Also HD makes it much easier to notice focus issues that are not in SD. It is harder to focus manually with HD which makes it equally harder for the auto focus to maintain focus.

Chris,

Your exactly right. We have had nothing but rain here the past 2 days and I've been stuck inside with the camera. I took it outside this morning and it was fine. I guess what I consider decent lighting is not shared by the camera.

I'll be shooting with it this weekend at a very well lit church (St. Louis Cathedral), we will then do a 2nd Line to Pat O'Briens for the reception. I'll try to post some footage on Sunday of what I got. I'm going to try to get the camera on my Glidecam 4000 as well.

I guess what I consider decent lighting is not shared by the camera.Well... not shared by HD in general.

You're making me miss New Orleans; it's been about a year since I was last there.

Chris,

Your exactly right. We have had nothing but rain here the past 2 days and I've been stuck inside with the camera. I took it outside this morning and it was fine. I guess what I consider decent lighting is not shared by the camera.

I'll be shooting with it this weekend at a very well lit church (St. Louis Cathedral), we will then do a 2nd Line to Pat O'Briens for the reception. I'll try to post some footage on Sunday of what I got. I'm going to try to get the camera on my Glidecam 4000 as well.



Ahhhh Pat O'briens. Gees i had some big nights there. :-)

Chad.... try and get a night shot of the fountain out the back in the garden section using no added light. Turned out awesome in my PD170 and would be interested in seeing how it looks in the Z7.

Does the Z7 produce a sharper image than a FX1 or Z1?

Does the Z7 produce a sharper image than a FX1 or Z1?

Well keep in mind that an FX1 or Z1 shoots in interlaced of frame mode. This means that your actual vertical resolution is a maximum of 540 lines since even and odd lines are averaged for more gain. In the progressive "frame" modes, the 540 lines are doubled so this doesn't buy you any increase in resolution either.

On a Z7 you have true 24p and 30p modes which use all 1080 lines, thus your actual resolution in one of the progressive modes is 1440x1080p.

If you are shooting 60i, this drops down to 1440x540 just like on the Z1 or FX1.

So if are shooting 60i, you'll have the same resolution, but if you are shooting progressive, it is twice as sharp vertically.

If you are shooting 60i, this drops down to 1440x540 just like on the Z1 or FX1.

So if are shooting 60i, you'll have the same resolution, but if you are shooting progressive, it is twice as sharp vertically.


Z7 has two progressive modes, Native Progressive Recording and Progressive Scan.

-The 1080/24p or 30p footage can be recorded in the Native mode as a progressive signal.

-The segmented frame 1080/24p or 30p can be recorded in Scan mode.
The scan mode divides a frame to two fields and recorded them as 60i on a tape.

There is no difference of resolution between these two modes.