DVL-Digest 845 - Postings: Index BVW-50 component question Re Audio S/N & quality Replacing PD-150 4:3 CCD set to 16:9 Using a camcorder as pure data backup Which Camera? BVW-50 component question - "Perry" Bob Fisher is getting a little confused! The input he refers to is actually the bigger 26pin connector. The 12 pin is a so called dub connector which allows connection to a another Betacam machine, and copying with the time division multiplexing of the chroma channels left intact (thus avoiding a tdm generation). There is also (if I remember) component analog video signal outputs as well, intended for use with an external TBC. If it is like my BVW-35, the signal is completely uncorrected of drop-outs and pretty rough on anything other than brand new tape. Perry Mitchell Video Consultant http://www.perrybits.co.uk Re Audio S/N & quality - "Perry" Bill Finch posted: >I think what I'm trying to say is that sound is out there and difficult to capture correctly. Using the camera or DAT or MD to capture sound is not the problem. They're all quite good enough to record killer sound. Getting good sound goes way beyond the recording medium.< Well posted Bill, some good common sense! I did a location drama pilot recording recently, with a JVC GY-DV700 and a boom mic. The sound quality on the voices was superb. It was not that far from London Airport so we had to work between planes, but in post I can clearly also hear the traffic noise from two blocks away and at one point you can hear the rain hitting the patio. The birds are incessant, as is the clock ticking away in the next room. The worst problem is the refrigerator pump! All these things are fine until you need to edit with them suddenly changing! As Bill says, any digital format would have captured this mayhem adequately! We didn't have an audio professional on location which was a big mistake. Perry Mitchell Video Consultant http://www.perrybits.co.uk Replacing PD-150 4:3 CCD set to 16:9 - "Perry" Adam Teale posted: >c) Get the CCDs changed by a Sony tech to native 16:9 chips (a guy at NAB mentioned this)< He told you BS. 16:9 native chips are 2/3rd inch, the PD-150 is 1/3rd inch! The chips have to be assembled in the factory onto a splitter prism, so come only as a complete optical assy. The cost of this would exceed that of the whole PD-150! Perry Mitchell Video Consultant http://www.perrybits.co.uk Using a camcorder as pure data backup - "Perry" Tim: just out of curiosity, how do you know which of the two frames to use? Does DV have an error flag set when it thinks there is a drop-out? Perry Mitchell Video Consultant http://www.perrybits.co.uk Which Camera? - "Perry" Walt posted: >Tughollow made a good point about Canon not supporting Service on their cameras after 7 years. I was told the same thing many years ago when I wanted Canon to repair my F1000S camcorder. I thought it was actually less than 7 years at that time.< I believe German consumer law sets a minimum of 10 years support which has probably now spread throughout the EU. The reality is somewhat different, because it can simply become uneconomic. I've just lost an 19 inch computer monitor (faulty eht) which is now obsolete. I am sure if I dug around I'd find some sort of support but I'm not sure the company (Aydin) even exists anymore. The point is the monitor cost around more than 10 years ago, but was giving only just adequate performance anyway. The replacement (Sony) cost which is probably what the spares would have cost for the Aydin, and I'll eat my hat if the Sony doesn't produce a whole lot better image. I hate throwing out an otherwise good monitor, but I guess that's life! Last year my 4 year old clothes tumble drier lost the little emptying pump, a replacement cost (just the spare part) more than a brand new drier from the same company. The manufacturer is clearly offering these spares purely as a sop to the 10 year regulation, and doesn't really expect anybody to buy them at that price! Perry Mitchell Video Consultant http://www.perrybits.co.uk (diese posts stammen von der DV-L Mailingliste - THX to Adam Wilt and Perry Mitchell :-) [up] |
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