On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 15:48:10 -0600, Jeffery S. Jones wrote:
>On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 03:58:11 GMT, d_ruether@hotmail.com (Neuman - Ruether)
>wrote:
>>On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 15:19:40 -0600, Jeffery S. Jones
>> wrote:

[...]
>>> Higher resolution CCDs also give higher res still pictures. But
>>>that doesn't affect what goes on tape.

>>Actually, it does...
>>You may be confusing format resolution with camcorder
>>system resolution. DV camcorders vary considerably
>>in on-tape resolution, with only a resolution limit
>>established by the format - and camcorders with
>>higher pixel count do have sharper pictures... (See:
>>www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder--comparison.htm.)

> In terms of absolute resolution, the number of pixels on tape
>doesn't change. But the quality, as I mentioned, does. You can't get
>more than the DV resolution out of them, but you can get much better
>looking pictures in that resolution with a better camera.

Yes, which is what I said, but not what you said...;-)
You pointed out (correctly) that a larger CCD can
provide image improvements, but added the incorrect
opinion that increased CCD pixel count did not also
offer the possibility of image improvement. The DV
format horizontal resolution is limited to 540 lines,
but few cameras approach this resolution, and some are
far from it. The 1-chippers that do approach this limit
are the high pixel-count ones and some of the 3-CCD
models, though. Resolution is independent of CCD size.