VITC generators, know where I could get hold of on

[StudentBoardMember]

It would help me out a lot thanks.

[marti-c]

Which format are you shooting on ? Vertical interval time code is only available on certain formats.

marti

[StudentBoardMember]

VHS-C, it suggested getting one in the users manual, for frame prescision in editing. Have you used one before?

[StudentBoardMember]

Does anyone know? I shoot this summer and I don't want to shoot all my footage only to find that it can't be edited to the level of acuracy I want.

[exit33]

I have never used VHS-C, but would imagine a VITC generator is a feature of the camcorder.

So, if your both your camcorder, and editing VCR support VITC, you should beable to edit with frame accuracy.

Cheers,


Rich.

[StudentBoardMember]

Most modern Cameras have them built in, mine is ancient, but has a facility to attach a separate VITC generator, that's what I'm looking for, it has proven almost impossible to find information let alone buy one.

[ilpostino]

If your camera is ancient and this thing you want is an add on then I'd say that chances of finding one are slim to none. I don't mean to sound pessimistic but the market for your camera probably never demanded one of these VITC's generators.

Why don't you just save some money and hire a DV camera!

I think your best bet for these odd ball things would be to look toward America. Like I say it's probably not worth the time and effort. If I had one and DV came out I'd have chucked it!

[exit33]

So does your camera provide an smpte output that you would sync a vitc generator to - and feed back into the camera? or would you just let a vitc gen free run with t.o.d?

Also, what is the connector type for the vitc i/p on the camera

Rich.

[StudentBoardMember]

Not entirely sure how it works, the VITC section in my camera's users manual is pretty brief, I assume the generator's user manual would shed some more light on it. However I do know that you plug it into the character generator port.

I really know my way around this camera and my budget is tight so I am hesitant to buy/hire a new one, but I'm starting to loose faith in my ability to pull the results I want from my current equipment. I'll conduct some more tests with it to see if it's savalgable afterall before I chuck it in for a fancy DV though.

[The_Case]

timecode will not make your edit-work any more accurate, just a bit faster. Edit is done visually, not mathmatically, as a rule.

The best tip is for the director to have the Edit in mind as he is filming, and keep good accurate daily records (continuity s'visor's job)

Batching shots is always difficult, so keep on top of it, and don't rely on timecode: a mistake or fault with timecode is very difficult to investigate, whereas record are reliable, more useful, and mistakes/contradictions can be rectified by us mere mortals.

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