Posted by Moving Vision on 09/20/05 11:12

In article <WDLXe.7307$i86.6440@trndny01>, doc <doc@drdimento.net>
writes
>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
>

The DV100A (not the one without the A) provides a true anamorphic 16:9
aspect ratio just the same as the PD150/170 and others but since it has
a 4:3 chip set it does it by cutting off the top and bottom 12.5% of the
picture and stretching the remaining bit into the anamorphic 16:9 ratio.
This therefore reduces the resolution by 25%. You may not notice this at
first look but you'll notice it when you have wide scenes with small
detail. Also Letter Box and anamorphic are not the same thing. Letter
box is 'pretend' 16:9 as revealed when displayed on a true 16:9 monitor
when the toy town letter box mode is still showing black bars top and
bottom and the picture is distorted. You need true anamorphic 16:9 if
it's to be shown correctly on a 16:9 TV/Monitor.

Crikey! I must get some work done. This whole strand is so cringe worthy
I'm not sure I can stand to see what seems likely to be the appalling
outcome. It's a bit like watching a horrible movie where you just know
what the awful ending is going to be half way through the film.

Is Doc gonna pull through? Will the deception monsters lead him into the
abyss? Will Doc suddenly get it together and see the light? It doesn't
look good as he repeatedly reasserts his attachment to the deception
monsters. I'll switch off now as I don't want to see our hero meet his
sticky end........
--
John Lubran

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