Posted by leekazimir on 05/29/07 14:19

On May 27, 7:49 pm, Mike Kujbida <kXuXjXfX...@xplornet.com> wrote:
> leekazi...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> 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
>
> > Mike: the footage that I shot is for a documentary I'm making about a
> > walk I took across most of continental Europe. (more info at
> >http://www.madridtokiev.com). The bulk of the material was shot by
> > myself, first person style, with Sony's HVR A1U HDV camera.
>
> > However, at 3 points during the trip, Deutsche Welle television joined
> > me to shoot news magazine stories about my journey. They've agreed to
> > let me use some of this footage in my own documentary. The material
> > they shot was in DigiBeta and BetaSP, naturally in the PAL format.
>
> > Basically they just gave me dupes of the tapes and said "good luck".
> > So this is why I'm turning to the board for help on how to actually
> > use the footage.
>
> > I've joined the Vegas boards you mentioned, and I emailed Bob Grant
> > and mentioned your name. With all this help I should be able to have
> > this footage in a useable form within a month, I reckon.
>
> > Thanks again,
> > Lee
>
> Lee, all I can say about your walk is WOW!! Makes me proud to be of
> Ukrainian heritage.
> A few of the whiners I've observed on the TV show On The Lot could learn
> a few things from you :-)
> In addition to Bob, you should post your question on the forum. I know
> that issues such as preparing for film festivals come up periodically
> and the help is generally outstanding.
> If I lived closer to you (I'm just outside of Windsor, Ontario across
> from Detroit, Michigan), I'd be glad to offer any help that I could.
> However, the only time I make it to Chicago is to visit a sister who
> lives in one of your northern suburbs.
> Good luck with your project ands please keep us informed as to how it's
> going.
>
> Mike


Mike, thanks so much for your encouraging words. I think I'm well on
my way to solving the issue as I've found some of those J30 decks for
rent in Chicago.

If you ever get down here for an extended stay with your sister in the
burbs, look me up!

Lee

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