Editing Consumer HD vs ProSD

i keep wondering if i would get cleaner footage from a consumer hd cam than say my dvx100b.

I wonder if it is even something i should consider. I believe that the ccd is 1/4 so that would hurt my luma and chroma values.

what are you guys experience with the consumer hd?

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First you got 3 CCD on your DVX100B, probably just 1 on that consumer cam, so that might be a hint.

A cheap image that is larger is still cheap. A small image with better sensors is better.


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Exactly what Shane says.

I think the question here should ask "What are you shooting for"? The latest of the smallish HDV-AVCHD-print to disc or memory card cameras are pretty amazing. Editning that stuff is more problematic than standard DV-HDV-DVCPRO codecs, but for some needs, can be very helpful.

But as everyone says, If you want a really usefully good picture, then that's what 3 chip cameras are for.

panasonic makes a consumer 3ccd hd camera.
They also have this 3mos thingy that i have not heard of and unsure how it compares to 3ccd.
also I have never seen a panasonic cam without leica lens or 3chip.

""" What you do with what you have, is more important than what you could do, with what you don't have."

> > > Knowledge + Action = Wisdom - J. Corbett 1992 """"

i think you want that Panasonic camera!

i wouldn't think of buying a new camera that wasn't HD of some sort or another,
nor one that was not able to produce a decent image.

Two schools of thoughts on CCD vs. CMOS...heres a link, make yourself an idea.

[www.dalsa.com]

Sounds like cmos has a bit more testing to do. CCD seems to be more flexible but less durable.

""" What you do with what you have, is more important than what you could do, with what you don't have."

> > > Knowledge + Action = Wisdom - J. Corbett 1992 """"