Kona 3 or Blackmagic

[Colin Hubick]

Why do I feel the Kona 3 down converter is unacceptable?

Simply because the output looks like crap. Any straight lines are filled with buzzing aliasing. In layman's terms, it sucks.

Perhaps you footage is such that these deficiencies don't show, but I've personally found no scenes that were acceptably down converted with the Kona 3 card. Perhaps it's because you're shooting 2K.

I've been visually tortured many times by footage someone described as, "looks great." Obviously, opinions vary as do standards.

Best regards,

Leo

we shoot in 4k, posting in 2k, and yes I agree opinions vary as do standards, so "looks great" is as subjective as "looks like crap".

Colin

 

[Brandon Kraemer]

Bad downconverters

Bad downconverters

I had the same issues with the original Blackmagic HD card's ability to down convert. That card it still in use on one of my systems (not a RED system).

we shoot in 4k, posting in 2k, and yes I agree opinions vary as do standards, so "looks great" is as subjective as "looks like crap".

Colin