Hi Rodney,
I understand what you are saying but if you consider the price and size of
the TRV900 it really is an excellent cam.
It is regarded within the TV industry as 'broadcast standard' - but only
just.
To get real broadcast quality you have to spend megabucks on similar MiniDV
or DV format or other digital format cams but with lenses costing anything
from $10K upwards, to give a few dB extra in video s/n...
The TRV900 has upset a lot of the industry - imagine the guys with $20K +
cameras being shown video that is very very close in quality from a $4000
cam (Aus dollars)
FWIW, the images from my (PAL) TRV900 look very close in quality to most of
what I see on TV or even DVD, viewed on a Sony professional 27" monitor...
I do not see the grain you describe, except when shooting under low light
conditions with 'gain up', or shooting ruby red colours - the TRV900 cannot
focus well on reds and the red does come out quite a different shade...
But you do need to get away from the '900's 'auto' mode and set white
balance/iris etc manually to get the best of it....
GB
----- Original Message -----
From: Rodney Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, 18 December 1999 11:34
Subject: Re: MD: Mini DV
>
> Oh, no! That's not what I was saying at all! I watch DVD's through
> component video and they're excellent. What I'm talking about is Mini DV
> tape I shoot on the Sony TRV900 3CCD Mini DV camcorder then play back on
> TV. It never looks as good as even an average DVD. It always has at
> least some graininess-and this is the very best consumer camcorder Sony
> makes. To get really professional results, I guess a person would have
> to invest in much more expensive professional equipment, editing bays
> and so on. Tape shot on the TRV900 comes across looking like good live
> cable at its best (shown on a really topnotch TV)-it's actually pretty
> good but you do see a lot of graininess. Quite frankly, I don't see all
> that much dfference on playback than tapes shot with a one chip Mini DV.
> But I guess I'm asking a lot of the format. Really, it's more than fine
> for traditional consumer camcording-what I'm saying is it is never, ever
> perfect-the colors are not 100% accurate like on a good DVD. If you
> compare the film to the subject you just shot, this is apparent.
> Especially with reds. Playing back tapes on the 3" swivel monitor look
> fantastic, but then again that is LCD and not a CRT. By the time you
> play it back on your CRT television, it adds quite a bit of
> graininess-like all analog TV does. It really is a wonderful format and
> a wonderful camera, but it is not perfect. Or even close. Although you
> occassionally see things like "The Blair Witch Project" that were shot
> on far inferior equipment as films. And a lot of Mini DV and DV Cam
> footage is used in television, especially by news field reporters.
>
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