EX 1 lens 35 mm equivalent and control q’s

[Randy Strome]

[Don Greening] “Sony has stated that the reason they wanted the EX1 to have 1440×1080 capability is to seamlessly dovetail with the rest of the present XDCAM HD product line. That way you can have F350 footage and EX1 footage in the same editing timeline and don’t have to worry about conforming one to match the other.”

Hi Don, good info, thanks.

Not to belabor the point, but that would change the field of view, no? If so, I wonder if there is an adjustment made in the viewfinder for accurate framing.

Also, if the goal was to match the 350’s footage, it would seem like this resolution might have been offered at the higher bit rate, like the two 16 x 9 resolutions, not 25 as offered.

Thanks again for the input.

Randy

[Don Greening]

[randy strome] “If so, I wonder if there is an adjustment made in the viewfinder for accurate framing. “

Randy,

To be honest, I’ve only used the HQ 35VBR setting on mine so far and haven’t had a chance to try any of the other flavors yet to see what EVF differences (if any) there are in how the image is displayed. But you’re thinking a lot smarter than I am today. It sounds logical that the SQ 25CBR setting (1440×1080) would be better suited for use in a HDV timeline, rather than XDCAM. I probably mis-read Sony’s press release on the topic. The other reason your logic is sound is because the EX1 can be set to down-convert to the HDV codec on the fly through the iLINK port so it makes sense to have the SQ 25CBR setting for HDV in the recording choices menu anyway.

The only other EX1 testing I did today was a low-light comparo with my PD170. I’ll soon be posting those results in part 3 of my “PMW EX1 – First Impressions” series on my blog.

– Don

[Randy Strome]

Thanks again, Don.

I am oh-so-jealous that you have one to play with!

I imagine that I will be quickly behind you.

Please post or email a link to your blog.

Best,
Randy

[Randy Strome]

Hi Don,
One other thing, do you have an 8 pin controller you could plug in to test functionality?

Randy

[Don Greening]

Nope, sorry. I haven’t bought anything yet, probably not until the new year. I’m waiting to see what Sony itself comes out with before I spend the cash.

– Don

[Don Greening]

Here you go:

https://blogs.creativecow.net/blog/478

I just posted part 3 a little while ago.

And then there’s this that was published just today:

https://library.creativecow.net/articles/greening_don/ex1.php

Enjoy.

– Don

[Randy Strome]

Geez Don,
Enjoy I did. Tell us about those frame grabs. Any post processing or are those just stills exported from the timeline. Obviously no need to deinterlace with 30P. Wow, this is Rip Van Winkle-like a wake up call for me. The quality diff between now and 10 years ago is mind blowing.

[Don Greening]

[randy strome] “Any post processing or are those just stills exported from the timeline. “

They’re unaltered frame grabs @ 1920×1080. All I did was export from the FCP timeline using Quicktime Conversion>Still Image>JPEG @ best quality. The colours on our plasma of the same footage look more saturated than the actual grabs. I never noticed that until afterwards.

– Don

[Don Greening]

[randy Strome] “In terms of 35 mm, what is the equivalance with this 14x lens?”

Found something for you. The 14x lens zoom range is 5.8 – 81.2 mm, which is about 31 – 440 mm in 35 mm still camera terms.

– Don