[Stephen De vere]

Has anyone tried the Savebase ‘H005’ 5.6″ 1280×800 HD monitor with peaking at $250 incl shipping ?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&isRelated=1&item=120977142400

It seems to have the same spec as the 5.6″ TVLogic VFM-056W at $1,100 except it has only HDMI and composite vid input.

[Stephen De vere]

There are known gamma error issues in Quicktime-using apps.

5DtoRGB also smoothes the chroma so makes a better 422 out of 420.

https://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/807/gh2-avchd-transcoded-with-5dtorgb-vs-avchd-8-bit-420-chroma-sampling-smoothing#Item_20

[Stephen De vere]

No, sorry Jurgen, I haven’t seen it yet but very interested in anything 1080p shooting 50fps or more. If it wasn’t a large sensor camera it might be good enough to be my next camera. I need small or at least a sensor with a good crop mode probably more than slow motion.

[Stephen De vere]

FS-700 frames rates above 60fps are compromised by limited duration or by reduced resolution (and everything recorded onboard is highly compressed AVCHD) but a useful step up from FS-100.

[Stephen De vere]

Thanks for the response.
I’m really trying to ascertain what the differences are, in terms of 100% reliable copies, between all these ways to copy and whether the extra paid-for software is worthwhile.

[Stephen De vere]

Derek,

Thanks – I found those frame grab tests ok but they weren’t nearly large enough to assess for HD – only 1008×567 close to SD Pal res.

I’m working in 1920×1080 and sometimes x720 to upres to x1080.

[Stephen De vere]

Derek, this is really great news. Which broadcast lens is this please ?

[Stephen De vere]

Jeff,
Has the fullscreen jerky playback problem in FCP7 been fixed now ?
(Folks were fixing it by manually installing an older Quicktine component.)

[Stephen De vere]

Waiting for news at NAB about Final Cut Pro before deciding on NLE gear but until then I cannot even view footage stored on SATA drives properly on my PC. All I can do to get smooth playback is play media off SxS in camera via SDI (SD) to my SDI Sony CRT.

My PC technically appears to exceed the minimum required posted by Sony for their ClipBrowser software but I cannot get smooth playback at any view size (I need 1:1 pixel). Could anyone suggest where the issue is please ?

Intel Pentium 4, 3.00 GHz, 2GB RAM
Intel(R) Integrated Graphics 128MB
1920×1080 Dell 23″ LCD computer display (max 60Hz at that res)

I have tried playback with ClipBrowser from the camera cards (USB 2.0), the internal system 7200k SATA drive and an external USB 2.0 7200k SATA. All produce jerky playback.

Thanks.

[Stephen De vere]

Useful thoughts and info guys – thank you.

So it’s only FCP 7 that needs an Intel ?

I guess because I’m first and foremost a cameraman I find it easier to spend the cash on the acquisition side of things and that’s also where the majority of the labour goes (wildlife).

Still would love to find a resource list of all the things that are broken in FCS before buying. I wasted so much time with FCP4.5 like not knowing that several of the filters were only 8-bit and I was running a 10-bit UC timeline – I really want it to go better this time.

Come to think of it, as I’m only likely to use Color out of the whole suite I should look at Vegas or Edius too.