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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: The Little Things Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 1:14 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	Video can't be "grainy," incidentally.
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SusanV	Post subject: Re: The Little Things Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 6:30 pm
Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1399 Location: In the newsroom	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by blanp: Video can't be "grainy," incidentally.<hr></blockquote>It can't? Why not?
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DominEditrix	Post subject: Re: The Little Things Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 9:21 pm
Joined: Thu Dec 18, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 458 Location: Heart of Global Warming	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by SusanV: It can't? Why not?<hr></blockquote>Because video tape doesn't have grains. Photographic emulsions have a grainy structure; film speed, developers, etc. can cause pictures to look "grainy", but video tape and digital cameras simply don't have the same physical properties as film.<p>D.
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SusanV	Post subject: Re: The Little Things Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 11:23 am
Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1399 Location: In the newsroom	Well, OK, but I've seen plenty of video that certainly appears grainy, even if that's not the proper technical description. BTW, what would you call it instead?
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DominEditrix	Post subject: Re: The Little Things Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 1:04 pm
Joined: Thu Dec 18, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 458 Location: Heart of Global Warming	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by SusanV: Well, OK, but I've seen plenty of video that certainly appears grainy, even if that's not the proper technical description. BTW, what would you call it instead?<hr></blockquote>"Noisy".
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BobbyZ	Post subject: Re: The Little Things Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 4:59 pm
Joined: Sat Nov 08, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 40 Location: Northeast Ohio	"Crappy."
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SusanV	Post subject: Re: The Little Things Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 5:41 pm
Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1399 Location: In the newsroom	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by DominEditrix: "Noisy".<hr></blockquote> Wanna bet how many readers would interpret "noisy video" as having to do with sound? (grin)
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: The Little Things Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 6:17 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by SusanV: Well, OK, but I've seen plenty of video that certainly appears grainy, even if that's not the proper technical description. BTW, what would you call it instead?<hr></blockquote><p>"Fuzzy," "blurry," or some such. (I have never seen a video tape that looks "grainy," except perhaps for a copy of a film.)
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JayByrd	Post subject: Re: The Little Things Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 12:00 am
Joined: Fri May 03, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 380 Location: Butte, MT (almost Great Falls)	Speaking of which, why does the AP move stills from videos? On breaking news, video captures are usually what they move first. You would think their still photogs on the scene could transmit as quickly. The quality sucks on the videos. That's why I never use a photo on a Space Station story, because all NASA sends is video.
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Biggdbo	Post subject: Re: The Little Things Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 4:21 pm
Joined: Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 81 Location: Sunny O-hi-o	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by JayByrd: Speaking of which, why does the AP move stills from videos? On breaking news, video captures are usually what they move first. You would think their still photogs on the scene could transmit as quickly. The quality sucks on the videos. That's why I never use a photo on a Space Station story, because all NASA sends is video.<hr></blockquote><p>That's assuming AP has a still photog on the scene.
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: The Little Things Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 7:23 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	AP staff in space. I'd like to see that. (just kiddin').
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