On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 07:58:44 -0500, Richard Lubash <2k-plus@2k-plus.com> wrote:

>I have found myself involved in a 2 camera project using a Panasonic
>DVC200 and a Canon XL1. I have no choice as to cameras so I need some
>advice as to how to match the pictures so that editing between the
>cameras is a possibility. The XL1 has a much warmer look but the DVC200
>has a look that is more appropriate for the subject matter. Is there a
>way I can correct the XL1 to match the DVC200 using filters and if so
>what filter(s) since the Canon has no way to correct inside the camera
>and I have experimented with post and have been less than successful.
>If filters are not the way to go perhaps someone has some hints for
>correction in post (using Final Cut Pro v2).

I have little experience with FCP, but I regularly
match up different brands/models of camcorders in Premiere
on a PC, using RGB, hue/saturation, brightness/contrast,
tone-adjust, and (sometimes) sharpening filters. It takes
a bit of practice to do a good job, but if there is enough
light for good-quality images from all the cameras,
reasonable matches can be made (but oversharpening effects,
uncorrectable color-biases, excess aliasing, and other
picture faults are less easily "covered" than simple
color and tone-response-curve differences, alas...).