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Posted by James on 03/24/06 04:49
You may have seen my post not long ago about running sound of a house PA
board into a consumer camcorder to tape a friend's live performance.
Since then, a new wrinkle has appeared. Someone is lending my friend a Canon
XL1S, which I'm now scrambling to familiarize myself with before her gig
tomorrow night - has adjustable record levels, XLR in's, etc.. Have never
used a pro cam like this before, but there's enough commonality with my
Digital8 that I'm not utterly lost in the woods and will be experimenting
with it and studying the manual between now and then.
What I thought I'd do in addition is run my Sony Digital 8 at another
vantage point to have a second shot to go to when doing an edit of her
performance. I'll be using the sound off the Canon obviously since it will
be right off the board, though if feasible, might mix in some ambient sound
off the Sony Digital 8 as well.
I know that with 2 consumer analog anything - VCR's, Cams, tape decks -
running at the same time, it's guaranteed that the tapes are going to be off
from each other and not be in exact lock step. Is this the same with Digital
cams or is the fact that they're digital going to mean they're going to
track precisely the same way? I.e., when I get done, should I be able to
load the contents off the digital tapes onto a computer and once some common
point is aligned, they should both be in sync by default or no? I suppose I
could manually shove the footage around to get it close enough for short
periods but it would be a whole lot easier to just be able to transition
from one to the other without all the jury-rigging.
Is there some way to *make* them be in lock step? Wondering if there might
be some way to have the one cam control them both while still being able to
use the mics on the consumer Digital8. The only disadvantage being that if
they have to be in close physical proximity, I won't get as great a variety
of shot - i.e., one from basically straight ahead, one from a completely
different angle though I could still do some transitions from near to far.
Thanks for all input.
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