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I hope you have fun editing that HDV. I have been using that camera for the past 9 months and dropouts are like 15 or 16 frames so you can't just "fix" a drop out.
Also, everything just takes longer to render and output.
What I have been doing is just downconverting to DV straight out of the camera and then editing in DV. Then if I ever really neeed a HD version I can come back and re-edit the HDV version.
However, I must admit I get better downconverts to DV from software like Vegas or Premeire Pro than I do straight out of the camera.
Also, make sure you really really test out that camera before you actually use it in a production. And make sure you watch the test footage on a big screen HDTV. The reason is because you absolutely cannot rely on monitoring the footage being shot via the LCD. You pretty much have to use a larger monitor or else you are going to have some out of focus shots that are not obvious until you watch it on a big HDTV.
I think in few years when everyone is distributing their movies on HD DVDS we will see lots of out of focus shots.
I did a shoot last week and my Sony HDV camera sat on the shelf while I shot with SD camera. The reason? Well, you can still get a much better picture quality with a good SD camera then you can with the HDV camreras. Sure, it will not be as high res but the overall picture quality will be higher.
Good things about the sony: Amazing image stabilization
Does not break. Takes a beating.
Cheap for what you get
Best LCD I have ever seen on a camera.
Bad things about he sony: Lousy ass focus assist. Peaking canot even be fucking seen unless you buy the pro verson and that is still not all that great.
The iris needs to be cranked hard in order to change exposure on the fly. You really need to turn it a lot in order to get a response.
- I hope this helps
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