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Posted by Steve King on 09/22/06 14:47
"Toby" <kymarto123@ybb.ne.jpp> wrote in message
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> <mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> In message <4511396f$0$37684$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com>, Toby
>> <kymarto123@ybb.ne.jpp> writes
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>>>"Bernie" <bernard.newnham@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>>>> MPEG2 and DV are two different things, which makes the original quote
>>>> fairly superfluous. There are drop outs on DV, but from experience of
>>>> several thousand tapes I can say that they're either extremely rare, or
>>>> that the drop out compensation on DV cameras / decks is very good.
>>>>
>>>> Bernie
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>>>True. I was thinking about HDV actually...my mistake.
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>>>Toby
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>> So far we've shot over 400 hours of HDV on Z1's, A1's and FX1's, mostly
>> in inhospitable environments. I suppose there might have been a drop out
>> somewhere but not that I remember. It's certainly not a problem. I'm
>> aware however that many users are just too cack handed to be allowed out
>> with a camera, since they have insufficient finesse to take care when
>> opening the tape compartment in anything but clean still air and have a
>> generally cavalier attitude about their equipment. Such operators are
>> utterly useless to us.
>> --
>> John Lubran
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> You may not find dropouts worrisome, but the IBE cites industry-wide
> experiences on that score, and they do exist and they are of concern to
> broadcasters.
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> Toby
Most everything is judged in relationship to something else. Remember when
we had to check the gate after every keeper in film? Remember how we had to
check playback after every keeper take with analogue video tape? By
comparision drop outs with regard to DV and HDV can reasonably be described
as a non-issue.
Steve King
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