Capturing other than DV/DVCAM

Question

I am shooting with Betacam SP, and capturing to DV using a Sony DSR-45P.
If I want to capture to anything else than DV - let's say DVCPro or uncompressed (in order to get more coloour depth or just higher quality) can I do this? Or is the DSR-45P only letting me to capture using DV?

Answer 1

I always thought DVCPro is a better format than DV/DVCAM<<</div>
A lot of the confusion may be due to the fact that there are multiple "DVCPro" formats:
DVCPro, aka DVCPro 25
DVCPro 50, which was adopted early on by many local broadcasters to replace their aging BetaSP gear.
DVCPro 100
So to get 4:2:2 I would need something like Aja Kona to be able to capture in DVCPro-50<<</div>
Not exactly. While, yes you can convert to some of the other formats with the proper equipment, if you're source is of a lower quality, you really shouldn't expect the final output to be that much better (if any). If you're shooting on DVCam (4:1:1) and trying to convert to a 4:2:2 format you'd be MUCH better off shooting in that format in the first place.
-DH