T-Spect Le wrote in message <34B42770.647559B8@earthlink.net>...

>I don't really see any significant advantage of native Firewire video
>editing. Majority of the scenes have to be corrected either via the
>Elite Video's BVP-4 or thru the NLE's software (which is not at all
>practical). This is with a VX-1000 (which is a prosumer grade). Plus the
>fact that the black level is need to be boosted back to the current
>standards. Only major advantage is archival dubbing and such.


Hmmm, methinks you have been sold on the need for the un-needed...;-)
I have been very happy with my uncorrected VX-1000 footage (post,
anyway..., I do use the "custom" set-up controls on the VX-1000, and
often favor manual exposure [and focus...] over auto to get things
right...). The lack of generation losses is THE BIG reason for using
a FireWire editing system (besides cost...;-) - and there is that
resultant advantage of always having the camcorder as a location for
losslessly dumping footage for storage if one runs out of HD space...

>If there're such NLE system that offers realtime Firewire image
>correction, please let me know. Or any of you outthere have better
>outlook on Firewire technology.


I often curse it, but with a bit of struggling, it works, and the
results are worth it!

>How about a Firewire native video mixer?

Interesting...;-)
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David Ruether
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