• james omega 9 months ago
    The blackmagic intensity:

    blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/

    still over $200, but now us Canon HV20 users don't need to worry about being limited with HDV anymore. Or anyone with mini-HDMI ports on their consumer camcorders.

    just thought i'd share the news.
  • Eugenia Loli-Queru 9 months ago
    The quality difference between HDMI capture and HDV is not that big. The image is processed no matter how you capture, it's not RAW.

    What I don't like from the Intensity card is that it's a PCI card, not a PCMCIA-type, and so it requires a full PC with you when shooting rather than just a laptop. This is not realistic for most of us.

    Personally, I favor this solution better: cineform.blogspot.com/
    Also captures via HDMI too, but it's small.
  • Ian Lucero 9 months ago
    Right, unless the signal is taken straight off the CCD's or CMOS sensor it will be processed and not RAW.

    James, are you talking about a way to capture video 'off the tape' via HDMI as an alternative to using firewire? or are you hoping to capture a higher resolution images by bypassing the tape and just outputting via HDMI straight into you computer?
  • Eugenia Loli-Queru 9 months ago
    On HV20 when you capture via HDMI you bypass the tape and you capture progressive full HD 1080/30p or 1080/24p instead of 1440x1080/60i.
  • Ian Lucero 9 months ago
    Wow cool.

    then yeah... if that cineform thing comes to life then yeah that'd be the way to go. No tape and progressive.

    Is there something out there that can just plug into the firewire port of an external hard drive that has HDMI and just capture like that without having to use a screen and extra features?

    Why would you shoot HD interlaced in the first place?
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  • james omega 8 months ago
    Eugenia nailed it right on the head.
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  • David Day 8 months ago
    Eugenia, I have the HDR HC3 and it has an HDMI out jack on board. Does it have this same capability to output full HD via the HDMI Jack? Just curious.
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  • Peter Wu 8 months ago
    One question .. is the signal coming out of the hdmi port raw or scaled up from the 1440x1080? If scaled .. then why not just do that on the pc instead of from the camera and requiring a blackmagic card?
  • Eugenia Loli-Queru 8 months ago
    It is not RAW ("raw" has a special meaning), but it is true 1920x1080 progressive, not 1440x1080 interlaced with mpeg2 artifacts. It is not scaled up, it's a real resolution.
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  • Peter Wu 8 months ago
    Hi sorry for my silly questions. Do you mean capturing the video out live as it's being shot or after it gets on tape? If after it gets on tape .. what is the hv20 recording to tape that has full resolution but can't be retrieved via firewire? is it not the normal hdv 1440x1080 standard?
  • Eugenia Loli-Queru 8 months ago
    It is capturing live, no tape.
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  • Peter Wu 8 months ago
    Thanks!
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  • michael stevenson 3 months ago
    Anyone here capture HDMI yet?
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  • Trinder's Shots. 1 month ago
    yes i've captured live direct from the HDMI ports (to the ProRes HQ codec in FCP) and its noticeably better quality..

    only problem is my desktop MacPro aint gonna fit in a backpack..


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  • Perrone Ford 1 month ago
    I wish capturing HD-SDI was this easy (or cheap!)....
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