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Calvin Dean
January 9, 2008 at 2:14 am in reply to: HVX 200 & miniDV footage

Noah, will I be able to capture HVX-200 miniDV footage from any DV-deck (Sony DSR-25, for instance) or will I have to use the camera?
Calvin Dean
January 9, 2008 at 2:07 am in reply to: HVX 200 & miniDV footage

Thanks, Noah. I’m currently using Premiere Pro 1.5. I’ll upgrade to CS3 (or CS4 if this takes longer than I think). I know CS3 supports P2. Current users report good results.
Calvin Dean
October 5, 2007 at 3:56 pm in reply to: HVX-200 & Low Light
Calvin Dean
October 5, 2007 at 2:52 pm in reply to: HVX-200 & Low Light

Thanks, Shane. Sometimes, I’m asked (or forced) to shoot news-style in available light situations — corporate meetings and events that can’t be staged or repeated. Nor is there time to set lights, etc. I’m not sure any of the newer HD/HDV cams handle low, available light very well. Am I wrong?
Calvin Dean
October 4, 2007 at 6:43 pm in reply to: HVX-200 & Tape

Thanks, Rennie. I shot with a DVC-Pro several years ago. It was a very nice camera that captured great footage bordering on the holy grail — film look. But I’ve read how some HD cameras aren’t that great when shooting in SD mode. At least initially, I’ll have to shoot SD. But my thinking is the same as yours. ASAP, start shooting HD > downconvert for editing SD projects > but have HD footage available when clients clamor for it.

So you’re saying the 200 can handle SD shots on tape with no problem? BTW, I’m shooting corporate stuff, anything from employee communication to image campaigns to marketing.
Calvin Dean
April 25, 2006 at 9:04 pm in reply to: Lip sync problem

I’ve tried Maxell DVD+R and Taiyo Yuden DVD-R. No difference. I even tried re-exporting the video and re-encoding. No change. Since one video out of 5 is performing strangely on only one of my three set-top players, I’m chalking it up to the deck…a 5 year old RCA dual DVD/VCR oddity. I use this player as my lowest common denominator. If it’ll play here, it’ll play anywhere. Okay so, this one’s wierd. Hopefully the client doesn’t have a 5 year old RCA dual DVD/VCR player. My other two players are newer Sony models. My disk is rock solid on Sony.
Calvin Dean
April 25, 2006 at 1:09 am in reply to: Lip sync problem

btw, I’m using the latest firmware.
Calvin Dean
February 8, 2006 at 1:45 am in reply to: Long encode for web

Thanks, Annarav. Before I head over to the Flash forum, can I convert to Flash using PPro or After Effects. I don’t have Adobe/Macromedia Flash software. And what about a file that large?

And let’s just say this file has to be WMV or MPG1. Is there a way to have it stream soon after clicking on the hyperlink? What other issues might I encounter?