I am kinda confused on the term HD for video cameras. I am told that if I were to purchase a new camera, I should get something similar to the Panasonic DVX100 which is $3300. However I see HD cameras that are less than $2000. What advantages would one have if they have HD rather than a higher up camera that does not contain HD?
Also, what is the difference between HD and HDV?
A person's film is only as good as its weakest link. With this in mind, if I were to purchase either a Panasonic DVX100 or some sort of HD camera, would it be a waste because I may lose quality in the media I use? For example, I use Adobe Premiere Pro to edit. Can this software handle prosumer cameras? And would any quality be lost if I were to put the final product on dvd?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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However I see HD cameras that are less than $2000. What advantages would one have if they have HD rather than a higher up camera that does not contain HD?
Depends. You'd get the HD resolution, but not as much control over the image as the DVX100.
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Also, what is the difference between HD and HDV?
'Real' HD (e.g. HDCAM-SR) is, I believe, 1920x1080 luminance samples with 960x1080 color samples. HDV is either 1440x1080 with 720x540 color samples, or 1280x720 with 640x360 color samples. It's also MPEG-2 compressed to fit on the tape, which generally works fine but can introduce some annoying banding if you color correct the video too much.
DV, on the other hand, is 720x480 with 180x480 color samples in NTSC, nd 720x576 with 360x288 color samples in PAL. So you get four to five times as many pixels and color samples by shooting HDV.
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For example, I use Adobe Premiere Pro to edit. Can this software handle prosumer cameras?
Yes. Premiere Pro can handle both DV and HDV... though it doesn't natively edit HDV, it transcodes to a different codec, so there's a little extra generation loss and higher hard disk space requirements.
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And would any quality be lost if I were to put the final product on dvd?
Yes, but that can't be avoided regardless of what you shoot on.
thanks a bunch. i came across this article while researching. You may have to create an account to view the article:
http://www.dv.com/features/features_item.jhtml?category=Archive&articleId=174900673
