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!@#$%! · 08.14.2008, 12:49 PM

i find that well-shot mini-dv with a nice 3-CCD camera and a good lens looks way better than hi def footage with poor lights, bad lenses, single cmos, and bad editing.

especially if you're compressing for the web, where maybe your box is 480px wide, standard def works better than hi def and with less headaches, less rendering time, less artifacts, less trouble all around.

the only thing i dislike about miniDV is the tapes themselves-- they can get dirty, corrupted, break, etc, but with good quality tapes and keeping the heads clean that shouldnt be a problem. however, the hvx200 can shoot miniDV straight to P2 cards. sweet.

consumer hi def is not yet ready for the big time imho.

08.14.2008, 12:49 PM	#11
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,731	i find that well-shot mini-dv with a nice 3-CCD camera and a good lens looks way better than hi def footage with poor lights, bad lenses, single cmos, and bad editing. especially if you're compressing for the web, where maybe your box is 480px wide, standard def works better than hi def and with less headaches, less rendering time, less artifacts, less trouble all around. the only thing i dislike about miniDV is the tapes themselves-- they can get dirty, corrupted, break, etc, but with good quality tapes and keeping the heads clean that shouldnt be a problem. however, the hvx200 can shoot miniDV straight to P2 cards. sweet. consumer hi def is not yet ready for the big time imho.
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