Zacuto Shootout Part 3?

j1clark@ucsd.edu said:
One of the things to process an image to increase 'edge' information at least for how humans perceive things, is to 'blur' then add/subtract (depending on what you want to do...) that blurred image from a multiple of the original image...

It is a form of contrast enhancement that takes the local neighbors of a pixel into account, rather than a global contrast enhancement.

The 'mask' has to do with how many neighboring pixels are used in the filter process, as well as the shape. In digital processing the 'shape' is often a square region around a pixel. in more theoretical works, often a circle is used...

The 'unsharp' means using the blurred pixels in the neighborhood for the calculations. One could use values for the mask that has an arbitrary set of numbers...
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ok, ok...the term itself was misleading, but based on your explanation, it makes total sense...thanks so much for taking the time!
 
philiplipetz said:
there is also a hint about making professional editing easier. Codec change, software, native 24p? Probably just 24pn but can hope for more.
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I'm pretty satisfied with my choice for the GH-1, with only one 'could be better', in regard to the Autofocus Single, and video. That to me is the only 'real' problem I have with the camera and software.

Before I bought, I looked at Barry's various tests, and for 'internet' viewing, and even competing with say a HMC150, I have no problem with the codec or the work flow, in the sense that the recommended practice is to convert the 'raw' codec material into something better for editing anyway.

Sure it is a convenience to have the AVCHD directly editable... but it seems that most workflows tend to convert to some 'better' intermediate format, that convenience loses any significance.

For me the significant features, are 'reasonable' capture of video for my anticipated film needs, and interchangeable lenses to better fit what I'm use to with still cameras. (including using my Nikon lenses with an a-dapter...)

That's it... (and to note, I've never really liked the various methods of putting lenses on the fixed lensed video cameras...)

If I shoot a fight scene... I do what the big boys often do... blur/timeremap into something that covers any codec failures... (same for any highspeed motion....)

I'm wondering if any one really has looked at what most people produced using 16 or 8mm film on their 'learning how to make films'... to be sure in the hands of someone knowledgable
these format can look 'wonderful'... but just have the exposure off or not enough light... and the result is just as shi*ty as any amount of 'digital mud'...
 
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