cineframe

macgregor

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CineFrame Mode
The HVR-Z1U offers several options for "cine-like" shooting in three modes: 30 frames, 25 frames and 24 frames.

This is in the USA camera.
But i cannot find any cineframe in the European version of the camera.

By the way i understand that the cineframe what does is deinterlace the image digitally, but still we get a progresive image when capturing in the PC, right? (just as the old XL1????)
 
I am getting really confused.

I should buy the Z1E (because i live in Europe) but i would only use the camera to get progressive videos.

In that case the best way as it seems is to buy the Z1U becasue it can output 1080p at 25 frames per second although the images have already been deinterlaced.
However, will the SD video outputs be in NTSC? or is it completely switchable either NTSC/PAL (not asking about recording but about previwing in a standrd tv monitor?

I need to know this in order to order the camera really soon. And i cannot wait for the JVC.!
 
Cineframe is not progressive; it’s an interpolated interlaced which approximates progressive. And it’s *definitely* not 1080p; the resolution is much lower. The XL1 did not have a progressive mode, either, but an interpolated “frame” mode which eliminated interlace artifacts, but at the cost of resolution.

If what you want is true progressive (and it would be something worth waiting for), then you need to wait, because the Sony does not deliver it.
 
The Z1 is fully switchable between NTSC and PAL, so any Z1 will have all three cineframe modes. As David said, they're not progressive at all -- it's all interlaced, always. In CineFrame 25 and CineFrame 30, the camera just duplicates one field (effectively giving you de-interlaced video). If you want actual progressive scan, the Sony is not the camera you want, because it does not do progressive scan in any way, shape, or form.
 
There is one other that's available now -- the JVC HD10. And it is progressive-scan.

However, I'd strongly, strongly, strongly, strongly recommend the Sony over that JVC. The Sony is a much better designed camera, much more usable.
 
They might wonder if professional cams do not normally have a big mike on top. And not this buildin thingy...
 
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