Clay Walker

thank you for the information! I have a SD PAL shoot in Italy next week and I have rented an EX1 to shoot PAL there. But, I am still kicking around the idea that I might be able to pull a useable image from my HPX170 that I just received and use it instead. In attempt to "fake" some PAL footage from my HVX170 yesterday, I did the following test and I am curious where my downfall may be in attempting this: I shot at 720/25P (actually shooting at 24.98) & set the syncro scan to 50. I then dropped the the footage into a FCP timeline that was set to the FCP PAL sequence default. I enlarged the footage to 100% to create a 4:3 image and crop the sides. Basically, the footage does not seem to have any huge apparent issues on my Apple Cinema display. I tried a bunch of different things shooting-wise hoping to exploit any strobing with movement, etc.. It did hold its audio sync as well. I then made a PAL dvd of the material and played it back on my Sony PVM-20L5. In 575/50i mode the entire image did appear to be a bit "strobey" but not particularly on the movement so I am not sure if that is the monitor itself. I am told this is normally what a PAL dvd will do on an trinitron monitor, even though monitor is registering the PAL signal. So then I shot some material using an EX1 in true 50 hz PAL mode & shot some 25P & 50P material. In comparison, the 25P EX1 material looks extremely similar to my 24.98 FPS modified to 25 HPX170 material, I think. They both exhibit the same behavior on my trinitron monitor.

Thanks everyone. I guess the other variable for my shooting at this point would be that I am going to be using the HPX170 which does shoot 25 FPS with audio, but I am told it is not PAL 25 fps, which I am not sure what that means. It sounds like the frame rate should be very close though.

I am curious what technical/playback issues would occur if I were to shoot in 1080/60i NTSC and then place that footage scaled down into a PAL standard def timeline in Final Cut Pro. ? I would ultimately be going back to PAL dv tape or PAL DVD with the material to play back on a projector. I've tried a couple of tests and haven't noticed anything too apparent. Thanks.

Freddy has an interesting story because he is "Nat's brother" and that takes on so many different meanings & complexities depending on the context in which it's being discussed. There were actually 4 brothers and 1 sister and they were all pianists. Freddy is the only living sibling from this generation and he is the oldest living "Cole." He was not even mentioned in the recent "World of Nat Cole" that aired on PBS back in May. Actually, Nat was pretty much portrayed as an only child in that portrait... You should check Freddy out on iTunes or where ever you can hear some music samples. He's really amazing. His last two CDs "Because of You" & "This Love of Mine" are fantastic. I have been asked about this before and it seems like a good idea but it is really beyond my production capabilities. I would be concerned about some sort of parallax issue unless the lines were on the actually image on the viewfinder. Thanks for your well wishes! Clay

I LOVE that quote! My documentary short "The Cole Nobody Knows" will be screening at the Lammle Grande 4-Plex August 23-29. The screenings will be 8 pm. daily. They haven't updated their website yet, but should today. http://www.laemmle.com/new.php?date=08232006&thid=10 The film was shot with the DVX100A using an AspectCorrect and uprezed to HDcam for this screening. I actually developed the AC during this project and really liked the flexibility of being able to adjust the 4:3 image in post. The film is about pianist & vocalist Freddy Cole, who just happens the amazingly talented younger brother of Nat "King" Cole. Mr. Cole is about to celebrate his 75th birthday in a couple of weeks. Please check it out the film if you get a chance. The film's official website is: http://www.planbproductions.com/Freddy_Cole/

Hello, My documentary short "The Cole Nobody Knows" will be screening at the Lammle Grande 4-Plex August 23-29. http://www.laemmle.com/viewmovie.php?mid=2274 The screenings will be 8 pm. daily. They haven't updated their website yet, but should today. http://www.laemmle.com/new.php?date=08232006&thid=10 The timing should be great to see "Cole" and then go into "Snakes on A Plane" at 8:30 pm... The film was shot with the DVX100A and uprezed to HDcam for this screening. The film's official website is: http://www.planbproductions.com/Freddy_Cole/ The film is about pianist & vocalist Freddy Cole, who just happens the amazingly talented younger brother of Nat "King" Cole. Mr. Cole is about to celebrate his 75th birthday in a couple of weeks. Please check it out the screening if you get a chance.

Hi, I don't know if this would be of help to you as it is an LCD solution but take a look at the website for The AspectCorrect. There are various clings for the DVX camera's LCD marking film aspect ratios and 16:9 (while the camera is in 4:3 mode.) Clay