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boguskitty

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  1. B) Pete is right on all accounts. I can't believe you other guys. DV and HDV are a community, not some whiney group of wankers. I live in England and I was at the NAB when Sony rented out the MGM Grand's theatre and showed side by side 25p 50mbs 4:2:2 pal side by side with thier HD solution. No one could believe that the SD looked more like images captured on film than the HD. The HD actually looked too clean, like watching a very large television monitor. It was freaky. But SD looked just like film. Actually I took the trouble of watching a Disney film right before the show on a theatre of the same size so I could compare. It was inspiring. The American 900 SDX 24p should be pretty close, but if you have to have something to whine about, just get the PAL version and be comforted. By the way, the XL2 does not use the entire surface of its tiny 1/3" ccd array. The lenses have a blow-up factor and that is why they get the 20x "improved" telephoto stats. The CCDs are not true 16x9 like real cameras and now it doesn't even have native 4x3 ccds either. And the lenses are not designed for the reduced chip size. All in all I think it sucks. As for shooting side by side with the Varicam, I have shot and seen xl1s footage beside the sdx900 and the varicam and know Stuart English personally and I can say that the Canon is a laughing joke. Save your money and get the Panasonic 100a! Thanks Pete, I really enjoyed your posts! Boguskitty.
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