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Downconversion to DigiBeta (PAL)
I have a job coming up for a european producer which I plan to shoot in either 1080/50i or 720/50p (1/60 sec. shutter ) on my HDX900. We are also going to downconvert the tapes to DigiBeta (PAL). My question is: Will the resulting DigiBeta recordings be as high a quality as if they were originally shot with a DBeta PAL camera? How can I maintain the highest quality?
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[Crew Boston] “Will the resulting DigiBeta recordings be as high a quality as if they were originally shot with a DBeta PAL camera?”
No it will not be.[Crew Boston] “How can I maintain the highest quality?”
Shoot it on latest Digi Beta camera.Sorry,but this is the fact.I spent a lot of time testing it…but do not worry,SD picture from HDX900 still look good.
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[jiri vrozina] “..but do not worry,SD picture from HDX900 still look good.”
Thanks Jiri. I was hoping that the quality of the HD recording would be high enough to hold up in the downconversion. It will be interesting to compare the final digibeta with the HD master.
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I have a similar shoot coming up; HD delivery in the US and Canada, but digi beta PAL in the UK; from what I’ve seen- the SD down converts should look fine- and most importantly retain the “film look” you can’t really get with digi-beta, unless it’s one of those rare newer models with 24p. My question is- we were going to shoot 30fps for the North American TV market for a clearer picture without the 2:3 pulldown look; now with the UK delivery- it’s been suggested that the downconverts from 30fps will not look great. So we’re leaning to 23.98 now- though that comes with inherant issues for shooting fast-moving wildlife photography. Any thoughts on this? thanks
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