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Somes questions about the HVX-200
Hi all:
I’m a video editor who has recently started working with footage captured with the HVX-200 (I’m in PAL-land, FWIW), and I have some doubts about it:
1) First of all: this may sound bizarre, but… when recording to DV tapes (NOT P2 cards) and in SD, does the HVX-200 capture progressive frames? (i.e., the footage may have 2 fields, but they are identical). A freelance editor my company works with came today complaining that we had given him tapes shot in progressive mode with this camera and that they had messed with his workflow (don’t ask me how). We opened the captured Quicktime files, and sure enough, they looked progressive, without interlacing artifacts… but this is honestly news to me. I though SD DV was always lower-field first?
2) On the subject of non-standard frame rates in DVCPRO HD: after searching this forum, my understanding is that, in order to show slow-motion, you have to shoot first in (say) 50/60fps, and then use Panasonic’s frame rate converter to convert it to a “standard” frame rate, so that the footage will look “slowed down” when imported to FCP. (Otherwise, when imported, FCP will just play the footage at the original 50/60fps, without any slow motion).
2a) Am I right in the above, or am I misunderstanding something?
2b) Considering that Panasonic’s frame rate converter only converts to 24, 30 or 60fps, what can those of us in PAL-land (25fps) do?Thanks in advance,
Paulo.