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Posted by Toby on 09/22/06 14:26
"Laurent" <southasia.lover@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:451201ec$0$2768$626a54ce@news.free.fr...
> Mike Kujbida a crit :
>
>> As far as the NTSC-PAL conversion, NLEs like (my personal favourite)
>> Sony's Vegas can do this for you right from the timeline. It aslso
>> handles Pansonic's 24p footage easily.
>
> I'm not Windows user, I work with a Mac Powerbook + FinalCut Pro, and that
> also makes me wonder if my computer (G4 1,67Ghz, 2MB Ram, external HD) can
> handle the HD footage without any problem, even if what I'm to do is not
> very processor-stressing -- mainly cutting and color correction.
>
> However my past experiences with NTSC-PAL conversion of DV footage (with a
> Sony DSR-PD150 I used to own) were not that great... or maybe I'm just too
> picky...
>
> Thanks
> Laurent
I checked system reuqirements for FCP handling HD and it appears that you
should be OK as long as you are not going to try authoring HD DVDs.
If I am not mistaken you must commit to either PAL or NTSC SD when shooting
with the Sony unless you shoot in HD and buy an expensive deck to covert to
SD in either format after the fact.
I have had quite good results converting NTSC to PAL using Canopus
Procoder--I shoot in Japan (NTSC) for European broadcast (PAL) and the
broadcasters I work for are perfectly happy with the converted pieces, but
of course this is news...Still there is very little loss of resolution and
the motion interpolation is actually quite good.
I've used both the Panasonic and the Sony Z1 and I actually prefer the Sony.
Most of the commercial clients I work for are specifying the Z1 over the
Panasonic as well. I'm unfortunately not familiar with the little Sony so I
can't really comment directly. The advantages with the Panasonic are higher
sensitivity (about 1 stop I believe) and the 24p modes, but unless you plan
to do direct film conversion with the 3223 pulldown, the Sony fake 24-look
compares favorably (IMO) with the Panny 3232 pulldown for video, if you like
that kind of thing.
Both are excellent little cameras, but the Sony does give you that HD
possibility, which is more and more in demand.
Toby
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