Anthony Fernandez

Thank you Mr. mullen, you've been extremely helpful

Also, if you don't have the luxury of legally being able to shoot at the location, I've brought friends along with some bounce boards and flags customized to fit the natural lighting situation...Unless the location's only got a single light in the whole area then you should be able to get some nice levels...But it takes more planning than if you actually got a permit and were able to bring equipment in. But yea, you get what you put in.

Thanks for the response David. My apologies for being so vauge. I should've mentioned the camera I've been experimenting on is the Sony PD-150. And I suppose we could narrow it down to what shooting at 1/30 shutter speed would end up looking like once transferred to film as far as loss of quality and motion. Although I think even on little or no movement shooting at 1/30th just looks awful anyway. But this is strictly about experiment. Would the actual flow and movement be changed at all in a film transfer under these settings? And concerning loss of quality/color in blowing up the digital image to film, does that actually happen in the transfer? If not, what does happen? How do you avoid any of the inevitable flaws that come with the transfer? I have to ask this question in the most general sense because I'm assuming some dv's would end up looking a lot better in a transfer than others. Thanks again-Anthony

Hello, I'm new to the forum here so whatever hazing ritual is necessary in making me one of your own, then by all means ridicule away. I'm hoping someone can give a full answer or any sort of insight in to the MiniDV to film transfer process as far as what is lost in image quality and how to possibly avoid losing it. Also, just out of curiosity, would anyone know what would result in say reducing your MiniDV's shutter to 30, shooting it in that setting, then doing a film transfer? Would it just be a mess of pixelation and strobing? I'd imagine so but I can't really be sure. I've been researching it for a while but haven't had the funds to really experiment with it myself. Hopefully my questions aren't so vauge and general in terms of conditions provided that no one can answer it. But if you need a more specific scenario I'd be happy to come up with one. Or if you'd even have a shooting/lighting scenario to make an example of, please do. Thanks-Anthony