Shooting B&W with the Silicon? at DVinfo.net

Bob Grant · June 9th, 2006, 11:41 PM

Is any optimisation possible to record the best possible monochrome image?

I'll freely admit I don't fully grasp the implications of all I've read about B&W Vs color imaging other than that ideally there's more to it than just loosing the chroma information.
Despite my lack of understanding I thought given the resurgence of B&W it's a question worth throwing into the mix.

Ari Presler · June 10th, 2006, 01:08 AM

Yes. We are offering Silicon in B&W(Mono).

There are several siginificant benefits for using the Silicon B&W over shooting any of the Y:U:V formats including:

Higher spatial resolution (1000TVL+)
Higher sensitivity
Higher quality coding

We expect to see some productions done in mono, including 3D Anaglyphs.

Yasser Kassana · June 10th, 2006, 05:01 AM

Cool what is the Higher spatial resolution in Y:U:V format?

Ari Presler · June 10th, 2006, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yasser Kassana

Cool what is the Higher spatial resolution in Y:U:V format?

The reference to Y:U:V had mostly to do with the coding formats comapred to HDCAM or DVCPRO-HD (I didnt mention the 4x luma accuracy of our 10bit format vs 8-bit). If you compare to SR the differences are more subtle.

In Monochrome, every pixel can be either black or white, or a unique line. If you look at square resolution, there are 1080 lines.

June 9th, 2006, 11:41 PM	#1
Bob Grant Trustee Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 1,570	Shooting B&W with the Silicon? Is any optimisation possible to record the best possible monochrome image? I'll freely admit I don't fully grasp the implications of all I've read about B&W Vs color imaging other than that ideally there's more to it than just loosing the chroma information. Despite my lack of understanding I thought given the resurgence of B&W it's a question worth throwing into the mix.

June 10th, 2006, 01:08 AM	#2
Ari Presler Silicon Imaging Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New York or Hollywood Posts: 214	Shoot B&W Silicon! Yes. We are offering Silicon in B&W(Mono). There are several siginificant benefits for using the Silicon B&W over shooting any of the Y:U:V formats including: Higher spatial resolution (1000TVL+) Higher sensitivity Higher quality coding We expect to see some productions done in mono, including 3D Anaglyphs.

June 10th, 2006, 05:01 AM	#3
Yasser Kassana Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 223	Cool what is the Higher spatial resolution in Y:U:V format?