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Capturing DVCAM footage on MiniDV camera – am I losing quality ?
I have DVCAM footage (shot on sony DSR570 with MiniDV tapes), which I’m capturing via Firewire
on a MiniDV camera using DV-PAL capture settings.Am I losing quality here ? I compared captures of same shots from both cameras,
I didn’t notice a differnce on the monitor, but my DP is a little worried about quality loss.your comments are welcomed.
cheers
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3 Replies
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DVCAM and miniDV SP are identical in quality.
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No quality loss with the capture. DVCAM and Mini-DV are the same. The transfer is lossless. You will degrade a bit every time you render an effect in the sequence. Rendering requires a re-compression of the image.
-mjd
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Something else should be explained though. DVCAM runs at true SMPTE timecode (faster than DV SP). This doesn’t mean you will lose any picture/audio quality, however, if you are ever dumping a D-Beta/Beta SP tape to DV for offlining, you are much better off to dump to DVCAM (you can even use cheap MiniDV tapes) since you can patch the timecode and have an exact T/C match for offline through online editing.
Cheers,
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