Beta SP as a Festival Screening Format. at DVinfo.net

Matthew Fishel · February 16th, 2006, 11:33 AM

I was wondering if anyone had any experience having their miniDV movie transferred to Beta SP for festival screening.

Does anyone have insights about aspect ratio? Is BetaSP naturally 4:3 like other video formats?

-Matthew

Graeme Nattress · February 16th, 2006, 06:05 PM

SP is 4:3. It's really a terrible format for screening from, especially to a big screen as it has the lowest "resolution" of all the broadcast formats available, but it is everywhere and very common.

A good DV to SP dub should look great. If it looks fine on the DV master, there's no reason why the SP dub won't look as good as SP can look. You're far better off dubbing (or better still mastering) to digibeta though, which like DV will handle an anamorphic widescreen quite nicely.

Graeme

Alexandre Lucena · February 21st, 2006, 06:14 AM

You can record 16x9 on a Beta SP as long as the camera allows it.
My work horse camera is a sony D35WS and a PVV3. It produces
image quality way better than tipical mini dvs such as DVX100
and Canon XLs.

Alexandre.

Graeme Nattress · February 21st, 2006, 07:23 AM

Alexandre, you're confusing tape format with camera. The original poster is asking about a mastering format, not what to shoot on.

Graeme

February 16th, 2006, 11:33 AM	#1
Matthew Fishel Tourist Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 1	Beta SP as a Festival Screening Format. I was wondering if anyone had any experience having their miniDV movie transferred to Beta SP for festival screening. Does anyone have insights about aspect ratio? Is BetaSP naturally 4:3 like other video formats? -Matthew __________________ Matthew All-the-Time NewPunk Baltimore, MD

February 16th, 2006, 06:05 PM	#2
Graeme Nattress RED Problem Solver Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 1,365	SP is 4:3. It's really a terrible format for screening from, especially to a big screen as it has the lowest "resolution" of all the broadcast formats available, but it is everywhere and very common. A good DV to SP dub should look great. If it looks fine on the DV master, there's no reason why the SP dub won't look as good as SP can look. You're far better off dubbing (or better still mastering) to digibeta though, which like DV will handle an anamorphic widescreen quite nicely. Graeme __________________ www.nattress.com - filters for FCP

February 21st, 2006, 06:14 AM	#3
Alexandre Lucena Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 56	16x9 You can record 16x9 on a Beta SP as long as the camera allows it. My work horse camera is a sony D35WS and a PVV3. It produces image quality way better than tipical mini dvs such as DVX100 and Canon XLs. Alexandre.

February 21st, 2006, 07:23 AM	#4
Graeme Nattress RED Problem Solver Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 1,365	Alexandre, you're confusing tape format with camera. The original poster is asking about a mastering format, not what to shoot on. Graeme __________________ www.nattress.com - filters for FCP