Posted by mv on 04/04/06 15:49

This is getting silly. Why do those who clearly have little or no
expertise in these particular cameras insist on arguing with me even
after I've declared a long standing broadcast and professional usage of
'em???

No Pat, they are not unconditionally limited. They provide both manual
and automatic modes for every conceivable audio function, separately or
linked, as required, for each channel. In full manual mode one can
exceed 0db and irretrievably distort the recording in error. This is not
speculation.

In message <E0u0sm$rup$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, Pat Horridge
<pat@remove-spam.vet.co.uk> writes
>I thought all those cameras (certainly the PD150 and I think the 170) have
>limiters even if you switch to manual mode.
>I seem to remember seeing it on circuit diagram somewhere.
>So even if AGC is off if you give it too much it will limit.
>If this limit is set to be just before the digital clip point it's not an
>issue.
>
><mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:r1EDmPNLQTMEFw8g@movingvision.demon.co.uk...
>> >
>>>Suppose one were to raise the gain of Just One Channel (e.g. the right
>>>channel of a stereo input) - would that force the ALC (I'm unclear on the
>>>diff. from AGC) to be a constant?
>>>
>>
>>
>> If you're referring to the PD150, PD170, Z1, A1 and the like, they have
>> separate control options for each channel. They have all the audio set up
>> and control tricks found on broadcast cameras. We've been using all of the
>> above types and most broadcast types in every mode from the first
>> availability of each model, so I can be definitive, as opposed to
>> speculative.
>> --
>> John Lubran
>
>

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John Lubran

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