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Spot|DSE wrote on 10/8/2009, 6:52 AM
In terms of?
Several cameras can shoot 30p. Several shoot 60p. Even budget cams like the GoProHero HD.
JHendrix wrote on 10/8/2009, 7:02 AM
i meant the ---- (over 60i)

never seen that before
Laurence wrote on 10/8/2009, 7:10 AM
30p is my favorite way to shoot these days. Looks good on TV downrezzed, looks good on HD TV, looks good on the Internet. Previews well, you can crop and zoom a little. Great frame rate IMHO.
Spot|DSE wrote on 10/8/2009, 7:37 AM
Agreed, we use 30p for anything that isn't high motion, and for that we're shooting 60i or occasionally 60p.
As storage devices grow faster and faster, we'll start seeing 1080/60p on cheap cams too. Currently most of them are 720p60 due to bandwidth.
JHendrix, if you look at our vimeo pages, you'll see they're all acquired 30p (other than the skydiving/BASE/MotoX content) and delivered as same.
JHendrix wrote on 10/8/2009, 7:54 AM
thats what I want to do

but i have 3 cameras

HVX200 - no prob
XHA1 - no prob

*** new *** HDC HS300 - only has 60i

so the question is, how do i bring the 60i into vegas along with the 30p?

and then how is it possible to render the different formats successfully?
JHendrix wrote on 10/8/2009, 10:08 AM
its a 2000.00 dollar question

do i keep the 2 hdc-hs300 cams i just bought that shoot 60i and try to "conform" in vegas 30p timeline (along with p2 shot at 30p)

or do i upgrade to 2 HMC40 cams that advertise 1080/30p (over 60i)

is there a real world difference in vegas when editing and rendering ?
Laurence wrote on 10/8/2009, 2:12 PM
One thing you can do is to shoot the 30p cameras as 30p, the 60i camera as 60i, and just render to 60i. The 30p will still be 30p. It looks the same to your eye whether it displays alternating lines all at once or a sixtieth of a second apart. On an HD TV the 1080i playback will look wonderful. For computer playback, render to 1080i .mxf and playback with the incredibly good looking https://servicesplus.us.sony.biz/sony-software-model-PDZVX10.aspxSony PDZVX10 XDCAM Viewer[/link]. It will look wonderful. For Youtube HD, just do a 1280x720x30p render. Only the 60i shots will deinterlace and the by the time you go down a bit in resolution, it really won't matter all that much. That should cover all your bases.
JHendrix wrote on 10/8/2009, 2:20 PM
wow thanks for the info


i might just return the little panny cams (they are not very impressive to me so far) and get the canon HF S11 which does 30p and seems better overall...