#Video
Chris,
The beauty of digitizing video is you eliminate any generation loss. What you
inherit are digital artifacs. I was very impressed with the results I got using
the MMPRO with vacation footage I shot with a 4 year old Ricoh 8mm camcorder.
Here are some tips and observations about digitized video with MM Pro
1) If you pan the camera to follow a fast moving object, you will get a
non-fluid type motion. This is most noticable when you pan against the scan
lines.
2) On talking head type shots, I was able to use very high (30-50:1) ratios and
still get acceptable video quality
3) If you need close up detail of textures, digital video isn't really there
yet (for under $1000 cards). Textures and subtle shadows tend to get averaged
(muddied).
The picture looks good, but close examination will reveal the loss of
resolution.
4) The faster the CPU and disk drive, the better the capture rate, the better
the finished product.
5) Don't even try non-linear editing with less then 16 meg RAM. ANd You can't
make up for it with virtual memory, using the harddisk is to slow, and editing
becomes tedious.
6) I had no problem with color bars, or loss of sharpnes in general, although I
did get some odd color shifts in the sky portion of some images.
There's my 100% totally biased views on the Fast Movie Line. I love it, and so
do my customers!
Gary Bettan
The Electronic Mailbox
DTV tech support 516 759-1615