Film-looking video from the war at DVinfo.net

Norman Woo · March 25th, 2003, 10:49 AM

Folks

I noticed that some of the video images coming back from CNN(?) has a film-look to it. Anybody noticed this? It looks very much like the quality from the Frame-mode on the Canon XL-1. I'm sure they are not using the XL1 out there. Perhaps a GL1? Or another camera?

Anyone knows?

Scott Davis · March 26th, 2003, 03:20 PM

The reason you're seeing a film-like look is because I'm guessing it's being shot in PAL and converted. I used to do standards conversions and always noticed the difference in looks and wondered why. It's the frame rate- PAL is 25p and film is 24p.

Anyone else?

Christopher Hughes · March 27th, 2003, 02:51 PM

I've been watching footage from the war from BBC sources and in one shot, you could see a camera man in the background with an XL1.

But I think the effect you saw is as stated perhaps just conversion from PAL source to NTSC. At 25 frames a second...life goes slower with higher res for us europeans.

The lastest footage from Iraqi TV show they don't use frame mode, cos you could see all the interlaced lines on their footage.

March 25th, 2003, 10:49 AM	#1
Norman Woo Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Brossard, Quebec, Canada Posts: 147	Film-looking video from the war Folks I noticed that some of the video images coming back from CNN(?) has a film-look to it. Anybody noticed this? It looks very much like the quality from the Frame-mode on the Canon XL-1. I'm sure they are not using the XL1 out there. Perhaps a GL1? Or another camera? Anyone knows?

March 26th, 2003, 03:20 PM	#2
Scott Davis Tourist Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 4	Film-Like look The reason you're seeing a film-like look is because I'm guessing it's being shot in PAL and converted. I used to do standards conversions and always noticed the difference in looks and wondered why. It's the frame rate- PAL is 25p and film is 24p. Anyone else? __________________ Scott Davis Charlotte, NC

March 27th, 2003, 02:51 PM	#3
Christopher Hughes Major Player Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sunderland, England (y Merida, Mexico) Posts: 269	I've been watching footage from the war from BBC sources and in one shot, you could see a camera man in the background with an XL1. But I think the effect you saw is as stated perhaps just conversion from PAL source to NTSC. At 25 frames a second...life goes slower with higher res for us europeans. The lastest footage from Iraqi TV show they don't use frame mode, cos you could see all the interlaced lines on their footage.