[Jt]

Thanks.

I’m now trying to get QT Pro to output something that works… I selected DVCPro HD 720p60 (since that’s all it’s got, besides i60 or i50), and then selected the frame rate as custom set to 23.98. I must be missing something, because it insists on greying out the quality option, so it’s automatically set to “medium”.

Something else strange is happening – when I import the converted clip into FCP, it doesn’t display the full frame, unless I set the clip’s composite mode to anything besides “Normal”. That stinks, because it then needs to render.

Also, is it just my settings thus far, or do all conversions come out with jerkiness in the end? Does conversion on a capture card give a smoother product?

[Jt]

Thanks, guys. The HVX200 sounds wonderful… only too bad the pro-sumer camera prices keep going up. I suppose that’s understandable with the format changes. What do you want to bet that we’ll start seeing thousands of independent films coming out with as much slo-mo in violent sequences as there were back in the 60s and 70s? And on top of that, it’ll be as bad as it was back then, or worse, in the hands of some of those folks! :O But we certainly won’t succumb to that temptation, will we?… 😉

[Jt]

Dang, that doesn’t sell me on HDV… but then, I’m skeptical of HD itself, far preferring film. So, guess as long as we shoot digital, we’ll never be truly happy. 😉 The trick is to make it look as good as the format allows, and make the CLIENT happy.