FX1 Resolution in DV Wide record mode at DVinfo.net

Chris Sabold · August 18th, 2006, 06:57 AM

Does anyone know if the FX1 uses the entire resolution of the sensors when shooting in the Dv Wide mode ? Or does it possibly crop off the sides and bottom to fill a 720/480 frame ?
Thank you, Chris...

Dylan Pank · August 18th, 2006, 07:12 AM

I'll guess it's the same as the Z1, which uses the same source image as HDV for DV, it just downscales the image from the sensor and encodes it to DV rather than HDV. i.e if you were to shoot the same angle in DV and HDV, the frame composition would be exactly the same.

Heath McKnight · August 18th, 2006, 07:51 AM

Last I checked, it was still widescreen, though you can downconvert both HDV and DV to 4:3. It's pretty cool. But, I'd shoot in HDV widescreen, edit it that way, then down-convert to DV before going to tape--it's much higher quality.

heath

Carlos E. Martinez · August 20th, 2006, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Heath McKnight

Last I checked, it was still widescreen, though you can downconvert both HDV and DV to 4:3. It's pretty cool. But, I'd shoot in HDV widescreen, edit it that way, then down-convert to DV before going to tape--it's much higher quality.

Wouldn't HDV files be much larger?

Kevin Shaw · August 20th, 2006, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Carlos E. Martinez

Wouldn't HDV files be much larger?

Nope, one of the benefits of HDV is that it manages to pack HD resolution into the same data rate and file size as DV. There are some trade-offs from doing this due to the heavy compression involved, but under most circumstances HDV looks great on an HDTV compared to DV footage of the same scene.

Heath McKnight · August 20th, 2006, 08:41 AM

Kevin is right, HDV, native, is around 3.6 mb per second, like DV. That's how they fit it onto a mini-dv tape.

heath

August 18th, 2006, 06:57 AM	#1
Chris Sabold New Boot Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9	FX1 Resolution in DV Wide record mode Does anyone know if the FX1 uses the entire resolution of the sensors when shooting in the Dv Wide mode ? Or does it possibly crop off the sides and bottom to fill a 720/480 frame ? Thank you, Chris...

August 18th, 2006, 07:51 AM	#3
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	Last I checked, it was still widescreen, though you can downconvert both HDV and DV to 4:3. It's pretty cool. But, I'd shoot in HDV widescreen, edit it that way, then down-convert to DV before going to tape--it's much higher quality. heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

August 20th, 2006, 08:41 AM	#6
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	Kevin is right, HDV, native, is around 3.6 mb per second, like DV. That's how they fit it onto a mini-dv tape. heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

August 18th, 2006, 07:12 AM	#2
Dylan Pank Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Portsmouth, UK Posts: 611	I'll guess it's the same as the Z1, which uses the same source image as HDV for DV, it just downscales the image from the sensor and encodes it to DV rather than HDV. i.e if you were to shoot the same angle in DV and HDV, the frame composition would be exactly the same.