Barry Green
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You could play from the deck via firewire straight to the camera. Verify what format the tape is (either 1080/60i or 720/60p) and set the camera to that same mode. Then go into MCR mode, and turn off the thumbnails. Hit “play” on the deck, and you’ll see the footage showing up on the HVX’s LCD. At that point just press the gray and red VCR/MCR “REC” buttons and it’ll record the incoming firewire stream to the P2 cards.
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[Shane Ross] “The camera was connected to the computers via firewire, then to the huge monitor above my station via S-Video.”
Right, and S-video is a standard-def signal. You can only output high-def through the component outputs. And the component outputs will not send out a high-def signal when the camera is receiving a firewire input signal.
So on the monitor you were getting a standard-def downconvert, through the s-video port.
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It always saves (and loads) all six scene files at once to the card.
You can save an individual scene file to internal camera memory, but when saving to the SD card it’ll save all six into one text file on the card (named SCENE1.TXT, for example) and it’ll also save them all into internal memory.
When loading one of the scene file packages, it’ll always load all six scene files from the card and also copy them into internal saved memory.
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Firestore has released a firmware patch that is supposed to fix the dropout issue; be sure to download the upgrade.
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I can see why Panasonic wouldn’t want to make it even easier to delete clips, so how about an alternative… how about using the shot mark or text memo button to mark clips that you intend to delete? Instead of using the shot mark as a “keeper”, you could use it as a “no good” button. As soon as you shoot it and you know it’s no good, press the shot mark button. Then when you have a couple of minutes between takes you can toggle over to playback mode, choose to show only marked clips, then select and delete them all in one quick step.
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Green is usually the better color for video cameras, the luminance signal mostly comes from the green channel and the blue channel is typically noisier than the green.
Yes you’re going to have blocky edges, that’s part and parcel of working with 4:1:1 video. Try ultimatte or keylight or Serious Magic Ultra or some other high-end keying tool, they can go a long ways towards delivering cleaner keys from a DV source.
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Empire? No empire, but the book is due in just a few weeks…
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Sorry, link didn’t work, and I can’t edit the post. Here’s the link to the clip:
https://hvx200.moctel.com/Users/Barry_Green/LVStrip-2fps.mov—————–
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No, 2fps is a new hack that we discovered and posted on the forums.
You’re not limited to just the 11 frame rates that the camera “officially” supports (12, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 30, 32, 36, 48, 60).
Instead, you can actually shoot at every even frame rate, and some odd frame rates, between two and 60 fps! All those frame rates are in there, they’re just not officially supported in the menu system. They haven’t been appropriately tested and certified by Panasonic. So the groundwork has been laid, but until they test and certify the framerates, they stay hidden.
But we found a way to unlock them. And by far my favorite of the new frame rates is 2fps, for superb undercrank capabilities with 350-degree shutter for long streaks and smeary motion blur.
Here’s a clip I shot at 2fps, barrelling down the freeway and the Las Vegas strip:
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Peter, are you just talking about the look between DV24p and DV60i? If so, be aware that Noah was the guy who shot the demo film that Promax distributed, which involved him shooting the same film on a DVX and on a PD150 specifically to demonstrate the amazing difference that 24p makes.
I guess that’s why we’re puzzled by your question. DVCPRO50 has the same 24p mode that the DVX does, and the same 60i mode that the DVX does. And DVCPRO50/24p looks like better-quality filmlike DVX footage, and DVCPRO50/60i looks like better-quality videolike DVX footage. Anything you could do with the DVX, 24p-wise, you can also do with the HVX in DVCPRO50, and get the same benefits.
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