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Posted by Smarty on 01/30/06 19:40
Bill,
Jan Ozer did some published comparisons of this type in eventDV Magazine
which you may also be able to find on the eventDV website. Jan is also very
responsive to email and is an excellent source for information on HDV
cameras and editing, particularly recently since he published a 4-part
magazine series comparing HDV NLE systems quite exhaustively.
I will not attempt to summarize or paraphrase his comments, since other
members of this newsgroup have strong opinions which disagree, in some
cases, with Jan's results and I have no desire to get embroiled in defending
his findings. You should go back to the issues which were published shortly
after Sony introduced their HDV camcorders to see the report related to your
specific question regarding HDV versus high quality (VX-2100 style)
camcorders.
Smarty
"Bill" <trash@christian-horizons.org> wrote in message
news:wtGdnfI6T6x0v0PenZ2dnUVZ_tKdnZ2d@golden.net...
> Could I add to your question?
>
> Presuming your video will end up on DVD, possibly projected:
>
> Given inferior low-light performance and the MPG2 compression of prosumer
> HDV cameras, would you be better off shooting native DV on a VX-2000 than
> switching to an HDV camera, for pure quality at 4:3?
>
> If you had to shoot 16/9, would you still be better off using the VX-2000
> in it's compromised 16/9 mode, or with a Century Optics Anamorphic lens,
> or with, say, the HVR-A1U in 16/9 DV, or the HVR-Z1U shooting 16/9 DV?
>
> My hypothesis is that, right now, shooting 16/9 with a HVR-Z1U in DV mode
> would give you the best raw footage. Am I wrong?
>
> dewdman42@gmail.com wrote:
>> I see many heated debates here about HD vs HDV. I am more of a
>> consumer, but serious consumer perhaps. You guys don't reccomend HDV,
>> but might you reccomend HDV over DV for consumer use? I saw mention
>> about motion bluriness and one of the main things i will be capturing
>> is ski footage. For me, small and light camara is essential...but if
>> its going to be stuttery or jittery in any way..then its a moot point.
>> Also, I need to be able to capture high quality still images from the
>> video footage. that seems to imply that a progressive scan might be
>> better for my purposes..
>>
>> All that being said...what camaras are out now that might fit my bill,
>> under $2k and what do we know is announced for the next 6-12 months
>> that might be worth waiting for?
>>
>> Any thoughts from you pros?
>>
>> -steve
>>
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