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Posted by Steve Guidry on 01/09/06 20:19
"Rick Merrill" <rickZERODOTmerrill@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Steve Guidry wrote:
>
> > Well, yes, digital video has its limitations. But they are mostly the
> > doings of the users than the fault of the fact that it's digital. I
have
> > seen plain ol' analog composite properly displayed on a broadcast-grade
> > monitor look absolutely stunning. On the other hand, the best of the
> > digital world runs rings around it. I was particularly impressed with
the
> > picture quality of the Rose Bowl the other night, and I watched it via
> > DirecTV.
> >
> > As an aside, when we're shooting gigs with our truck, (pics at
> > www.videoworksinc.com) I routinely have to laugh at the "digital video
boys"
> > who show up to do their coverage of the event. It's just hilarious to
me
> > when they're so surprised when their XL/TRV/BR-DV something or other
doesn't
> > match up to the quality of my 10-year-old Sony 2/3" broadcast cameras.
And
> > these guys are supposedly "in the biz".
>
> So you're saying Size DOES matter!
>
Well, that's what the ladies tell me . . . . <<GG>>
But seriously, a 2/3" chip has twice the imaging area of a 1/3" chip, right
?
NO ! It has 4 times the imaging area. To illustrate : Draw a square.
That represents the relative size of the 2/3" chip's imaging area. Then
draw a diagonal line from one corner to the opposite corner. Next, mark the
center of this diagonal line. From that center point, draw lines to the
left side, and to the bottom. That small square is the relative size of the
1/3" chip. A camera with 1/4" chips is even smaller.
On the flip side, I'm prepared to concede (or at least argue to a stalemate
the fact that today's pro-sumer camera electronic signal enhancements are
superior to those of broadcast cameras of 10 years ago. But, it's just
unreasonable (and wrong) to think that those enhancements are able to
overcome this disparity.
If anyone doubts this, just find someone with a "big boy" camera and
compare.
Steve
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