Hello-
I am currently researching methods for setting up a station for the digital capture of 2D or stop motion work for an expanding art department in a midwest university. The lab is a macinttosh lab so software would be restricted to mac-compatible means. I've used Frame Thief and like its features and would like to use a digital still camera to get higher resolution images than a miniDV cam.
Has anyone had experience in this area who can lend some advice or comments?
I was thinking about setting up something similar to a traditional animation stand, but with digital components. A copy stand with either a digital still camera and/or 3-chip miniDV cam and running the signal into the hard drive while running Frame Thief.
Any suggestions on:
Type of copy stand?
Type of miniDV camera?
Type of digital still camera?
Software or additional components?
Thanks!
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What do you plan on outputting to?
DV or miniDV is the same resolution no matter what camera you use. An HDV camera would give you a resolution that's 16:9 and closer to 2K if you ever wanted to do film output.
I'm not sure that a digital still camera would make that much sense because it's going to be 4:3, you need to make sure that all auto lens functions are disabled otherwise you run the risk of having slightly different focal lenghts and f-stops per frame, and if you're outputting to TV/DVD the final product is DV resolution anyway.
Figure out what you're outputting to and what resolution you need, and then what camera will work with those, then you can see what software fits those requirements.
Good point! Thanks for your input!