Chris Babbitt
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Same deal with the hot shoe on my EX-1
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Frank,
In the case of the original EX-1, Trim Channel 1 & 2 affects the input level for external audio sources. The factory setting for this is -41 dBu. I have mine set to -53. I often work in loud environments and my external mike works great with the Audio Select switch set to Auto. You have to have the Audio In switch on the camera set to External in order to activate the menu setting, otherwise it will be grayed out.
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I’ve had excellent results both ways.
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Doug,
Why do you choose to shoot in 1080/30p instead of 720/60p?
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Were you using auto iris? My EX-1 is a little hot when using the default setting. I have my auto iris dialed down 1/2 stop.
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Great information. Thank you. Actually, even though the interlaced DVD looks a little softer compared to the progressive DVD, it still looks good, and may even look better to people who leave their TVs set to the factory settings. The factory settings generally have the sharpness, contrast and chroma cranked up. When I view the progressive DVD on my set with the standard factory setting, I get a sharper, but also noisier image than with the interlaced DVD.
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Thanks Michael. I’ll try the high setting. Are you speaking of the resize filter, the rate conversion or both?
So, I’m assuming that the only reason for producing a progressive DVD is if you want the 24p look?
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Thank you sir. And thank you for being so prompt.
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Don,
This is working out fine using your settings except that with the frame rate set to 29.97, some pans and especially moves on a few still photos in the project are not at all smooth. The video was shot in 60p, so if I change the sequence setting from 29.97 to 59.94 that cures the problem. Or,leaving the frame rate at 29.97, but changing the sequence to interlaced (lower field) also seems to work. Are either of these solutions going to be OK when I go to DVD? I must admit that I still don’t fully understand all this stuff. It was so much easier for me when everything was DVCAM.
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Thank you guys.