At 16:34 1999-12-17 -0800, you wrote:
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.
To see graininess You must use it in auto mode (or do it by Yourself) and
let it
gain the exposure up to something between 6-18db, or else it´s impossible to
see grain with a Trv900. But i hope You don't use component video instead of
a s-video connector together with a decent TV, in that case i understand
that You are
unsatisfied with the results.
The colors this camera produce is outstanding, but off course You have to
know
how to do a manually white balance, or else it´s like any other cheap
miniDV. But it´s
true that red can be a problem, but the only reason its better on a DVD
playback is
that the source is film. So if You think You can compare DV to DVD You
cant because
what You do is compare it to film.
It doesn´t matter what kind of video camera You buy, film is 24frames a
second - Video(NTSC) 30.
Film has a bigger resolution, even 16mm, and 35mm has four times more
resolution than 16mm...
The picture from the Trv900 is as good as it can be for the moment, and
even if
you use a better (more expensive) editing bay You only going to save times
these days,
it´s all about ones and zeros...The quality is all the same.
So, all video looks like video unless You take care and use short deep of
field (large aperture)
and a shutter speed around 1/30 (often impossible with an expensive ENG
camera...).
To do this You often have to use ND filter. Many times You have to soften
the images a
little, using a light softfilter and/or some other warmup filters. Another
thing that is significant
for film and the work with it is the proper use of light and shadows. Film
has a broader exposure range
than video, so that is one thing to think of and work after. Using a video
camera with progressive
scan is another tips.
That´s the only way to make video look more like film.
Then if you for some reason want to transfer it to DVD it´s going to look a
lot better than regular DV or video compared to film...
JJ
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