Posted by Mike Kujbida on 05/27/07 16:32

leekazimir@gmail.com wrote:
>> One playback deck that farss mentions numerous times is the Sony J30.
>> This deck offers Betacam, Betacam SP, Betacam SX, MPEG IMX, and Digital
>> Betacam playback compatibility. It's switchable between 525/60 and
>> 625/50 playback modes and has a firewire interface.
>> Details of this deck are athttp://tinyurl.com/36nnte
>> List price on this deck is $14,760 and a quick google search showed
>> places renting it for $150-$200 per day.
>>
>> Mike
>
> Mike. Wow! This is the best news I've yet heard on this matter yet!
> That deck seems like the PERFECT solution to what I need. I could
> find somewhere to rent it (I saw a place that offers $450 a week), and
> then I'd be able to digitize all the material myself at my own
> leisure.
>
> The question remains, though... once I've got it on the computer,
> digitzed in DV50 form or whatever form, what is the best way to get it
> into a form that is compatible with a 1080i 60 HDV timeline? Can this
> be handled within Vegas? Even though ~$500 is well within my budget
> to get this footage, I still don't want to pay that and then have
> material that looks like crap because I didn't do a "machine
> conversion". (Are machine conversions that much better?)
>
> Mike, I am gonna register with the Vegas board and talk to that farss
> guy. If I can get my hands on one of these J-30s I think my project
> is saved!
>
> Lee


Lee, I'm glad to have (hopefully) been of help.
Tell farss (Bob) that I sent you . My handle on the Sony forum is
rs170a if you're browsing around there.

I'm curious about something though.
You said that you originally shot in 1080i 60 HDV format which Vegas 7
handles quite well, even without the Cineform codec.
The 60 in your format line tells me that it's NTSC. If it was PAL, it'd
be 50 so I'm not sure why you think you have PAL fooatge.
What camera did you use for the shoot?

Mike

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