Posted by doc on 09/18/05 17:49

thank for the input Toby. i'm not sure of the betacam models but they're
Sony's with 330 lines of resolution and about 12 years old.

the two cam's we've been considering are the panasonic dvx100a and the
panasonic dvc60 both of which say 410,000 pixels 4:3 and 500 lines of
resolution. thus, shouldn't the picture be better than the betacams? or am
i missing something? like a major ingredant in the comparison?

doc

"Toby" <kymarto123@ybb.ne.jpp> wrote in message
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> 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
> news:q8YWe.1941$T55.555@trndny06...
>> 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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