Posted by doc on 09/20/05 15:12

hi John and thanks for the input. i am a little stupid at times (probably
the PhD - "P"sychological "H"andicapped "D"eficiency i originated this line
:o) i'm just so tied up between specs, the lack of experience, and now a
realization of a dark understanding of the difference between the different
formats (DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO & HD, HDV, HDCAM, etc.) the lack of
specifications from the manufacturer's on these products because of the lack
of their websites to provide the information and the nearly as ignorant
support group on the subject as i. i have searched hi and low, done
searches at google and talked to folks and quite frankly gotten bits and
pieces of garbled information but in here in a sort of chopped up fashion of
back and foth's that are much harder to assemble appears to be the "FACTS"
i'm looking for. and yes, i'm challenged at my age to discern all this and
i do appologize for that shortcoming of age but i'm trying and I AM
listening, just hard of hearing :o)

my appologies but do go on i'm reading and going to now go back and start
the thread over and re-read all the input from all you GREAT people!

respectfully,

doc

"Moving Vision" <mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote in message
news:rvHxvNGqH+LDFwpX@movingvision.demon.co.uk...
> In article <eqLXe.4303$iu5.901@trndny04>, doc <doc@drdimento.net> writes
>>but from what i've been reading the Panasonic DVX100A has a better audio
>>by
>>far than either the Sony FX1/Z1U and Canon XL2. have you heard anything
>>thusly?
>>
>>doc
>>
>><mmaker@my-deja.com> wrote in message
>>news:1127069705.387655.69310@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>> doc wrote:
>>>> on the audio we will hav about 1/10 of the show in music and thus we
>>>> have
>>>> to
>>>> know that this is not a problem. do u know if the z1 is at least 16
>>>> bit
>>>> 48
>>>> khz stero AND stays that way through the workflow?
>>>
>>> It's 16-bit 48kHz, the only issue is that it uses MPEG layer 2
>>> compression at 384kbps, which is somewhat lossy.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>
>>
>
> Oh dear. If you carefully re read the previous posts on this you'll
> understand the answers given that reveal that the issues are about the
> uncompressed PCM 48K audio of DV and DVCAM and the MPEG 1 layer 2
> compressed audio of the Z1/FX1 WHEN IN HDV MODE. The Z1 has superior
> preamps and cleaner recording power than any other compacts including the
> DV100. The point I've already taken pains to make previously is that the
> Z1 also provides DV and DVCAM modes with the 48K PCM audio that not only
> provides superior audio than the DV100 when in DV or DVCAM mode but also
> provides better video than the DV100 in DV mode whilst also offering DVCAM
> and HDV in both 4:3 or 16:9 ratio as well as raft of other features not
> available with the DV100. The fact that you keep repeating the same
> questions over and over again when the given facts are so clear and
> absolute does make one wonder if you really should be undertaking this
> project at all.
>
> One last time though; There is nothing that that the DV100 does better
> than the Z1. The Z1 does everything that the DV100 does only better and
> additionally does a whole load of things that the DV100 doesn't even
> attempt to do. Comparing such cameras as you keep doing is like comparing
> a donkey with a thoroughbred. Anyone with the slightest inkling of
> knowledge about horses would not even begin to make such comparisons as
> the self evident truth is so overwhelming. I still suspect that the person
> from whom you've been getting opinions is not really a TV/video
> professional but actually a hairdresser!
> --
> John Lubran

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