Lunchbox
2007 September 8th, 23:48
1. Shoot HDV and downsize in NLE
Of course, if you intended to output SD, shoot in HDV, then downsize in your NLE. It gives better result than capturing in DV Lock. Here's the post of my comparison
http://www.hv20.com/showpost.php?p=10296
2. Digital Zoom
You can make use of digital zoom to give you additional zoom power. In general, digital zoom is a no no. Since you will eventually resize down the image to 720x480 in SD, the digital zoom artifacts are minimized. Look at this post,
http://www.hv20.com/showpost.php?p=9126&postcount=24
The top one is GL2 zooming max at 20X optical zoom. The bottom one is HV20 with digital zoom on. I don't remember the zoom ratio but it is in the digital zoom range.
But then, I won't go all the way to 100x. Max out at 40x will give acceptable results.
3. Multiple Angle
For example, if you are shooting an interview. Instead of having 2 cams shooting the interviewer and interviewee, you can just use 1 cam to shoot a wide shot with both interviewer and interviewee. Do not down size the footage to 720x480. Instead, crop one clip to 720x480 to only the interview. Crop the second clip also to 720x480 to only the interviewee. Now you have multiple angle.
Another similar situation, in an event, if a slideshow is played, you want to put Picture-in-Picture showing people's reaction to the slideshow. Don't just set the frame to one person. Set it to 2 people side by side. Then in post, duplicate the track and crop to each person. Now you can capture more shots with the audience's reaction.
Feel free to add more :)
Of course, if you intended to output SD, shoot in HDV, then downsize in your NLE. It gives better result than capturing in DV Lock. Here's the post of my comparison
http://www.hv20.com/showpost.php?p=10296
2. Digital Zoom
You can make use of digital zoom to give you additional zoom power. In general, digital zoom is a no no. Since you will eventually resize down the image to 720x480 in SD, the digital zoom artifacts are minimized. Look at this post,
http://www.hv20.com/showpost.php?p=9126&postcount=24
The top one is GL2 zooming max at 20X optical zoom. The bottom one is HV20 with digital zoom on. I don't remember the zoom ratio but it is in the digital zoom range.
But then, I won't go all the way to 100x. Max out at 40x will give acceptable results.
3. Multiple Angle
For example, if you are shooting an interview. Instead of having 2 cams shooting the interviewer and interviewee, you can just use 1 cam to shoot a wide shot with both interviewer and interviewee. Do not down size the footage to 720x480. Instead, crop one clip to 720x480 to only the interview. Crop the second clip also to 720x480 to only the interviewee. Now you have multiple angle.
Another similar situation, in an event, if a slideshow is played, you want to put Picture-in-Picture showing people's reaction to the slideshow. Don't just set the frame to one person. Set it to 2 people side by side. Then in post, duplicate the track and crop to each person. Now you can capture more shots with the audience's reaction.
Feel free to add more :)