Digital BW, The Print

> > No Bruce, they are NOT the same thing.  They are viewed entirely
> > differently.  Take a look at your VCR and freeze frame an image.  Moving
> > they look far better, since the defects in each image are not
> apparent, as
> > the moving image will "smooth" these defects out.  When looking
> at a still
> > image, you are looking at ONE image, and any defects are in and
> of that one
> > image.
> >
> > Also, the imaging sensors for video are typically different, and of much
> > lower image quality.  They are interline sensors, which have
> lower imaging
> > fidelity, but higher frame rates.
>
> Hi Austin,
>
> The defects being interlace? What about shooting video in non-interlaced
> mode. Each frame is identical (no interlace). 30 frames per second. While
> the Sony I  played with was a lower frame rate and during playback it was
> not smooth to watch, the Canon at 30fps I'm told is movie like.

Hi Carolyn,

The sensors to operate that fast, have to give somewhere, and one of the
degradations is noise.

Regards,

Austin