Kona and DVCProHD 720/24

[Bob Zelin]

Don –
I do not know what the hell you are talking about. The AJA Kona 3 can absolutely digitize DVCProHD at 23.98 frame rate. And the Kona 3 can upconvert your SD footage to HD IN REAL TIME. This is the way it works. If you have SDI SD footage, you go into the HD1 input of the Kona 3. The Kona control panel will let you upconvert your footage into the HD timeline – both 720p and 1080i if you like.

If you have archive Beta footage, or for that matter, VHS footage – you get an AJA I/O for $2000 – use the Pro I/O control panel to select component (for Beta) or composite (for VHS), and this will convert the YRB or composite footage to SDI. Take the SDI out of the AJA I/O, and stick that right into the HD1 input of your Kona 3. Run FCP, select and HD 720p/23.98 project, and your Beta footage is now being upconverted right into your 720p project.

Of course, this is A LITTLE inaccurate. You should be working at 720p/59.94, becuase your Beta or VHS footage is not 23.98 material, and the AJA – or anything else – will not do this conversion for you. However, all your Panasonic gear will easily convert your 23.98 material into 59.94, so simply open up a 720p/59.94 HD project, and use the technique I described above, and you will be adding in SD material into your HD timeline.

If you have a 23.98 720p timeline, and you need to convert it to 59.94 for output to Standard Def – you simply go to the Audio/Video settings, and in the playback tab, select 720p 29.97 output, and it will play out at a normal frame rate. If you want it to DOWNCONVERT so you can make a Beta copy, go into the Kona control panel in the ANALOG tab, and select the downconversion to 525, and you can output to Beta or VHS.

If you are working for TV release, I see no reason to ever work in 23.98, other than to shoot this way for the film look. Let your VTR do the 2:3 pulldown (so you operate at 59.94 when you edit), and you are done.

IS THAT EASY OR WHAT ????

bob zelin

[Don Wilson]

You are one intense Mo Fo! I love your energy and conviction. I have an Io which years ago saved my ass after trying for a month to play out a sequence with the Igniter. Truthfulkly Bob, I hadn’t considered the K3 as it isn’t interested in the analoge stuff but your idea of Io to K3 makes perfect sense. I used a Kona 3 on Nascar earlier this year and it truly rocks! I will use your reply as the roadmap and buy the K3 as I’m a big AJA believer. Thanks for taking the time and don’t forget the medication!! (hope you laughed too)

Don Wilson

[Tony]

Bob you are the best.

Now I owe you two drinks at NAB 2007.

Tony Salgado

[Don Wilson]

I got 40 bucks for a lap dance

Don

[Bob Zelin]

Don writes –
and don’t forget the medication!! (hope you laughed too)

REPLY –
don’t worry Don, they are letting me out of Folsom State Prison this month, and I plan on visiting you as soon as I get out.

Bob Zelin

[Don Wilson]

Bob, I already know you’re crazy, you’re an editor. If we were sane we’d be in real estate counting money coming IN.

Don

[Gary Adcock]

[Bob Zelin] “I do not know what the hell you are talking about. The AJA Kona 3 can absolutely digitize DVCProHD at 23.98 frame rate. And the Kona 3 can upconvert your SD footage to HD IN REAL TIME.”

Bob
Thanks for saving me the frustration….

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows
Chicago, IL