"david.mccall" <david.mccallUNDERLINE@comcast.net>

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> "Martin Heffels" <zurssryf@arjfthl.pbz (ROT13)> wrote in message

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> > On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 02:15:06 GMT, "tkranz" <tkranz@worldnet.att.net>

> > wrote:

> > >Does anyone have details on this rumor?

> > Don't wet your pants yet ;-) It's HD-DV, or heavily compressed HD on

> > mini-DV. Wonder why they didn't come-up with a model which can run the

> > tape a double speed to have less compression. Would be such s simple

> > thing to do. And good for their maintenance people too, as it wears

> > out the heads much quicker :)

> It's a consumer/prosumer camera. There are pro HD cameras available now.

> It's just that you don't get pro at that price point.

>

> I think it's a pretty cool development. People are making "movies" with

> DV (also a consumer format, technically). I think the low end indi market

> will eat this thing up if they give it a low enough frame rate. Considering

> the

> quality they have gotten out of DV, I think this thing may be fine. A low

> frame

> rate gives a few more bits per frame, plus there is probably some temporal

> compression (if that is the correct term in this context) and that gives you

> some more bits to work with (while making editing a little more complex).

> I imagine there will be issues with high motion scenes, but a low frame

> rates

> inherently have issues with motion, so you should already be taking that

> into

> account when planning your shots.

>

> David

If this article is correct (and I read it correctly), the image is 1080i (see:

www.camcorderinfo.com/content/sony-hdv-prototype-camcorder-03_17_04.htm),

and that gives the best of all worlds (higher resolution than 730p, full compatibility

with standard HDTVs, higher "frame" rate with the double-speed fields for best

motion-smoothness, and the ability to transfer to slower-rate film using the fields

as is now done with 60 fields/second NTSC "480i"). As for the recording time,

80-minute Mini-DV tapes are available now, and I'm guessing that a D8 camera

can be FireWire-connected for up to 2 hours and 15 minutes recording time on

a D8-90 tape in LP mode, if you dare risk that...;-) With 1080i, properly displayed

(rare, so far - most consumer HDTVs are still remarkably poor, and do not show

the high potential quality of this wonderful medium), the results can be astonishingly

good.

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David Ruether

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