RE: Varicam or HD

["Victor Wolansky" <victorw(at)NATMEDIA.com>]

I’m not sure if I understand you. I think my questions:

 

If I shoot and record to SR tape, and then I rent a SR deck and digitize from the SR tape thru the DH SDI output, I will have better quality image?

 

For what I understand the SR tape is, if you record not in 4:4:4 but in 4:2:2 is much better than the 3:1:1 of the HDCAM… but it would be good to know if some one already tried it.

 

Victor Wolansky

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From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Tim Bolt
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:45 PM
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: Varicam or HD

 

No you shoot and record to SR tape or straight to file server and don't go near HDCam compression etc.

 

Dermot or Rupert might have more to say on exact work flows available.

 

Ta

 

Tim

 

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From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM on behalf of Victor Wolansky
Sent: Sat 30/07/2005 15:04
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: Varicam or HD

I think is possible, but I do not have a 4:4:4 capturing board, so the question is, the SDI video output of the SR machine, is better than the 3:1:1 of the HDCAM?

 

If we talk in pixels samples per channel, the HDCAM is 1440:480:480 is the SR SDI any better?? Or you get better info only if you capture to DPX files??

 

 

Victor Wolansky

DS VFX Artist

WEBsite

Demo Reel

815 Slaters Lane

Alexandria. VA.

443-797-3507

 

 

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From: owner-ds(at)softimage.com [mailto:owner-ds(at)softimage.com] On Behalf Of Tim Bolt
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 5:37 AM
To: DS(at)softimage.com
Subject: RE: Varicam or HD

 

Intensive keying - any chance of them stretching to SR?

 

Ta

 

Tim

 

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From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM on behalf of Victor Wolansky
Sent: Sat 30/07/2005 07:06
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Varicam or HD

Hi! I need to know what you people think about this….

 

I’ve read that HDCAM is 3:1:1    http://hd24.com/compression_numbers.htm

 

And the DVCPRO HD is 4:2:2   ….

 

So the question is source footage is going to be HD, but final product SD, intensive keying in the project. What format I should go????  HDCAM or DVCPRO HD??

 

Any suggestion? Another format???  

 

Please help… help .. help…

 

Thanks

 

 

 

Victor Wolansky

DS VFX Artist

WEBsite

Demo Reel

815 Slaters Lane

Alexandria. VA.

443-797-3507