Thanks to Carroll Lam of Clam Cam Video I learned of a great post that addresses a question that I hear more and more... How can I get good looking SD from my HD camera? You can read this article on the XDCAM-USER blog . I posted just the beginning of his article below.
"This a recurring question that I get asked about time and time again. The main problem being that the SD pictures, shot with an HD camera look soft. So why is this and what can be done about it?
Well there are several issues to look at. First there is camera optimisation. Sadly what works for HD doesn’t always work well for SD. Secondly there is the downconversion process. If your shooting HD and simply outputting SD using the cameras built in downconverter than you really don’t have many options but if your using a software downconverter you may be able to improve the results your getting."
Read the rest of this article: Getting good SD from an HD camera
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