Great the XL2...No HDV?

Aaron Koolen · July 14th, 2004, 02:36 PM

Thing is, as much as I hate Sony cameras, I wouldn't be surprised if they made the 4:3 option on their upcoming HS camera (I assume that it will have a 4:3 option) use 1/3" of the chip or at least better than this canon does. I mean, they've taken a 1/3" 4:3 chip and made it something like 1/4" in 4:3.

Aaron

Rob Lohman · August 1st, 2004, 07:26 AM

Nick: keep in mind that 60i is NOT 60 **FULL** frames per second.
It is 60 HALF frames (or fields) per second. So you will at least
loose 50% vertical resolution if you want to play it back two times
as slowly.

Now programs like twixtor can perhaps do a very good job on
interpolation to make the loss minimal as possible, but it is still
there. Whether such a thing would be acceptable to you depends
on your budget (which program you can use), personal preference,
type of shot, output format etc. etc.

Nick Hiltgen · August 1st, 2004, 11:50 AM

Rob yeah, I thought that's what I was saying, Twixtor (to the best of my knowledge is like magic bullet in the since that it merges interlaced lines and then gived you 60 frames in stead of 60 half frames. 60 progressive frames would be 2.5 times longer then 24 progressive frames. so when played back with 24p footage would resemble slow mo, I believe they used that effect on November, it turned out ok but not quite varicam slowmo.

July 14th, 2004, 02:36 PM	#16
Aaron Koolen Trustee Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,727	Thing is, as much as I hate Sony cameras, I wouldn't be surprised if they made the 4:3 option on their upcoming HS camera (I assume that it will have a 4:3 option) use 1/3" of the chip or at least better than this canon does. I mean, they've taken a 1/3" 4:3 chip and made it something like 1/4" in 4:3. Aaron __________________ My Website Meat Free Media

August 1st, 2004, 07:26 AM	#17
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Nick: keep in mind that 60i is NOT 60 FULL frames per second. It is 60 HALF frames (or fields) per second. So you will at least loose 50% vertical resolution if you want to play it back two times as slowly. Now programs like twixtor can perhaps do a very good job on interpolation to make the loss minimal as possible, but it is still there. Whether such a thing would be acceptable to you depends on your budget (which program you can use), personal preference, type of shot, output format etc. etc. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

August 1st, 2004, 11:50 AM	#18
Nick Hiltgen Trustee Join Date: May 2003 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 1,427	Rob yeah, I thought that's what I was saying, Twixtor (to the best of my knowledge is like magic bullet in the since that it merges interlaced lines and then gived you 60 frames in stead of 60 half frames. 60 progressive frames would be 2.5 times longer then 24 progressive frames. so when played back with 24p footage would resemble slow mo, I believe they used that effect on November, it turned out ok but not quite varicam slowmo.