[Tig] Arri D20 48/50/60fps

[Joe Owens]

>   user experience with recording frame rates higher than 30fps on  
> the Arri D20 with a SRW-1.
> Its my understanding that at speeds above 30 the camera will output  
> 4:2:2 dual link alternating frames between o/p 1 and 2 which would  
> then be recorded onto a SRW-1 running in dual link.
> I have both manuals with me and it seems straight forward, my  
> concern is then playing this material back in 48/50/60fps on my  
> studio deck into Davinci.  What process is used to reconstruct the  
> camera's output into a single HD4:2:2 stream that I can do a test  
> grade on.
>

Just play it back in 4:2:2 Single Link is what I did with Panavision  
Genesis (from my SRW5500).  I'm not sure that this will be any  
different for D20 source, recorded on SRW-1.  4:2:2 is YUV, not RGB   
(4:4:4 Dual Link) anyway.

Joe Owens
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