Shooting using DVtape

SurJones

SurJones

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okay, so I will probably be using tapestock for small projects, such as my Real Estate Video Tours. I want the best look I can get. How do I accomplish this and get the best quality I can get through minidv. Are there multiple settings that allow me achieve this. I know the Sony dumps to HDV, I know we can't but want to get the best. :)


thanks
 
prolly best bet is to shoot DVCPRO50 on to P2 cards, (you get around 30 mins on 2x 4GB?) and then do dubmode to tape...
 
I will have only one 4gb P2 card... Each property under 3k sq ft. Takes about 30mins of footage with my old crappy tripod. Hence why I am buying a new one.... but I still want to estimate 30 mins per property. If there is a way to get 30mins of footage on the 4gb P2 card, at better than XL1s quality that would rock.. Also it is always going to shoot in 16:9 mode (even if I dub to DV), so I will have the bars. Some cleitns prefer it.. dont know why.
 
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There are several things to consider at this point with regard to real estate videos. Shooting with the P2 card isn't like shooting with tape. It's like shooting with film. You need to first plan your shots before pulling the trigger. You also have to consider lighting. The HVX200 requires much more light than the DVX100 series. 16x9 requires a wider light pattern (as much as 70%).

If you're planning on shooting at DVCPRO50, you could always just dump to your laptop when you near the end of the card.

One final note, and please don't take this the wrong way. I've shot many real estate videos, and as a rule, they are not on the top of the economic food chain. Unless you're getting very heavy bucks for shooting them, I'd just shoot it to tape. It's much more forgiving and you're clients won't notice the difference 99% of the time.

my 2 cents
 
I dont have a laptop but a External HDD (will that help) I have a G5 PowerMac, so not quite portable. as for real estate, I am shooting like 3 per day, a couple times a week, So I think it pays well. But I am jsut a newb to real estate :)

If you can help with the other many questions per my last post that would be great.
 
you could dump to tape if you shot in DVCPRO50 but thats real time. how many minutes of DVCPRO50 can you fit on a 4GB P2 card? if you have all the time in the world i would suggest dumping to tape but its real time, so expect to have about 10 or so mins. of just waiting for the capture to finish, then format or erase the p2 card and record another 10 mins. and ur saying 30 mins per property? so be prepared to be there an hour just go get all the dumping to tape finished.
 
Surjones: You're making this whole thing much more difficult than it needs to be. Just shoot your Real Estate Videos to DV. Period!!! If you're going to be shooting real commercial work and getting paid real money, then think about DVCPRO50 to tape, or better yet, shoot at 720/24PN and then dub it directly to the tape in your camera. This way you'll have DV footage of the highest quality that you don't have to do anything else with.
 
Yes, just shoot to tape, but at this point i would advise to shoot in progessive mode, 24P or 30P. I have seen excessive aliasing ( jaggies) on hard diagonal lines on the HVX in SD 60i. Real Estate would be prime for this problem. Try shooting a test to see if you notice this. At this point the problem is not confirmed and I am one of the few people ranting about it, but be forewarned. To test compare both progressive and 60i with the same settings and look at straight diagonal lines particularely while moving the camera (esp vertically.) Progressive should look better anyway.
 
i know I am , but better paranoid so I have all my bases covered. There is no one local I can really chat with, so hands on kind of thing is out, and is the only way I really lear and keep in my head. I can read and read, but it wont stick. Touch and feel once, and will never forget :) Bootcamp is calling my name. If it were in Denver, man I would jump on it.
 
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