Bob Prichard Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 I am looking for an HD camcorder that has frame-by-frame playback. I videotape golfers to analyze their swing. Am currently using a Canon XL-1 but want to go to HD for better image quality. Any feedback appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibte hassan Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 I am looking for an HD camcorder that has frame-by-frame playback. I videotape golfers to analyze their swing. Am currently using a Canon XL-1 but want to go to HD for better image quality. Any feedback appreciated. I just tested this out on my HVX. I shot 720p and played back frame by frame using the remote my camera comes with. I dont have a HD monitor I am sure you can watch this on screen, frame by frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gottlieb Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 I am looking for an HD camcorder that has frame-by-frame playback. I videotape golfers to analyze their swing. Am currently using a Canon XL-1 but want to go to HD for better image quality. Any feedback appreciated. The HVX will give you easy & simple HD still images you can review instantly, no matter what frame rate you shot at. The XL-H1 has a higher resolution chip but since it's a long-GOP solution frame by frame analysis is near-impossible on the spot. My recommendation would be to shoot at 720/60p on the HVX and since it uses no GOP compression schemes or tape when recording in HD and will give you a true 60 frames per second to analyze. If you want to view it in slow motion as well you can set the camera while using P2 to 720/24pN and switch the frame rate to 60. This will still give you a true 60 frames per second but will playback at 24, giving you 2.5x slow motion video to analyze as well as the step-framing. Just be careful, because 1080/60i is interlaced and not progressive, although 1080/30p is. Also, either 60-frames mode in 720/60p or 720/24pN is still 1 GB/sec, so prepare for the archival space. Otherwise, this is probably the cheapest and most re-usable system around for your needs if you want HD. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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