Don Greening
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[Olly Lawer] “Just to set my mind at rest, have you managed to get good looking SD DVDs from the EX1? “
I continue to experiment but for the most part I’m satisfied with the SD results.
– Don
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The PB-U60 batteries are so-called “intelligent” batteries that communicate with the camera. You can call up the battery info on the camera’s display and find out how many charging cycles it has under its belt.
I’m not sure how many cycles the BP-U60 is good for but to extend the life of the battery Sony recommends that you don’t store the battery fully charged. The BP-U30/60 series batteries are Lithium-Ion.
– Don
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[Olly Lawer] “does this have a big affect on the image quality also? “
No. It actually makes the picture look more organic and natural. Less like video and more film-like. Here’s a recent discussion on successfully down converting from HD to SD. At least for users of Final Cut Pro:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/142/862811
– Don
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Olly, have you tried adjusting the detail setting down to minus 20 or minus 25? I think minus 25 effectively reduces the detail setting to nothing without actually turning it off and greying out other settings such as aperture correction, etc. The edge detail and detail frequency settings that Sony dials in at the factory are excessive. There does seem to be a correlation between EX line twitter and how much edge detail the camera is using. Are you noticing this more with your SD down converts or when watching the native EX files?
– Don
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Hi Dee,
Welcome to Creative COW.
It would help immensely if you were to provide your system details, including what programs you’re using to import and edit EX footage. Without this critical information it’s very difficult to help and I hate having to guess what’s wrong. It’s a real time waster.
In the meantime, do some basic research. By deciding to import and edit EX footage you should also take the time to find out what the minimum hardware and software requirements are for your particular platform.
Post back with some info so we can help you.
– Don
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Holly,
Thanks for taking the time to put together the screen cast tutorial. It was definitely worth the look.
– Don
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Thanks for the link, Walter.
– Don
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[Mark Suszko] “Apple theoretically is part of the BluRay consortium, isn’t it?”
If memory serves, when the HD DVD/Blu-ray wars were in full song wasn’t Apple solidly in the HD DVD camp? Is that not why DVDSP is still set up to do HD DVD? Perhaps Sony is remembering that prior allegiance and is still pi**ing in Apple’s corn flakes.
[Mark Suszko] “Perhaps that is selfish or immature of me, I’ve been both of those things before; I’ll live. “
Now that really made me laugh. This I can identify with.
– Don
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[Bill Willins] “I am truly amazed that Apple has avoided this Blu Ray solution for so long.”
Apple hasn’t been avoiding the Blu-ray thing at all. The powers that be at Apple have already provided us with their answer. They said no.
At least, so far.
– Don
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[Aaron Cadieux] “could I connect a JVC110u to my EX1 in HDV mode (as a deck) via firewire and transfer footage? “
The manual states that you can connect any HDV compatible “recorder” (deck or camera) using iLINK but only material that was shot in SP (HDV) mode is able to be transferred. The 3 HDV modes are:
- SP 1080/60i
- SP 1080/50i
- SP 1080/24p
You can record in any of the above SP modes to the EX SxS Pro cards and to the HDV device simultaneously depending how you set things up in the EX menu. It’s also possible to transfer clips from the SxS Pro cards to the NLE of a computer using iLINK but again, only if the material is HDV. Although the manual doesn’t mention it, logic dictates that you should also be able to to transfer clips already recorded on the EX cards to another HDV deck or camera using the same method.
The manual states that you can also go the other way from the iLINK connected deck or camera and transfer HDV footage to the SxS Pro cards of the EX. Again, use the the 3 SP recording modes as your guide.
– Don