New to list

[George Ludwig <theguru@deton8.com>]

Hi everyone I'm new to this list, and wanted to introduce myself.



I am a PXL2000 owner (I even got the cute little TV monitor!). I'm

relatively new to video. I use a Radius VideoVision Studio in a Mac 8100/110

for capture/editing. I live in San Francisco.



I had a incredible stroke of luck finding a mint-condition camera set.

Someone who worked for a company that made parts for the original literally

found this thing in a pile of junk in a warehouse. I was lucky enough to be

the first taker.



I've shot a bunch of PXL footage, but haven't really used any of it. I'm

still experimenting. Here's what I've observed so far...if anyone has any

suggestions I'd really appreciate it!



1. The camera seems to have definate needs in the lighting area. The

contrast ratio seems to give about 4 grey levels. In daylight it's really

easy to get a wash of white with little detail. I have not had any success

at all shooting indoors (I have no lighting equipment).



2. The internal microphone is nearly useless due to the motor noise. I've

considered running the audio onto DAT and trying to sync it later...but

haven't yet had to deal with it.



3. Has anyone tried to shoot PXL footage with the intention of chromakeying

the subject? I am very interested in this, but obviously since the camera is

B&W there is no blue or green response...has anyone tried something along

these lines? I use AfterEffects to do keying, so the key color really

doesn't matter, but I've had limited success getting the subject itself to

be a solid image (this is where I realized that the output seemed tohave

only 4 greyscales).



4. Is there any potential benefit to using the internal tape to store

images, or is it universally considered better to modify the camera for

direct output to another recording device? I assume that the audio tape

format introduces artifacts, I'm just not sure what kind since my camera is

stock...



Anyway, I hope this list is active...the camera is very cool...



Cheers!



George



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