Matching Two Cameras! Please Help!

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jrod81

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hey guys
due to conditions beyond my control I am not going to be able to use two hvx or two jvc cameras like i was hoping... i am stuck using a jvc gy-hd200 and an hvx200. however, i do not have enough p2 cards so i am going SD and shooting on tape. i need to know how to get the footage at least to be the same for editing timeline...
i realize the footage won't look identical but i need to know what to set the JVC to... i am doing 30p with the letterbox setting in 480 to tape on the hvx... so what do i do on the JVC- anyone? i figure flip it to DV and shoot to tape as well, but in the menu the only DV option is 60i... should i do that instead of 720/30p??? is any of this making sense...
i shoot tomorrow so i hope someone can get to this in time.
thanks a ton
jared
 
I used both these cameras last year on a dual-camera shoot. They match perfectly, except there's more compression artifacts with HDV. However once edited and further compressed it's barely noticeable.

Colour matches fine on both cameras with a minimum of tweaking. I don't remember the settings, but it took only a couple minutes to do by having both cameras pointed at the same target and switching between a common monitor. As I remember the JVC was set to default, and the HVX had some very minor tweaks.

We shot 720P on P2 and HDV tape.
 
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