[Scottaston]

I suspect that the 2/3″ XDCAM-HD will also shoot 4:2:2 SD, at a bit rate of 50mbps (like the PDW530), I see Sony positioning it somewhere in the mid to upper 30k range, and 40k would also be believeable.

Scott Aston
Eyecon Pictures

[Scottaston]

Tim..could you answer a few quick questions about your XDCAM-HD 350?

First, when shooting frame rates above 30p, Sony states that the vertical rez is reduced. From “YOUR EYE” looking at the monitor, can you see a significant difference in the image quality with the reduced vertical rez from let’s say shooting 30p vs. 60p?

Second, what lens are you shooting with?

Scott Aston
Eyecon Pictures

[Scottaston]

It’s to my understanding that you can digitize footage via firewire, but also the XDCAM has a feature (Menu) that you set that will allow your computer to see the camera as a hard drive. This way you can drag and drop (copy) if you will to a hard drive. NAB can’t come soon enough for me..I am really looking forward to seeing these new Cinealta XDCAM HD camera’s upsclose and getting the info first hand. I am still having a hard time with the 1/2 res in the variable frame rate mode. I wonder why Sony would do that? Why would anyone want to shoot 540 lines when they can have 1080 glory.