Is a GENLOCK still useful in today's world?

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ral-clan wrote:
So...is there any reason, in today's age of digital video, to purchase a Genlock?

Well, does 'fun' count anymore in today's stuffy world of digital standards? I even have a genlock for my CDTV, and it's one heck of a blast using it compared to anything running on a clone.

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persia wrote:
I don't get the issue with digitising, all video sources nowadays are digital, my video camera, my TV, movies I rent (and rip occasionally ...).  Where are the analogue sources?

What's so difficult about copying the video file out of your video camera and loading it in Final Cut?  Where in that process can a genlock be useful?

>> all video sources nowadays are digital
Huh?

>> my video camera
My video camera is a Panasonic AG-450 SHVS Reporter

>> my TV
I don't have a TV, but I have a 1084s I can feed comp/s-video to.

>> movies I rent
I don't rent movies.


>> What's so difficult about copying the video file out of your video camera
It's not; I 'copy' the s-video clip/file out of my video camera and 'load' it through my Genlock.

>>  in Final Cut
Is that related to Final Writer or Final Calc? I thought I had all the Softwood programs, but I don't seem to have that on my Amiga.