Posted by doc on 09/18/05 18:55

thanks Antony. we found a school with the DVX100A and are going to have
them shoot some footage for us in our presence and examine the results and
as you have suggested try to find an FX1/Z1U and/or a DVC60 to confirm some
of these issues. we were ready to make the purchase on friday but when all
this negative feedback came in and with the reviews we read, i ran scared
and entered the FUD zone and backed 'er down till next week to release the
order.

seen any footage in the conversion with music?

doc

"Antony Lacey" <allatsea@plug.drivers.org.uk> wrote in message
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> doc <doc@drdimento.net> wrote:
>
>> we've given up on the Sony's altogether because we've learned that the
>> sound
>> quality absolutely SUX and that it is somewhere between AM radio and low
>> end (early) FM and our show is going to have singing. moreover, we've
>> also
>> learned that trying to capture the 16:9 ccd material (SD 16:9) from
>> either
>> of the sony's (or any other 16:9 format) into SD 4:3 will result in
>> terrible
>> color distortion and even worsen when exported/output to DVD, tape, etc.
>
> As with the other replies, how do you kow this? I'm no dound guy, but I
> worked with one recently and he was pleased with the sound from an FX1E.
>
> We were certainly able to use it, it was 'only' an interview, but it was
> certainly satifactory for our purposes.
>
> And I've shot in SD 4:3 and incorporated that footage into other footage
> shot in conventional SD (a VX1000 I think) and there was little
> difference in colour between the two. The FX1E footage looked a little
> 'clearer' - but that's subjective of course.
>
> You're not going to know for sure unless you try it - can you not borrow
> one for a short period to try it for youself?
>
> --
> Antony
> Pull the plug to reply.

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