Re: [Avid-L2] The growing trend to use DSLRs for HD video shots.

I really dont think h.264 video is good for editing.

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Pat <pat@horridge.org.uk> wrote:

>
>
> At VET we've had the 'joy' of working with the D5 footage on both Avid &
> FCP for quite a while now and have workflows in place to manage them. The
> pre D5 firmware update footage at 30fps presented it's on challenges and the
> novelty of the different look the camera gives had ready started to give way
> to concerns about compression artifacts and the effect of the shutter on
> movement. We also had a few finished 29.97fps. Jobs that suffered badly when
> converted to 25fps via top end standards conversion.
> Thankfully we now have more 25fps source media being shot but we're still
> seeing compromised footage more often than we'd hope.
> Frequently it's under exposure leading to excessive noise when graded. Lots
> of motion issues due to movement of the subjects or the camera, some are
> related to being progressive and some the cameras shutter. But we still see
> actual compression artifacts in the camera source footage.
> I'd hoped it would be a limited client base adoption of the DSLR camera as
> a source but I'm seeing more and more being used on shots.
> So Media Composer 5 looks well placed to do it's best at silk purse
> creation;-/
>
>
>

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