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1. erinrac
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   Hello

   wow, what a spectatular forum - but the mag is GREAT too!

   in a nutshell I use my DCR-SR80 for filming at dog shows - stationary (well nearly!) dogs, and then them being moved at a trot mainly out and back or around the ring -- and the model (hard drive, size, etc) is ideal

    mine films in NTSC, but being in Australia most DVD players here are PAL as for the UK

   but I have a problem with at least white dogs outdoors (mine at home) and dark/black dogs indoors (I filmed a friend's breed last weekend) - when the dogs move the picture is 'broken up' horizonatally, sort of like a venetian blind effect

   As I KNOW what I did last weekend, let's just look at that - filmed in automatic everthing & I am happy with the colour etc, uploaded to my PC with the Sony supplied ImageMaker - used that to choose the frames and burn the DVD, but I did get IM to convert from NTSC to PAL - on my friends say 24 months old PAL 'lesser known brand' DVD player we got the venetian blind effect, the player is fine for other DVDs

   A) what is the name for this effect

   B) what am I doing wrong

   C) if I get jack of it all, what comparably valued camera would be good for 'snapshot' videoing of dog shows that won't lead to this horrible effect?

    THANKS

   Jan

   ps OK< so you know, I have Clumber Spaniels, my friend's breed is Gordon Setters :-)

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2. erinrac
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   Hello

   well the response (lack of!) has been disappointing, but I have done a lot more playing around myself.

   The problem appears to lie with ImageMixer - the software that comes with the camera - beacuse if I upload the MPG files through Windows XP S2 file Explorer, all is honky dory. Just attach the USB cable, & upload through XP, then I dropped the files from my computer into the editing software, and the issue is overcome.

   When thinking about it all, I realized there were a heap of possible connection 'failures' The video appeared fine replayed on the camera, was fine replayed through the TV and s-video cable, then I wondered if it was one of my USB ports, but both USB 2.0 produced the same result, then I wondered if the cable was dodgy, but without a spare I couldn't test that, then I really wondered about ImageMixer, so tried through XP - now I am rocking again, and not swearing about Sony, for it is Sony I blamed, so they should take care to ensure the software they ship with their products is bomb proof.

    Jan

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3. ralck
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   I'm sorry no one replied to your question earlier.

   Without seeing it, my first guess would be that your seeing an interlaced image not play properly (interlaced means it displays the even horizontal lines of pixels, then the odd lines).  My guess is ImageMaker, during the conversion from NTSC to PAL didn't deinterlace it and/or didn't convert very well causing this?

   In any case, it sounds like you've figured out a solution, so happy filming! :)

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