Capturing 25psf with KONA 2
by Marcus Ionis
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Aug 2, 2006 at 3:30:09 pm
My client has 25psf HDCAM and wants the QT to be 25psf or 25p.
He will be doing a lot of compositing and doesn't want interlaced artifacts.
The KONA2 doesn't have an "Easy Setup" and the KONA 3 I've been told has the hardware but doesn't have the software.
What are my options?
Re: Capturing 25psf with KONA 2 by gary adcock on Aug 2, 2006 at 4:12:05 pm
[Marcus Ionis]"My client has 25psf HDCAM and wants the QT to be 25psf or 25p"
The 1080 in-camera format is always PSF (progressive capture -interlaced playback called a "progressive segmented frame") your footage will always playback as interlace.
[Marcus Ionis]"The KONA2 doesn't have an "Easy Setup" and the KONA 3 I've been told has the hardware but doesn't have the software."
Marcus - both statements are incorrect. Even My Kona LH has easy setups for 1080i 25
Make sure you have the most up to date drivers and FCP and everything should be fine.
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Re: Capturing 25psf with KONA 2 by marcus on Aug 2, 2006 at 5:24:21 pm
[Marcus Ionis] "The KONA2 doesn't have an "Easy Setup" and the KONA 3 I've been told has the hardware but doesn't have the software."
[Gary Adcock]
Marcus - both statements are incorrect. Even My Kona LH has easy setups for 1080i 25
Yes...I'm very aware of 1080 25i but my question is targert towards psf and p.
The client doesn't want any interlace artifact in the capture. Also the system I'm on does have the current drivers.
Re: Capturing 25psf with KONA 2 by gary adcock on Aug 2, 2006 at 7:35:30 pm
Marcus
re read the first sentence in my original post-
True progressive captures of 1080 material at 24 or 25fps can only be done on outside of the camera on SRW or D5 decks. It cannot be done incamera today.
This is the way the format was built for 1080 and you do not have any other options. not from HD cam.
Viper, Genesis, Dalsa, and Varicam (720 only) can all do truly progressive frames, as does the 900 and 950 direct to a tape deck.
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Re: Capturing 25psf with KONA 2 by Marcus Ionis on Aug 3, 2006 at 2:56:34 pm
Gary
Let me ask another question instead.
If the "Easy Setup" is 1080i25 will the KONA digitizer capture the psf format into interlace.
Creating interlace artifacts from the psf master. Don't care about the playback on a monitor. Just the QT.
Again they are compositing with QT files. So ...that's their concern.
Re: Capturing 25psf with KONA 2 by gary adcock on Aug 3, 2006 at 4:43:21 pm
[Marcus Ionis]"If the "Easy Setup" is 1080i25 will the KONA digitizer capture the psf format into interlace.
Creating interlace artifacts from the psf master. "
same same.
The footage is interlaced on the tape BEFORE the Kona ever sees it.
This is the way the format was built for 1080 and you do not have any other options, except on systems like Lustre and Quantel.
the 1080psf format is a "progressive segmented frame" so it plays back as
interlace on most systems. There are post tools that can reconstruct the individual frames as progressive on the very high end but on most systems the footage plays out as interlace.
gary adcock
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Re: Capturing 25psf with KONA 2 by gary adcock on Aug 2, 2006 at 7:35:30 pm
Marcus
re read the first sentence in my original post-
True progressive captures of 1080 material at 24 or 25fps can only be done on outside of the camera on SRW or D5 decks. It cannot be done incamera today.
This is the way the format was built for 1080 and you do not have any other options. not from HD cam.
Viper, Genesis, Dalsa, and Varicam (720 only) can all do truly progressive frames, as does the 900 and 950 direct to a tape deck.
gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows
My DVD's are available @
http://www.rastervector.com/dvd/dvd.html
