Recent content by Taras

Just wandering if anybody has much experience with the new AVCHD format. I see that Panasonic are supplying software to transcode it to DVCPRO HD and I was wondering how well it compares in post. How does this compression compare with HDV and DVCPRO, is it Inter or Intra compression and what...

Hi, As some of you may be aware, we have been developing a underwater housing system for the HVX which should be ready for release Q1 next year. We finished the prototypes at the beginning of 08 and have been conducting extensive testing since. The housing will accommodate the full HVX range and...

Hi guys, need some advise. Just set up a Matrox MXO system. Main screen apple 23", playback screen apple 20". Everything installed ok, but I can't get the color bars to come up on the 20" for me to calibrate. I have tried all the bar files and it will not display any of them. The 20" screen just...

Thought I would drop in a quick note on some of my experience on a recent doco. we were filming. We were following a team of technical divers who were trying to extend exploration of a cave system (approx. 6km long). The cave consists of several dry sumps a very long passages of wet cave. The...

I am after a DVX100 camera to be used as a test rig for cheaking remote control functions. The camera needs to be in working order, but don't mind if it has damaged tape system as it will not be used for filming. I just need to to sit in the lab as a final quality check for the remote control...

Hoping one of you guys can explain the workings of the HVX200 1080p setting for me. My question is that for a standard 1080i camera with interlaced chip the following is true. Due to the interlace of the chip the scan is in fact a 2:1 ratio which equates to 540 lines being scanned at any one...