"Karl Engel" <karlengel@excite.com> wrote in message

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> I've been experimenting with caturing AVIs direct to hard drive from

> my Sony TRV-33 camera instead of to tape.

> I found when the camera is set to Memory Stick mode (but not recording

> to MS)the output to the computer appears to be at the same resolution

> as when set to Camera mode, but the colours are richer and the lens is

> significantly more wide angle.

> Both AVIs play back at 720x576 (according to CinePlayer) and create

> the same sized files, but look vastly different. Why would this be?

The memory-mode (still mode) is optimized for stills; the video

mode is optimized for TV-viewing. If you play the still-mode video

on a TV (or just hook the TV up directly to the camcorder in still

mode for viewing), the image will not look right on TV, and motion

effects will be annoying...

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