SONY HVR-MRC1

SONY HVR-MRC1

I finally decided to test the SONY HVR-MRC1 that I have access to. Its been around for sometime and I took it out to do some testing. After formatting a 2GB Compact Flash card in the unit I went thru the menu and checked out the settings.

I first tested with the File type set to Raw DV… easier for me as I also have access to FCS… no need to render the file to play with it in Real Time. I also set the iLink to Synchronous rather than Follow… it works well even without a tape in the camera… I was using a SONY HVR-V1U… Started with DV because most of the content in Trinidad & Tobago is still SD… Standard Definition… I subscribe to the school of thought that its better to shoot/record at higher resolution (HD) as one could always compress/squeeze it after without much loss… but the other way could be problematic… quality would suffer…

I decided to record some footage while I journeyed from St. Augustine to Couva and back. Test results made the iReport on Driving post back in March.

While researching I had read about the M2T file type and some people’s problems with using it… sorry to say I had no problems… the file was easily converted using MPEGStreamClip.

Haven’t tested since as there seems to be a shortage of 16GB CompactFlash Cards in Trinidad… some real bogus Computer Stores here… two 32GB Cards are on order and should hopefully arrive for testing during a Concert in the not to distant future…