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720p frame rate
Hello
I have a few HD questions. I am shooting a video with the panasonic HVX on to p2 cards and I shoot the footage in 720p30 but when I log and transfer the footage from the drive and look at the clip settings – final cut tells me the footage is in 720p60 I just double checked the camera and it was set to720p30. Am I doing something wrong?
Two more questions What is the best monitor(s) to use for color correcting HD video with reliable results? can any computer monitors be trusted?
Finally what is the best way to convert 1080i footage to 720p?
thanks a lot
best
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if you shoot 30p the camera is recording every frame twice. When you log and transfer you need to select “Remove advanced pull down and duplicate frames” in the prefs, This will give you just the 30 frames.
If you shoot 30pN the camera only records the 30 individual frames and you have nothing to remove and that is why you get twice the record time on a P2 cards.
So unless you plan on putting your 30p footage into a 60p timeline this is no reason to shoot 30p, you would want to shoot 30pN.
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As for the other questions…
[jimmy joe roche] “What is the best monitor(s) to use for color correcting HD video with reliable results?”
Flanders Scientific…Panasonic…JVC… broadcast LCDs. I REALLY like the Flanders.
[jimmy joe roche] “can any computer monitors be trusted? “
Not really…not without help.
https://magazine.creativecow.net/article/matrox-mxo-broadcast-monitoring-on-a-desktop-monitorBut don’t use an Apple display…they are 8-bit. Dell 2408 or so. HP Dreamcolor…ooooo, better.
>Finally what is the best way to convert 1080i footage to 720p?
Hardware. Capture card like the AJA Kona 3, LHi or Matrox MXO2 line. Convert when you capture. If you are TAPELESS, then Compressor.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
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Dell U2410 gets a good review as the successor to their 2408:
…the U2410 provided far superior quality to Dell’s previous 2408WFP out of the box
…the U2410 happily chomped its way through greyscale and colour images, showing subtle distinctions and stark contrast differences with consummate ease – doubtlessly helped by its 12-bit colour processing.
There was almost no sign of banding – the best performance we’ve seen since reviewing HP’s professional DreamColor LP2480zx, no backlight bleed (though some slight backlighting inconsistency in two corners), excellent sharpness and not a hint of the aberrations we saw across tiny fonts on previous Dells.
Anyone here using it for post?
I have to say I’d have great trepidations about buying Dell though.
Looking at some Amazon user reviews may make you want to get that FSI or DreamColor instead.
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