HDV editing - hardware question

[ldmelsa]

How is XDCAM HD? (editing)

 

[WonderBob]

How is XDCAM HD? (editing)

What do you mean?

XDCAM is a Sony product. It records to optical disc, and there is SD and HD XDCAM systems.

 

[ldmelsa]

Easy to edit?

Computer - What would I need?

I want to get a Sony PMW-EX1 XDCAM EX.

 

[WonderBob]

Not too sure, but XDCAM systems record a highly compressed image too start with so you probably wont need a supercomputer. But I know there is some issues with support (as far as editing software goes) for the XDCAM files and such.

Again, for good solid advice from people using the products everyday, go to creativecow.com , there is forums on just about any creative media topic.

 

[ldmelsa]

Cool
I'll check it out.

 

[arf9999]

@ Arf

1st Question ... how did you arrive at a video resolution of 1440x1080 ... I've never heard of a video being recorded at that res. The camera records at 1080i which is 1920x1080i if I'm not mistaken. So please tell me how you arrive at 1440?



This is off Canon's website ... 1920 x 1080 = Approx 2.07 MP ... 1440 x 1080 only = 1.55 MP.

2ndly ... I did not know there was other software that could edit HD ... I had some customers who bought Pinnacle from me and told me it was because they had no other software that can edit in true HD or something like that.

Resolution and aspect ratio

In HDV, the video frame is defined to have an aspect ratio of 16:9. Permitted resolutions are 720p and 1080i.

HDV 720p uses a resolution of 1280x720 square pixels. HDV 1080i uses a resolution of 1440×1080 pixels, but is still displayed with an aspect ratio of 16:9 (like SD widescreen formats, it uses a pixel aspect ratio of 1.33 instead of 1.0). This means it has lower horizontal resolution than true 1080 HD formats (1920x1080), but the same applies also to most other widely used HD formats including XDCAM HD, DVCPRO HD and HDCAM, all of which have the same or lower resolution as HDV.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDV google is your friend

JFYI: 1440x1080 is the same resolution as HDCAM which is the standard resolution in the HD space, so it isn't a negative really. My point is: is it worth paying more for a full 1920x1080 CMOS when it will need to be downscaled before being recorded onto HDV?

 

[eitai2001]

But then why does Canon do that ... I don't see a point of a true HD sensor if it only records in 1440x1080???

 

[arf9999]

looks good on the brochure, and makes a good sales point to poorly educated consumers.

It's all just marketing...