Andre,

Thanks for the input.
Yes I think I understand what you are saying.
I just played this back straight from the camera to see if these problems were being enhanced by our equipment.
We normaly stick the tape into a Sony DSR 60 player deck which feeds component to our nle system.
All of the ghosting and the horizontal line still show plainly on output that passes through the computer.

Am I going nuts? Does'nt anyone else see the horizontal black line going across their video in the lower half of the frame?
This is the second XL2 we've had with the problem. Which means one of two things. Either its endemic with XL2, or its something we are doing here to cause the problem. But for the life of me I can't figure it out.



Michael Hamilton

I just tried another brand of dv tape. Its not the tape
Michael

I my post above I ment to say pixel width not pixel with.
Michael

Do you see the line on yr computerscreen and also on a monitor connected directly to yr DSR ?

Michael.. seems simple, but make sure it's not your monitor. We freaked out once, checking some footage that had a thin vertical 'scratch' running through a whole scene. (It was telecined 35mm footage) We called the lab, and they couldn't find a scratch on the neg... then we checked the monitor with a live camera and grey card image. YUP, there was a thin line ON the monitor.

No, no horizontal line and I have never seen a horizontal line in any video or frame grab anyone has posted here. Do you see this if you do a fire wire capture straight into your computer?

Where is the horizontal line located (middle height?). Do you get the line in interlaced mode too?

Thanks for the suggestions.
I looked at the footage on the computer monitor and dragged it around.
The lines are not on the footage, they are on the monitor because they stay in the same place when I drag the screen.
And I tried DVCam tape from another camera. It has nothing to do with a problem in the XL2.
My apologies to Canon and others if I caused any undue concern.

Michael Hamilton