best pict quality/resolution for hvx 720 or 1080?
by Wes Malkin
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Mar 5, 2006 at 1:03:50 pm
Just got the HVX and need some info on what the best picture quality/highest resolution would be. Have heard it's native 720... and the chips are 1080?? Not sure i get the answer... just got the camera and will be putting it to work right away. Could only get the 4 gig cards so shooting 720 gives more time per card but i don't want to sacrifice picture quality and can dnload to the drive. So with that in mind i'm wondering with this camera is there an answer? Bear in mind that i will be shooting 35mm film and the shooting the HVX @24p and variable frame rates.In the end all will be untercut in this project. In addition final product will also be transferred from NTSC to PAL. Thanks for you help!
Re: best pict quality/resolution for hvx 720 or 1080? by Wes Malkin on Mar 5, 2006 at 9:24:02 pm
A bit more complicated than that.. LOL!! We are shooting a commercial on 35mm film, will be transfered to DigiBeta and possibly to some flavor of HD... not decided yet... we may use some of the footage aquired by the HVX but everything for the commercial will be covered by film. We will set up most of the shots we do with the HVX. I really want to take advantage of the vari speed capibilities... the ability to overcrank is one of the things i really like about this camera. The footage will mainly be used for a stand alone piece about what we are doing... shooting the commercial. I will use some of the footage we shoot for the commercial in cutting the piece... here's how,who and here's what we did.A bit of vanity for the agency... That said, I'm looking to get the highest resolution out of the images. Any thoughts?? Thanks for your reply!
Re: best pict quality/resolution for hvx 720 or 1080? by Wes Malkin on Mar 6, 2006 at 2:23:46 am
Yeah that's correct... !! I kind of answered my own question.. didn't really think about that and was looking in the manual... classic case of RTFM!! LOL still waiting for the P2 cards to arrive so i can't even test the camera fully yet!! Thanks again for the info...!
Re: best pict quality/resolution for hvx 720 or 1080? BUT?? by Kenn Christenson on Mar 6, 2006 at 7:12:04 pm
In my tests with the EIA1956 chart, I found that shooting in 1080 definately gives you more resolution. What's happening is that the CCDs are scanned to produce a 1080 image. The 1080 image is then downrezed to give you 720. It's that downrez that reduces resolution.
It's a shame they decided to go the 1080 route, when it's possible to deliver the resolution the camera gets at 1080 in a lower bandwidth 720 image.
1080P variable frame rate by Steve Freebairn on Mar 7, 2006 at 3:36:08 pm
Actually in all reality you can do overcranking in 1080p, because you can shoot 1080 30P and then slow it down to 80% of the speed (granted that isn't much) and you would have a slight dreamy effect.
