Posted by doc on 09/20/05 03:48

thanks Steve. it is a delima. we've pretty much zero'd in on the dvx100a
and ran a test today and very pleased with what we seen while using the
camera recording in all the camera control phases as well as both SD 4:3 and
SD 16:9 (letterbox) and will post the takes tomorrow and burn off a dvd and
tape and see how it looks. got our hope up cause we think we can get a
pretty good buy on 'em (b's)

however, someone mentioned above in another thread that the color balance
goes off during panning sequences and while we're not going to be doing a
lot of that i would be very concerned if we set this up for "live
production" and end up with white balance out :o(

doc

"Steve King" <steveSPAMBLOCK@stevekingSPAMBLOCK.net> wrote in message
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> "doc" <doc@drdimento.net> wrote in message
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> > when i see an 1/8" jack i'm thinking as someone has already instructed
> me, "it
>> dosen't belong in the studio - - xlr does" i have a audio recording
>> business and we don't have a single 1/8" jack in the place other than in
>> our gadget bag in case we were to run into someone who wanted us to
>> capture some sound that's only available on 1/8" output.
>
> No argument with the above. I also believe that many professionals will
> notice a difference between full PCM audio @ 48 kHz compared with 384 kbs
> MPEG compressed audio, when using a good set of monitors in a good room..
> That said, I didn't have the opportunity to listen to A/B tests. I just
> thought, "Crap! That sounds good." I was prepared to hate the
> compression artifacts, but I didn't hear any. Now, if it had been a
> Glockenspiel recording, artifacts might have been more apparent.
>
> As to your 'problem'. The guys at rec.arts.movies.production.sound, who
> were generally dissappointed in the sound from the Sony VX2000 and the
> PD150, were much more complementary about the DVX100 sound. Sounds like
> your cameras are going to get a lot of use. That says XLRs for their
> ruggedness. The DVX100 and the Z1U will both do what you need. The Z1U
> is more money, but its HD capabilities may extend its profitable life by a
> few years. Then, there is the XL2. Can't help you. No experience.
>
> Steve King
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