On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 16:34:17 GMT, d_ruether@hotmail.com (Neuman - Ruether) wrote:

>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...).

More...
For color-matching cameras, one can try to adjust WB
manually using either tinted paper or colored filters
during WB-ing (you need a switcher and good monitor to
determine the best colors to use for closest color
match - best done before the job...). The DVC200 may
also have internal gamma and color controls that may
help in matching... BTW, if you want to see sample
frame grabs of an (attempted ;-) match between a TRV30
one-chip camcorder (with before and after samples) and
a VX2000 (DWB), both shot in sunlight, go to:
www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder--comparison.htm,
select "bright light" (I describe, also, the ways
in which the matching attempt fails in the motion-video).