AV News 179 - February 2010
With video now available on serious digital SLR cameras, the next step will
probably be for the introduction of the widescreen format for photographers
too, i.e. we will be given the choice, in-camera, of shooting either format as
we wish with appropriate frame marks for the format indicated on the screen
either electronically or by means of screens with the format already engraved
on the screen. Photography is no longer a static medium!
Keith Scott FRPS, Chairman of the RPS AV Group
Projector Formats for 2010 Internationals & 2011 Nationals Competitions
At the RPS AV Group AGM held in Leicester immediately prior to the
National Audio-Visual Championships, the committee was asked for its views
and recommendations on the future of digital projection. Following this request
the committee discussed at some length the attributes of various projector
formats and resolutions, specifically mindful of our next two major competitions
i.e. the Internationals in 2010 and the Nationals in 2011.
It was subsequently decided that the recommended digital projector
resolution to be made available for both competitions should be 1400 x 1050
pixels, the same format as used at our 2009 Nationals, subject to agreement
by the appropriate committees. This format maintains the same aspect ratio of
4:3 as the current standard of XGA at 1024 x 768 pixels and therefore existing
sequences made at this established format will display correctly.
Your committee does however recognize the fluidity of projector resolution
trends and that equipment manufacturers will dictate future projector formats.
This is likely to be 1920 x 1080 pixels at 16:9 aspect ratio based on the HD format
of home theatre entertainment packages, where mass sales and profit margins
will influence manufacturing and marketing strategies. Sales of projectors for
photographic and audio-visual purposes being insignificant in the grand scale of
worldwide sales and carry little influence on manufacturer's aims to amortize high
design, development, and production costs over quantity of units sold.
HD Video and AV on a Mac
B a rb B u tle r AAPS, A u s tra lia
Hello from "Down Under". I hold the position of Chair of AV Division of the
Australian Photographic Society and I am also involved in the administration of
all things AV at a State level and within my local club. I am a member of the RPS
and always enjoy reading about all the AV activities going on in the UK. I have
a couple of queries which I hope your readers may be able to help me with.
Firstly, with the advent of HD video being included as features in some of the
later model SLR cameras, some pressure is being applied for video to be
included in AV here in Australia. When done with care it can make a very good
production. Those who are keen to allow the inclusion of video argue (correctly)
that video is, after all, just a series of stills shown very quickly. Those against
feel the challenge of AV is still the successful crafting of a sequence by the
maker using stills, the third image and dissolves. I would like to know whether
this has become an issue in the UK. Are video clips allowed and at what level?
If so, how many and for how long? If there are rules, how are they enforced. I
wonder at what point an AV as we know it becomes a video?
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