[Matthew Ingram]

brilliant! yes that’s the ticket. many thanks.

[Matthew Ingram]

thanks walter. i have licenses of both but tend to use maya for my particles.

anyone fancy giving me a pointer or two before i RTFM?

[Matthew Ingram]

yep i’ve been a busy wee bee! where are you teaching?

sorry to keep probing you but i’m still unsure about the workflow. re:monitoring is this correct?

1) Decklink HD Pro PCIe + (tvlogic/quato intelliproof 240) = True HD solution
2) HDLink Pro + (Mac23/Dell/quato) = Reasonably OK HD Solution

i’m right in thinking i don’t need BOTH HDLink and the Decklink HD Pro?

and one more thing:

How does the HDLink plug into on the Mac? I can’t see whether it interfaces? Surely not Firewire?

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[Matthew Ingram]

its ben scott here from space (not there anymore)

hey ben. great to hear from you. and thanks for helping me here.

b) With the Decklink HD Pro PCIe do I need the HDLink to monitor my output or does this card output straight to a monitor like my old cards used to?
you only need the hdlink to use HD (hdlink is cheap option to monitor using cheap leds) if you want true hd then wlater bascardi recommends some monitor called a tvlogic (check color forum), cheaper and uli plank advises is german called a quato intelliproof 240 i think

ok this doesnt really answer my question which is do i need both?

reading between the lines though:

1) Decklink HD Pro PCIe + (tvlogic/quato intelliproof 240) = True HD solution
2) HDLink Pro + (Mac23/Dell/quato) = Reasonably OK HD Solution

[Matthew Ingram]

Darn. It would have been so much simpler not to have to do it in Maya.

[Matthew Ingram]

as opposed to premultiplied? no. i’ll try that thank you. i suspect that may do the job.

[Matthew Ingram]

thanks tom.

next question then!

can you reccommend a directional mic i could mount on the camera to double up with a lav?

[Matthew Ingram]

thanks for your input frosch

@ c-stand: i was hoping to maybe not have them nailed to their seats :-/

@ juggling duties: what you mean putting the camera on the tripod and then the mic on a stand? (i’m inferring that one can’t hold a shotgun *and* point the camera feasibly)

i think i may have to try a lav/shotgun-mic-mounted on camera combo.

do you happen to know if a sennheiser me66 will protrude in front of the camera if mounted on top?

[Matthew Ingram]

thanks for this don.

after your feedback and a great deal of other research i did end up plumping for a camera with progressive scan and one which was more sensitive to low-light but went with the panaDVX100b.

i was very much up for the canon GL2/XL2 but I got a good deal on the DVX which being a slightly smaller camera suited me.

thanks for your feedback, hope going with the other brand hasnt made me seem ungrateful!!!

[Matthew Ingram]

Brilliant! thanks for the information Don.