Don Greening
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[rafalaos] “But to do this you have to record to disck, right?”
Yes, I would suspect so. More likely a disc array. Anything that comes out of an SDI connection is going to be uncompressed, whether it’s HD or SD. The only way to convert the SDI signal to a more highly compressed codec would be to use something like AJA’s new IO HD box which will turn the SDI stream into Pro Res 422 on the fly. Then you could conceivably use a firewire drive for capture. I’m sure there are also tape decks out there than can record directly from the SDI port but this is where my knowledge of what to do comes to a grinding halt.
– Don
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[rafalaos] “BTW, has you got already your PMW-EX1?”
Not yet, but I had my first look at one yesterday at a local trade show. Now it’s just a question of waiting for my price quote from the dealer I talked to. I’ll probably place my order this week coming up.
1 PMW EX1
2 BP U60 Batteries
2 16 GB SxS Pro memory cards
1 .08 wide angle adapter.You’ve got to see to believe the picture quality of this camera, Raf. No picture noise at all in the blacks even with +9 gain.
– Don
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HD SDI out is the only way you’re going to get the 4:2:2 colour space. Recording to the SxS cards will give you 4:2:0 because it’s compressing the picture to the long GOP 35mbps recording format.
[ryan@ref] “why an SD format would yield better results than a format that delivers 1920 x 1080 P”
How do you define “better”? You can capture 1920 x 1080 4:2:2 via HD SDI but you can also enable the camera to do a down convert to SD on the fly using the same SDI connection. Once you’ve recorded in 4:2:0 with the SxS cards you can put those clips into a 4:2:2 timeline if you want but you’re still dealing with footage originally shot in 4:2:0. Your editor cannot invent colour information that wasn’t there to begin with. The advantage to editing 4:2:0 material in a 4:2:2 timeline is if you’re planning to insert a lot of graphics which may benefit from the increased colour latitude.
BTW, welcome to Creative COW 🙂
– Don
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Why not email DV dot Com’s audio guru Jay Rose? He’s tested a ton of cameras over the years and would probably be happy to share his thoughts on the EX.
– Don
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Exellent post, Raf.
BTW, what the heck is paracetamol?
– Don
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[Patrick Morrow] “s it normal to have some music loops in Soundtrack Pro to be in red?”
No. STP cannot find those files on your hard drive. You may have to re-install the STP audio files. BUT FIRST……..if you have a copy of DiskWarrior run that. It may find the missing files when you ask DiskWarrior to rebuild your hard drive’s directory.
How good is DiskWarrior? See below:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/963450
– Don
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[Miodrag Ristic] “In fact that new 63min Master is for HDV as well?”
Not the Panasonic tapes. But the high end Sony tapes are HDV/DV. They aren’t cheap, either. My local supplier said that the HDV/DV tapes from Fujifilm are the same as the Sony tapes but are exactly half the price. I bought a box of the Fuji tapes but haven’t tried them yet.
– Don
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There is an HD to SD down-conversion option using the Analog (A/V) Out, Component Out and the SDI Out connections, but the SDI out is the only option if you need to capture and down convert at 4:2:2. Everything else will be 4:2:0. Oh, and the iLINK (firewire) port will only output an HDV stream.
Hope this helps.
-Don
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The company I talked to yesterday at our local trade show said that they were soon going to have the wiring diagram for the the lens control plug in their hands. I think he said they were getting the EX service manual. They were then going to match up the internal wiring to a standard lens socket for the controllers available now. Guess they don’t want to wait for Sony. Glad they’re doing the R & D and not me.
– Don
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The fact that your friend was told not to use the 83’s after his repair probably had nothing to do with each other. He probably asked and was given a proper answer. 83 min. tapes are thinner than the 63’s and are more prone to recording glitches. As a user I’ve made a choice to use 83’s when I have a continous shoot that lasts more than an hour. Anyone with experience using both will tell you to stay with the 63’s because of the reliablilty factor.
Since the Panasonic Master series 83’s have been discontinued I have switched to the Panny Professional series which still come in the 83 min. variety, but still use the 63 Master Series when I don’t need that extra 20min.
– Don