Posted by Toby on 09/18/05 15:48

What Betacam cams are you using?

I did a comparison between the DVX100 and a BVW 300 several years ago and
the Betacam image was clearly superior to the smaller cam in resolution. The
differences got less in lower light situations, but I seriously doubt that
you are talking about 330 lines on 2/3" chips.

If you use three DVX100a's you'll probably be able to get away with it, but
if you cut between the two types of cams it will be clearly noticeable.

Toby

"doc" <doc@drdimento.net> wrote in message
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> Hi all. Can I get some input from folks as to how well the Panasonic
> DVX100A is on producing 4:3 aspect footage? I need to produce a TV show
> with three cameras and the show format is 4:3. Currently the show is
> being produced through the use of Sony Betacam's that are about 12 years
> old and I think 330 lines of resolution and we want to know if this
> DVX100A will produce footage that is less than, equal too, or better than
> what we're getting now on Betacam tape?
>
> We've looked at Sony's FX1 and Z1U and Canon's XL2 and while the Canon has
> much better sound it's 1/3" 16:9 ccd's mean that a 4:3 will captured on
> something in the neighborhood of 1/4" when the ccd's are limited by the
> cameras operation AND we've learned that the FX1 is perhaps the lowest
> audio quality of all camcorders in the prosumer line(s). We've also
> learned that if one captures in HD or 16:9 and then outputs to 4:3 the
> result is clip that is low in color quality, sound, and will look lower
> than the current betacam's we have.
>
> Many thanks in advance for your kind consideration and comments in this
> matter.
>
> doc
>

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