Re: Cineframe 30/Cineframe 25 resolution loss vs. 60i

[Steve Mullen] "Nevertheless, for over 15 years 1080i60 and 1080i60 have been used with post production software to make films. That's the way these cameras need to be used. "
If you wanted to make a film with these cameras, yes that'd be the way to go. But actually, I contend that these cameras need to be used for 1080i High-def production. That's where they excel. I don't think they're really suitable for any sort of filmmaking purpose, and that's not what they're designed for (and yes, I full well acknowledge that that's what people *want* to use them for, and *wish* they'd been designed for!) These cameras are interlaced HD cameras, they do a great job at producing interlaced HD, and any other purpose you put them to would be hampering them.

It's like attempting to eat soup with a fork. You could do it, yes, but it'd be so much easier to use a spoon (which is what the spoon is designed for).

I think aspiring filmmakers would be oh so much happier if they just waited a few months to see what JVC and Panasonic deliver on their promise of HD 24P, which would be a much more suitable and usable format for indie filmmaking.

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