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Ex1 ?SD
I saw a recent posting on here implying that you could get SD-SDI out of the EX1. Is that true? I always understood the EX1 was HD only and that SD only came with the EX3.
Can someone clarify this for me please?
Alan (uk)
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Hi Alan,
You can’t do native SD recording to SxS on the EX1 but you can down convert during HD playback or E-E mode. Menu–>Video Set–>Y PB PR / SDI OUT = SD.
Best,
Ian
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Thanks for this Ian. You don’t happen to know what the E-E quality is like do you? Good enough for decent chromakey?
Alan
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If you’re taking the live output from the camera head it’s actually at higher quality than during playback as you are getting an uncompressed 4:2:2 stream. If you’re playing out from a card the quality is not reduced but obviously you’re hitting the 35 MB codec first and coming out 4:2:0.
Ian
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Having just lost a old but trusted broadcast SD camera that I used for studio greenscreen this is great news.
Thanks Alan
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Alan,
But you would get a better CK from an HD source than from an SD one.
In fact plain EX-1 footage has (more or less) the same number than Chroma samples than SD/10b Unc.
rafael -
Thanks for this Rafa. That’s interesting info.
Alan
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[Alan Lacey] “Thanks for this Rafa. That’s interesting info.”
And I forgot to add Alan, EX-1 has 4 times more Luma samples than any SD format.
To make a “White-screen” (I’ve never tried) should be rocking good.
Cheers,
Rafa
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