Jim Harvey
Forum Replies Created
-
Oh Seth you lucky dog! I would imagine that a hard disk recorder and mini disc would hold sync better than a tape based system. I jsut put my DA-P1 up on ebay in the anticipation of going tapeless. I simply can’t imagine an hour take holding sync LOL! (Well, I can’t imagine an hour take PERIOD!).
-
The answer is “probably not”. Unless you have the ability to jam sync the recorder to the camera, you will experience a slight drifting of the audio when the take runs a couple of minutes or more. This is common and one of the unspoken bugaboos of using external audio. That’s why audio guys make so much money (LOL!). It’s not that difficult to re-sync, however. A quick and dirty trick is to keep both tracks live (assuming that you also have an audio track from the camera) and line up the slate markers. At first you will hear the audio just fine, but it will slowly develop an echo. When you first hear the echo, that’s where you will split the audio track and nudge it over until the echo goes away. Using the ambient from the camera audio track will help to fill the gap where you split the DAT audio. It’s time consuming, but in the end, it’s worth the time and trouble.
-
Funny, I’ve been experiencing the same problem since I’ve upgraded to version 6.0c. I have burned several DVDs and experienced the same problem. NO audio in the DVD player, but no problem when played through a Playstation console.
I attributed it to my cheezy 40.00 DVD player that I use to double check my DVD’s. Now I have to look deeper into this problem to see if it’s Vegas that is doing something odd.
-
I did some snooping around and found this on one of the related websites;
SIMPLE FIX TO THIS. DO NOT MESS AROUND WITH THE REGISTER FILES UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DELETING. THE BEST WAY TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE IS TO GET A REGISTRY FIXING SOFTWARE. I HIGHLY SUGGEST REGISTRY REPAIR 2005. THE ITEM THAT CORRUPTS THIS FILE IS UNDER THE HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/MIME/Database/Charset. There are at least 15 of the same files in the registry under this name. I DONT RECOMEND TO DELETE IT MANUALLY. THERE IS NO NEED TO REFORMAT, AND THERE IS NO NEED TO REENSTALL THE APPLICATION
This is evidentally a common problem with a lot of programs. Even if you have to buy a registry repair program, it may be worht it.
-
Jim, when you talk about editing solutions coming along are you including Media 100 in this? I particularly want to stick with them and am prepared to upgrade to the HD version 10 when and if it can properly support HDV edting.
While I don’t have any “insider” information about the Media100 system, I will go out on a very sturdy limb and predict that they are already working on an HDV solution. Remember, this is brand new stuff, so there is going to be a lag in getting all the tools in order. When DV first came out there was no way to natively edit it either. It took a couple of years to work out the bugs. I will also predict that it won’t take nearly as long to get HDV more friendly for us to work with.
-
Tom:
I am going to try to get some comparison shots up in the next week. I went out last night with the Z1U and shot some available light footage and was very impressed with the results. I have a PD-170 that I will use for comparisons and also try to work in some 1/2″ and 2/3″ footage as well. I think that once the camera and acquisition is understood, the Z1U will interface quite nicely with almost anything that you may be shooting with. From what I have seen using the camera, there is an amazing range of adjustability to the image. Again, it won’t match the lowlight performance of a PD-170 or a DSR500, but I think with some creativity and adjustment tweaking, you will be able to mix footage seamlessly.
-
I also like the Color Extraction feature. We shot a blonde reaidng a book at night outside Starbucks. The shot was black and white except for the gold of her hair we dialed in — sort of the “Sin City” look. We did the same in green and red.
Great feature isn’t it? I had some people tell me “Well, you can do the same thing in post” which of course is true, but having the ability to do it right there at the shoot is very handy. If you have the luxury of time, you can try several different “looks” and it’s all right there in the camera. I predict that you’ll see a lot of this “look” in the coming months. (Probably so much that we’ll all stop using it!)
-
Hi Michael:
I haven’t had any hum problems that I can discern. Certainly not as bad as you describe. Is this noise coming from the onboard mics or an XLR mic? After coming from aDSR300, I would think you were a little batty if you didn’t think this was “toylike”! Yes, you surely have to make some adjustments. I understand the screen positioning that you’re talking about. I think a lot of it is that we’re so used to a larger camera that this will take some time to “blend in” with the shooting paradigm. One solution is to get the shoulder brace. It will put the camera out a little farther than normal and you can use the screen to set up and monitor your shot. for the bright sunlight issue, there are hoods that will shield the screen and allow you a better view. I don’t know of any LCD screens that are totally without problems in birght sunlight. The nice thing is that you can always look through the viewfinder if you need to.
Remember too that this isn’t anything at all like your shoulder mount camera. The viewfinder is going to throw you until you get used to the new shooting position. Don’t worry though, you WILL get used to it. As for handling the camera without a tripod, I hate to sound like a broken record, but it’s just a matter of time and training a different set of muscles to keep things steady. If it truly becomes inpossible for you to hand hold it, then there are a number of solutions that you can employ to get the camera stable. On the subject of stability, the stabilizer that is built into the camer is probably one of the best that I’ve ever seen on a small frame camera.
Editing will be a non issue in the coming months. There are already methods that allow you to work with the footage and more are on the way. I’m waiting to get the new VEGAS 6.0 to see how they have implemented the workflow. I’ll report on that as soon as I have something intelligent to say
. Don’t despair! You’ll be very happy with the camera once YOU get friendly with it.
-
you could create a solid say, 10×10 and apply the lens flare effect. Keyframe it so that you have the effect active for 2 – 3 frames. Start at zero and at the forst keyframe increase to around 250%, then back to zero. (2 -3 frames later). You can also tweak it with Shine or any number of other effects. Once you have this layer made, duplicate it and adjust the position of each layer. When played from the timeline, you will have the effect of multiple flash’s going off. *(remember to alter the position of each layer or all your flashes will be in the same spot.