hv 30 editing

[xtravel]

hi ,
saw the review by vc on the new canon hv 30. i can say very positive reviews. makes me want to own it at
such an affordable price. by the need to ask this from gurus here, is capturing the footage on hv30 on vegas
is as normal u capture on a dv tape ? to edit is as normal as or do i need sumthin like gearshift to convert the codecs ?
browse on the net &  saw few accessories for the hv30 m , quite interesting . by the comments given by the gurus
here bout the hv30, its definitely sumthin to consider . 

[jaegersing]

You capture the HV30 footage as normal, the data rate for HDV and DV is quite similar so no problem to go through firewire. If you have Vegas, you can edit HV30 footage without buying any other software. Below is the proof. I was overseas in March, and managed to shoot, capture and edit the videos below while I was away. The F1 cars video was actually done at Zurich airport while I was waiting for a flight.

This camera is really nice, I would recommend it to anybody who is looking for the best picture possible from a small cam.

Richard

http://www.vimeo.com/823821

http://www.vimeo.com/814237

http://www.vimeo.com/808603

http://www.vimeo.com/770502

[xtravel]

You capture the HV30 footage as normal, the data rate for HDV and DV is quite similar so no problem to go through firewire. If you have Vegas, you can edit HV30 footage without buying any other software. Below is the proof. I was overseas in March, and managed to shoot, capture and edit the videos below while I was away. The F1 cars video was actually done at Zurich airport while I was waiting for a flight.

This camera is really nice, I would recommend it to anybody who is looking for the best picture possible from a small cam.

Richard

http://www.vimeo.com/823821

http://www.vimeo.com/814237

http://www.vimeo.com/808603

http://www.vimeo.com/770502

thks richard for the kind reply. kopi for u ( dunno how many i utang u kopi liao 

[xtravel]

oh richard, saw the clips u posted, why is it jerky ? just wonderin

[engr]

Hi xtravel, that jerkiness is due to the framerate on Vimeo. Dun worry about it. Anyway, HV30 is a very good choice. Go ahead n get it.. Affordable n good.

[jaegersing]

Yeah, the jerkiness is one of Vimeo's "features". Hope they will fix that one day.

What's worse is that you can't even use IE7 to download the mp4 files now, due to a security "upgrade" on their site.

I have another HV30 video uploading now. I did not do any colour correction or anything, so you will be able to see what great results this little cam can produce. I'll post the link later when it is uploaded.

Richard

[xtravel]

Yeah, the jerkiness is one of Vimeo's "features". Hope they will fix that one day.

What's worse is that you can't even use IE7 to download the mp4 files now, due to a security "upgrade" on their site.

I have another HV30 video uploading now. I did not do any colour correction or anything, so you will be able to see what great results this little cam can produce. I'll post the link later when it is uploaded.

Richard

ho richard, normally when u edit HDV wat is ur setting at the project properties ? btw if ur editing SD can you output to HD ? example to HD 1080-60 0r 50 i (1920X1080 29.970FPS ) will the quality be like HD . thks

[jaegersing]

Hi xtravel. I usually set the project to the HDV preset for 50i or 25p (which I created myself), basically to match the media I am using. This is 1440x1080, with pixel aspect ratio of 1.333 and frame rate of 25 (Upper Field First for 50i) or 25 (Progressive for 25p).

Yes you can output SD to any size you like, but you are not creating any new video data, so it will just look like SD blown up to HD size. No way will it be as sharp or clean as HD or HDV.

Richard