Canon XM2 vs Sony DCR-PDX10

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Peter Copestake

Canon XM2 vs Sony DCR-PDX10

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Thanks, Ian and Billy.
I like personal experience to supplement what I read. Tom Hardcastle also
writes approvingly of the Canon on the NLE page so we shall go for that,
if we can. I use a DSR300 for my, unpaid, pro. type charity work, Ian, but
it, and more importantly, the necessary tripod, is much too heavy to cart
around on holiday, visiting gardens, family etc. By the way, those of you
who know it, it was "JGLubbock- Artist and Writer" that made me upgrade to
digital pro. It was copied to NTSC, went to USA and Europe, and "Magical
Manor of Hemingford Grey" has even been presented to the Empress of Japan
and sold a couple of hundred for no benefit to us, but one does feel with
that "market" the product ought to be better. peter C.
tom hardwick

Re: Canon XM2 vs Sony DCR-PDX10

Post by tom hardwick »

Thanks, Ian and Billy.
I like personal experience to supplement what I read. Tom Hardcastle also
writes approvingly of the Canon on the NLE page so we shall go for that,
if we can.
Am I Tom Hardcastle? (actually Hardwick). I like both cameras and if compactness
was an important issue it'd have to be the Sony. If widescreen was very
important then the Sony wins again. But for everything else the Canon wins.

tom.
Peter Copestake

Re: Canon XM2 vs Sony DCR-PDX10

Post by Peter Copestake »

"tom hardwick" <tomh@rdwick.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
Am I Tom Hardcastle? (actually Hardwick). I like both cameras and if compactness
was an important issue it'd have to be the Sony. If widescreen was very
important then the Sony wins again. But for everything else the Canon wins.

tom.
Sorry, Tom, a slip of the cogs. Getting nearly as unreliable as my computer!
Very interested in the standard 8 film-video article in F&VM and the two
decimal points at which you control the speed of your projector - or is that
the speed at which you don't get 'strobing' which I know is not the right
term but can't remember what is. I am luckily able to run most projectors
at the standard speed and control the strobing by setting the 'clear-scan'
function of my DSR 300P. I put this info. in the little article I did for
the mag. last year but Garth omitted it I suppose because he felt there were
few clubs which had pro cameras available. Anyway thought you ought to know.
Peter
tom hardwick

Re: Canon XM2 vs Sony DCR-PDX10

Post by tom hardwick »

Very interested in the standard 8 film-video article in F&VM and the two
decimal points at which you control the speed of your projector - or is
that
the speed at which you don't get 'strobing' which I know is not the right
term but can't remember what is.
Perfectly correct Peter. In fact most Standard-8 footage was shot at 16fps
whereas Super-8 was most often shot at 18 fps. To avoid strobing the projector
has to be set to 16 2/3 fps (or 16.666) so that the rotating 3 bladed projector
shutter syncs with the 50Hz mains frequency.

It's not as nice as a flying spot transfer, but it's a damn sight cheaper.
The widescreen Centre charges £30 for a 50' reel to be properly tele-cinéd,
which gets expensive if you've a lot of footage to transfer.

tom.
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