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Pixel Shifting
Hey All,
I have an HPX170 and believe me when I say that I love it dearly. I was debating between the HPX and the EX-1 and the ergonomics, color space, CCD’s over CMOS’, and the codec really got me.
While I like to think that I’ve got a decent knowledge of most of the technologies behind these types of cameras, pixel shifting is one thing that I just haven’t been able to fully understand and all of the articles that I’ve found online are not the simplest explanations. How does a camera with three CCD’s at 650 lines of resolution achieve 1080i/P.
I understand the theory that larger pixels instead of more pixels will reduce noise, therefore making a sensitive, full raster 1080 1/3″ CCD chip extremely difficult to produce (barring the HPX300 with CMOS chips), but how does it all really work? While I of course have the camera already and this probably won’t effect my output in the least (unless I find out something mind blowing), I’m still I’m quite curious.
Thanks everyone!
Best,
MattPanasonic HPX170 P
Unibody Macbook Pro 15 inch, 2.8 Ghz, 4GB RAM
Final Cut Pro Studio 2
Avid Media Composer
The College of WIlliam and Mary -
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I’d suggest a google search on pixel shifting- you’ll find all you need to know. And really the bottom line with it is if it’s not broke don’t fix it. If you like the footage you won’t gain much insight by learning about pixel shifting. Knowing exactly what it is has little bearing on how you might shoot something. Subjects that learning more about will have a much greater impact on your shots are progressive vs. interelaced, shutter speeds, P2 data management, etc.
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