[Miodrag Ristic]

It’s from Luca FX.

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[Miodrag Ristic]

You must be right, they even call the setting SQUEEZED, but their explanation is misleading; “extracting 4:3 shaped patch out of the center…”

Thanks

Mio

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[Miodrag Ristic]

“As I said, standard def frame sizes are 4:3. In PAL that means 720 x 576 pixels and in NTSC 720 x 480.”

Sorry, maybe I’m slow little bit… For example my Panasonic HPX170 shoots both SD and HD (DVCRPO HD)
and it’s a native 16:9 camera, the image sensors are shaped 16:9.

Are you trying to say that that’s still 720:576 when in SD even though it’s 16:9?

Because the manual says, to get a 4:3 picture, camera is “extracting 4:3 shaped patch out of the center of the 16:9 CCD; it uses the full height of the CCD, and ignores the extra width on the sides.”
So if this extracted “patch” is 720:576, it means it must have been higher horizontal resolution (higher than 720) when we thrown out some of it?

Mio

(I just noticed that you’re from Tassie, I used to live in Launceston ten years ago (for about 2 years)

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[Miodrag Ristic]

Michael, I’m not getting it.

I did think that it was a cheat, for example, Canon GL2 camera was 4:3 native with ability to shoot
16:9 but it would just cut top and bottom of a frame and stretch it horizontally – consequently loosing
the resolution with obvious grain.

Higher model, Canon’s XL2 was then announced as a true 16:9…

So, what’s the difference between the two?

Mio

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[Miodrag Ristic]

Is there any loss of quality by going thru Quick Time conversion considering that we are always advised
to go thru Quick Time export (without conversion) to maintain the highest quality.

Mio

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[Miodrag Ristic]

Also, you might try connecting that Lacie to other Mac and have no problems at all,
happened to me recently, repair it there in Disc Utilities.
But do get a copy of Disc Warrior and buy a back up hard drive if you don’t already have it backed up.

Mio

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[Miodrag Ristic]

Do you use those mainly for offloading or for editing as well?

I believe, at least on paper, Sonnet Fusion should be fastest option,
as it is eSATA.

O the other side, if one is editing it later on other workstation, then Firewire drive is more convenient.

Am I on a right track here?

Mio

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[Miodrag Ristic]

Thanks Don.

So, to use it, I’d need a Sonnet Tempo card I guess?

I noticed also that there is a Sonnet Tempo Pro which costs 3 times as much
with data transfer nearly twice as fast.

Mio

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[Miodrag Ristic]

Try this one from Ken Stone’s website:

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/compressor_h-264_movies_fcp.html

Mio

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[Miodrag Ristic]

I’ve had similar experience to yours, even worse probably.
The camera they (Australian dealer) sold me in the first place was used and damaged (this turned out to be good) as if it wasn’t damaged it’d be hard for me to prove it that it was used.

I was suspicious from the first moment I opened the box, cables and accessories where not packed neatly as one would expect when buying a brand new equipment, there was an European power cord instead of Australian and the box had a sticker “Opened by Panasonic Quality Assurance”.

Soon after testing the camera I noticed the noise, crackling noise on focus ring.

Rang the dealer and they agreed to replace the camera but they denied that the camera was used.
Insisted to talk to Panasonic Australia, they basically supported dealer’s story.
Then they explained that camera was dropped by delivery guy (but the box was intact?).

The dealer does equipment hire as well, what pretty much tells everything.

My replacement camera arrived a month later (there was a delay in production they’ve said?)…
How come they’ve had one only brand new camera left (the damaged one) then couldn’t get one for a whole month (I was given a demo camera to use in the meantime though).

New camera arrived again with the same sticker, which means opened again.
Rang the Panasonic Australia again to check why (earlier he explained that they open each box only to replace the power cord) but both cameras arrived with wrong power cord!? How one can open a box only to replace a power cord and then forget to replace the power cord??
What other reason was to open a brand new box?
Was I sold a reconditioned camera both times, only the last one fully working??

There was a funny message when registering but it went through… Said, very said…

Mio

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