DVL-Digest 1158 - Postings: Index Avid XDV tips hey, this is wacky... How to Clean a MiniDV Camera - (2) Recording BetaSP to DV Test only Time Base Corrector Recommendations What to buy - 2nd VX-2000 or DSR-11? - (2) Avid XDV tips - Jon Burkhart How true, how true, how true. Aloha, Jon Burkhart Chris Benham wrote: > > Jon, Jon, Jon. . . > > It's not the number of keystrokes, it's how well you use them. . . > hey, this is wacky... - Jon Burkhart The Canon Elura has S-video in and out. Can't speak for other miniDV cameras. I would suggest going to the web site of the camera you're considering and find a listing of the technical specifications for that particular model. You'll learn much more than you see in magazine adds. Aloha, Jon Burkhart hamstudio@aol.com wrote: > > I'm getting ready to buy a miniDV cam, one thing I want to use it for is > to get my old VHS etc, on to miniDV archive... I've seen alot of > references to this in magazines, etc... but looking at the cams, it seems > most have S-vid OUT but not IN! They mostly seem to have "DV in" which is > a smaller plug than the 1394... so how in the hoo is everyone getting > their VHS/hi8/whatever deck or camcorder feeding into the miniDV cam?... > Am I missing something, or am I just stupid. > How to Clean a MiniDV Camera - Jon Burkhart Call 'em and ask. In my case, they are XL1 cameras and I belong to the "Owner's Club". The cost is less that per camera. As I recall, they also do some basic checks like lens tracking, etc. I have no idea what other factory service centers charge. Aloha, Jon Burkhart ji2002 wrote: > > Thanks for the advice. How much would one expect to pay to have the factory service center clean a camera? How to Clean a MiniDV Camera - Jon Burkhart Sure, go in any camera store where the clerk speaks English and I'll bet they know what you're talking about. I would have probably called it a puffer-thingie. Aloha, Jon Burkhart Francois Camoin wrote: > Puffer-thing? God I love it when you guys talk technical. Someone wrote: > > > The lens and view-finder gets first a blow from a puffer-thing, then a > > drop > > of lens cleaner and a very careful wipe with lens tissue or (genuine) > > chamois. > Recording BetaSP to DV - Jon Burkhart Of course a firewire digital signal would look best to the Elura. But since all you have available is composite video out on your camera, I'd get an adapter from Radio Shack and see what the recording looked like. My guess is, pretty damn good. If the heads had just clogged on the DSC-D30 while recording a scene that could not easily be repeated and you had a backup on the Elura; it would be the most beautiful video in the world! Aloha, Jon Burkhart Triglyph@aol.com wrote: > > Actually, I Canon Elura is what I have as my personal camera. > > The primary camera is a DSC-D30 BetaSP. Unfortuately it has only video out - > no S-video. Anybody done a comp arison between the two types of output? Test only - "Valerie Shoaps" 1 Time Base Corrector Recommendations - Adam Wilt >> I've been advised a TBC will help. Any recommendations >> for a model in the below US range? > Your best bet likely would be a second-hand Panasonic AG-1960/70/80, > possibly the best VHS-format VTR ever made (even better than Sony's > prosumer SLV-R5 and SLV-R1000, from the early/mid 90s]) which includes a > full-frame TBC (and, IINM, 3D motion-adaptive comb filter [very good at > cleaning up video noise and other artifacts which plague > analog/composite formats]). I agree with the overall excellence of the AG-19xx series, but sadly, the TBC did not appear until the 1970 (and it is a truly amazing TBC and noise reducer, too). I am looking forward to adding a 1970 or 1980 to my kit as soon as my 1960 breaks down -- which, after 13 years of use, it shows no signs of doing! :-) I use mine with an I.DEN IVT-9PLUS TBC. originally, around on eBay these days. There are a lot of good TBCs available, cheap, as people transition to digital. DPS makes a bunch of excellent ones, too; if you have a PC with a free ISA slot, the Personal TBC III and IV are worth a look. I have a TBC IV for sale (http://www.adamwilt.com/fs/#DPS) if you're interested, along with a DPS PAR ("Buy a TBC, get a free disk recorder!", grin). AJW [Any bizarre line breaks courtesy of OS X's Mail.app. Think Different!] What to buy - 2nd VX-2000 or DSR-11? - Jon Burkhart That's a REAL GOOD question. A second camera would sure be nice to have, but the camera mechanism really isn't made for all the continuous play, rewind, search, etc. stuff that goes on if you do LOTS of capturing of short clips as most people do. Also, what do you do about playing/recording larger DVCAM reels? You'll need to eventually. Aloha, Jon Burkhart Rich wrote: > > Struggling with this question. If my VX-2000 goes down I'm out of business, > but at the same time need a deck. If I use my current VX-2000 as a deck and > back up camera do I maximize dollars or lose too much vs. a REAL deck? > What to buy - 2nd VX-2000 or DSR-11? - "Perry Mitchell" From: "Charles F. McConathy" [mcconathy@promax.com] To: "DV-L" [dv-l@dvcentral.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:24 PM Subject: [dv-l] Re: What to buy - 2nd VX-2000 or DSR-11? > > The "brakes" makes the DSR-1500a makes it capable of an insert edit. > > thanks > > Charles (diese posts stammen von der DV-L Mailingliste - THX to Adam Wilt and Perry Mitchell :-) [up] |
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