Originally posted by Simon Wyndham : When I viewed Cineframe 25 yesterday it looked bloody awful to me. The strobing was too much. -->>> Hey Simon, could that be because of a too high shutter speed? I've heard other people had some very nice feedback on this mode (= filmlike motion without much visible vert. resolution loss)

November 14th, 2004, 04:06 AM	#17
Simon Wyndham Trustee Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Malvern UK Posts: 1,931	I don't think it was due to a high shutter speed. From what I could tell the shutter was at 1/50 (it was a PAL camera) and exhibited no motion stuttering associated with higher shutter speeds when it was in interlaced mode. Since I viewed the FX1 for myself I have found a few comments littered around the web about Cineframe looking too strobophobic.

November 14th, 2004, 05:07 AM	#18
Carlos E. Martinez Trustee Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Posts: 1,138	Just one question: are those Cineframe modes "burnt" into the tape? If they are not what is the problem? Who will be using an HDV camera as a home-video player? Or are people planning on transferring these processed videos from the HDV onto an editing deck/PC and edit from there? Why? Just for the "cinema look"? Carlos

November 15th, 2004, 06:43 PM	#19
Steven Fokkinga Major Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 204	And another one: Is it already known what the cineframe 30/25 modes actually do technically (so without pulldown as in the CF24)? Is it just a simple de-interlacer or is it more than that? Can probably not be a lot since it's done in RT. And if it's not known, does a company or sony in particular come out with the technical explanations later or not at all and does someone else have to do reverse engineering on it? Steven