Recent content by dodger

Okay, so I'm stumped. The setup is a DVX100a, firewire out to an Inspiron 9300 for use with DV Rack. For sound, a Behringer sound board with XLRs to the camera. When I run the laptop on battery power, no problem. But the minute I plug into AC, I get a distinct buzz when monitoring sound from...

I shot a stand-up comic recently and he was wearing the brightest multi-colored striped shirt I've ever seen. There was no time to get him to change, so we had to go with it. But, now, of course, I've got that strobing like effect you get when you shoot venetian blinds or other striped stuff...

I am new to Vegas and would like to know of any settings I should be using for footage shot in 30p Drop frame on a DVX100a. Right now, under Project Properties I have the template set at the standard NTSC DV (720x480, 29.970fps) However, I wonder about the Deinterlace method: with choices of...

What is the correct setting for shooting in 30p? Drop frame or non-drop frame. A friend of mine borrowed the DVX100a and when it was returned I forgot to check that setting and shot some footage in 30p with the setting on "drop frame." Are there any consequences in this? I know in 24p it is...

Anybody out there try out or own the Rode NTG1 or NTG2 mic? I've heard all the tests for the AT4073A and certainly am prepared to plunk down the green, but if this relatively new mic by Rode is what they claim it is, I'd love to save the money. If anyone knows anything about it, or have looked...

Hardly ever post, cause just as I'm about to ask a question, I find that someone else has already done so, and the answers are right in front of me. But I've got one now. Based on input from here and elsewhere, I recently purchased a PVDV53 as a slave camera. Requirements: display timecode...