• Cinematography

  8 bit vs 10 bit

  Posted by Nelson May on June 15, 2010 at 3:28 am

  I need to see if anyone can answer a comparability issue. I am going to post where appropriate. I am doing video assist with Sony EX3 cameras. I was told that production isn’t getting downconverters. The EX3 will output at DV 10bit so I am told. I have a DMC 05 which is a proprietary rig that records only in DV. I can’t get any specifications, but is DV capped at 8 bit? Basically can I run a DV signal from this camera at 10 bit into a DV recorder? I don’t know if it can handle 10 bit or not. I thought DV NTSC standard was 8bit.

  Am I wrong

  MBP 2.4GHz 4MB RAM, 30″cine, MAC PRO 2.6 8 core 6GB RAM, Mbox, Neumann TLM-103, FCP HD 7. Pro Tools 8, Adobe Creative Suite, Reason 3.0, Macromedia Studio, ProAnimator, HVX200 with Firestore v4.0

  Nelson May replied 15 years, 10 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
• 0 Replies

Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up