Posted by Spex on 07/10/07 06:44

P.C. Ford wrote:
> Nobody seems to be answering this part of my post from above, so I
> will make it more obvious:
>
>
> I have the probability of a job related to the Beijing Olympics. Not
> the sports events, but documenting the development of a pavillion for
> the event, and video content within it.
>
> I have a PD 150 right now. I am assuming that I will need a hi-def
> camera somewhere down the road. Untill the time that I have another
> camera, would it be possible to shoot 16x9 on the PD 150 and upsample
> it to high def? The content would be planning sessions, talking heads.

It is amazing someone needs to ask this question.

The PD150 in 16x9 mode has a vertical res of less than 400 lines. It
doesn't matter how clever the up-scaling algorithm is no extra
resolution is going to be created and it will look out of focus compared
to any HD content shot at a future time. You mix up-scaled pd150
footage with even one of the poorer budget HD cams and you are asking
for trouble let alone a XDCAM HD camera or better.

Take Martin's advice re the HV20. If you then went on to purchase a
Canon HDV camera like the XL-H1 or XH-A1 you could use the HV20 as a deck.

Hope that answers your question.

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