[Ruby Gold]

Oh, okay, that makes sense. I was thinking it needed some kind of indelicate mask that covered where you didn’t want the color, but didn’t have to be rotoscoped for movement. I’ve never used a garbage mask, how does that work?

thanks-
Ruby

[Ruby Gold]

Thanks Paul. Yeah, I broke down, bit the bullet and sent it in to an authorized Panny dealer this afternoon. After reading the various responses here on the forums, I called Panny tech support and they said it sounded like it could be a misalignment between the lens and CCD. I can hardly believe that there’s already a potential issue with a three week old camera.

I’d just upgraded to the DVX from my old Canon GL2. And after having to go through the aggravation and expense of insuring and sending the GL2 into the shop several times, it’s killing me to have to do this again after forking over the dough for the DVX (and expecting it to be flawless).

Sorry for the rant, and thanks for the advice.
Ruby

BTW–what did they say the problem was with the lens assembly (and what’s still “dodgy” about the focus now)? All I’ve ever heard about about the DVX100s has been brilliant stuff, so I’m finding this rather disheartening.

[Ruby Gold]

Thanks again Noah. I’ll look into monitors. I’d heard CRT monitors are better than LCD, any thoughts?

[Ruby Gold]

Noah–thanks so much for your response. I’ve been tripping–should I send in this brand new camera I just bought to have the lens/focus checked or is it something I’m doing/not seeing clearly?

Seems odd that that this camera wouldn’t stay in focus if I focused it as described–and can’t imagine that the lcd screen could be that far off that I wouldn’t see it being out of focus when zoomed in tight. I get that a monitor is better, but could the lcd screen really by that misrepresentative? Do you think it’d be good to have it checked?

thanks-
Ruby

[Ruby Gold]

Thanks Noah. What would a “back focus” issue be, exactly?

Also, any suggestions on a decent but not obscenely expensive CRT monitor, and how one calibrates it? Sorry for my ignorance…
thanks-
Ruby

[Ruby Gold]

I had a similar situation, and while you can’t remove the echo–as Willie said,it’s there to stay–I was able to make it less noticeable by messing around with the levels of various frequencies in the graphic or parametric equalizer. Good luck.
Ruby

[Ruby Gold]

Ahhh, I see. Thanks for the tips on the settings for Windows Media 9. Would those settings work as well with QT or something else cross-platform?

thanks!
Ruby

[Ruby Gold]

Hi Daniel–thanks for your response, and I have a couple more questions. I use my Sony (GVD-1000) clamshell to capture what I’ve shot into my computer, and sometimes as a little “monitor” at shoots so I’m not tied to the LCD screen side of my camera if I’m doing a 1:1 interview by myself. I can live without sound on the clamshell–but do you have problems simply playing the footage in it?

I’m not going to be going out to film any time in the forseeable future, so it seems that the 24p and 30p modes will serve my purposes just fine. Any thoughts on the use of 30p vs. 24p? I’m thinking less “flicker” on 30p, but am really pretty ignorant here.

Also, anything you’ve heard in terms of known issues or tweaks around editing the footage with PPro 1.5 and AE 6.5, and authoring DVDs containing this footage using DVD Workshop 2? These are the apps I’m using now and, while I know that the settings will all need to be changed to accomodate the progressive mode, I’m just wondering if there are any weird issues you’ve heard of.

Last, but not least, my stuff is not for broadcast. It’s mostly going to be played on a pretty wide variety of set-top DVD players with a tv, and occasionally on computers. Have you heard of any issues playing DVDs that use progressive mode footage not being playable on older tvs or DVDs that don’t have progressive scan? Sorry for so many questions, and thanks a lot!
Ruby Gold

[Ruby Gold]

Thanks for the response John. I’m capturing directly from the tape (in my clamshell) into the computer and editing in PPro 1.5. Sadly, the capture settings in PPro don’t include the ability to adjust audio levels.

The thing I don’t understand is if the audio is clipped, as indicated from the flattened waveform, why it’s not registering as so in the audio mixer in PPro. It doesn’t ever go up into the “red” clipping area on the mixer when played back in the timeline–yet much of the waveform is flattened.

Thoughts?
thanks-
Ruby

[Ruby Gold]

I just kept playing around with I saw what you’re talking about. Thanks!