Richard writes -
Things are chaning a lot in the broadcast field. Just like when dv started all the die hard broadcast people said that it will never work.
Welcome to the 3rd milenium
REPLY -
from this URL at Vidblaster -
http://vidblaster.com/?page_id=10
To connect your video camera, you can use any interface you like, e.g. firewire, USB or a video capture device like a USB or PCI frame grabber. See this forum post for more details.
Richard defines the virus that exists in our industry today. Professionals strive for excellence, and people like Richard continue to push that USB and Firewire cameras are broadcast quality. THEY ARE NOT. They are toys - pieces of S#$% that are used by students. This is not a professional product that will handle SD-SDI and HD-SDI (or even composite or component SD) video signals.
As we continue to strive for excellence, and outdate analog video, and go to SD-SDI and HD-SDI, even these formats are not acceptable, and we continue to strive for 2K and 4K. If we do work in standard HD, we work to use professional excellent quality HD compression codecs like DVCProHD, ProRes422HQ, and AVID DNxHD 220 - NOT DV25 !
If you want to produce S#$%, then use product like VidBlaster. Even products like the Newtek Tricaster are professional products, and not a joke toy like Vidblaster. Be a professional - use professional equipment, with PROFESSIONAL QUALITY IMAGES. The iPhone is not a substitute for a RED camera.
bob Zelin
