P3D Re: Digital video and Nu-View

[Brian David Phillips <phillips@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Harold Baize wrote:
 
> Brian David Phillips wrote:
 
> >Do you use a digital camcorder with a firewire
> >attatchment or are you going analog?  The former
> >shouldn't lose information but the latter will
> >lose a bit.
 
> Use caution and test digital cameras before you buy if you
> intend to use them for alternate field stereo video. I bought
> a Sony TRV103 Digital8 and returned it the next day for a
> Hi8 model because it did not work with the Nu-View adapter.
> Christoph Bungert explains why in his review of the Nu-View.

Aaaaargh!  Thanks for posting that advice as I have been looking forward
to using a TRV900 with I-Art's adapter and would be more than a little
bit beyond frustrated is the wretched thing doesn't work right.

Has anyone had any problems or success with either the TRV900 or the
VX1000?  Those are the two I am most considering (for various reasons). 
I prefer digital as to dgital-8 or hi-8 and would hate having to give up
my 3-D aspirations.

Anyone have experience with a consumer digital camcorder that works well
or know of others to stay away from?  I will not be able to reliably
test before I buy as I will be in Hong Kong when I buy and I'm getting
my stereo outfit here in Taiwan.

Thanks for the pointer.

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> I quote:
> 
> >"...[digital uses] progressive scan CCD. The camcorder plays to the
> >rules of the current TV-systems by recording 50-60 half-frames a
> >second, but it seems to scan the two half-frames (which represent
> >one full-frame) at the same fraction of time, thus eliminating the
> >usual time-gap between half-frames.
> 
> I still wonder if the TRV103 might have worked. I really like the
> advantages of digital video. Sony does not provide detailed technical
> information on how their CCDs aquire an image or which models use an
> averaging or progressive scan technology. I think it would be good for
> 3D-Video, Inc. to provide a list of camcorders that are know to be
> compatible, and a list of known incompatibles. It might save 3-D
> consumers time and money. I must admit though, I e-mailed 3-D Video
> and they warned me that the TRV103 might not work, but I still
> wanted to try for myself.
> 
> Harold


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