Posted by Toby on 11/29/06 15:13

<ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Smarty wrote:
>> PTravel,
>>
>> You are certainly entitled to your opinions. You see the world
>> differently,
>> and perhaps Hi8 was, as you say, "extremely successful" despite the fact
>> that set-top Hi8 VCRs, pre-recorded Hi8 tapes, and multiple vendor
>> support
>> never materialized in any significant way.
>
> Hi8 was intended as video capture format, not a distribution format.
> There are no set-top miniDV VCRs, pre-recorded miniDV tapes, etc. for
> the same reason.
>
>
>>
>> Nor did I realize that a previous time existed when "lux ratings
>> actually
>> meant something", but that they now, somehow, have less accuracy.
>
> Lux ratings now are marketing tools. They weren't 10 years ago. Then,
> they provided a reasonably accurate benchmark for comparison of
> different machines.
>
>> I presume
>> you must be referring to the important FTC decision where they repealed
>> the
>> "Honest Lux Reporting Law" previously approved by Congress in the very
>> same
>> year your TR600 was released............ (-8
>>
>> Nor did I realize that these crummy, cheap, recent DV camcorders had no
>> hope
>> of providing the original poster either low light or a green screen
>> solution
>> since their single CCDs are, after all, inferior to the single CCDs in
>> those
>> wonderful older Hi8 cameras you prefer. Clearly the 1/4" CCD I proposed
>> could never even begin to rival the immense super sensitive CCDs used in
>> the
>> 1995 vintage camcorder you cite, made in that bygone era when a lux was
>> truly a lux.
>
>
> 1/4" CCDs in a Hi8 machine will have better low-light sensitivity than
> 1/4" CCDs in a miniDV machine. Do a google search if you want the
> technical explanation as to why. As for green screen, you didn't read
> my post very carefully. Single CCD machines do not have the color
> accuracy or saturation of 3-CCD machines.
>
>>
>> I will also remind you that the original poster stated that he was
>> (unsuccessfully) using a Hi8 camcorder, found it woefully inadequate, and
>> expressly asked for a "digital" upgrade alternative. I replied to him in
>> this spirit and with his words / and request literally being respected.
>
> One more time: my recommendation was _not_ to use a Hi8 machine, but
> to reconsider the budget. The OP will _not_ get satisfactory low-light
> performance form an inexpensive miniDV camcorder, nor will he be able
> to get decent green screen. MiniDV (or any D-25 digital camera) is not
> a particularly good format for any kind of chroma key.

We did absolutely top-notch chroma-keying for live reports to Europe using
DVCPro 25. No problem at all if you use component instead of composite.
Composite chroma-keying will always suck.

Toby

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