I haven't had any problems with Panasonic mini dv tapes for recording HD,
and haven't noticed any quality difference when using HD tapes vs SD tapes
either. Not worth the ~50% markup in my opinion.
Definitely a good idea to stick to one brand per camera though, as has been
mentioned here before.
I like the farm report. Short clips, not much editing time with logos and
such. Cultural documentation. I remember in the dot com boom content is
king was often heard, followed by but RAM is god...by the geeks..
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~ Caleb J. Clark
~ Portfolio: www.plocktau.com
~ The problem with
Kerry
To the best of my knowledge, you cant bring objects from Maya into AE. You
need to
render separate passes for RGB, Alpha, ObjectBuffers for each object, then
maybe Depth
passes for each object. Of course you need to export camera data if you want
your 3D
elements to interact with any
I've used Panasonic miniDV tapes in the JVCHD100 just fine. HDV was a format
designed
to work within the 25mb/sec limitation of DV25. HDV and DV25 should in theory
work
with any miniDV tape and be interoperable.
As with all media, a good name brand will ensure better results (kinda goes
