Posted by Rhys at sulphur2p96.cld.brightok.net on September 09, 2000 at 02:49:59:
In Reply to: Tech question that's suited for Vincent . . . posted by Kris Hanson on September 08, 2000 at 17:15:48:
: Remind me how audio on a Nagra (or DAT or whatever is used)gets synched up with the film picture. That's one part I've never looked into. Do little camera spirits synch it up, or what? How does the mag synch up? I so curious on this one I'm losing sleep! I only know how the synched up in an NLE.
: Thanks
: --Kris
I'm sure I'm flubbing this but the way I understood it is that both the camera and the sound have a crystal synch motor that let's them run at exactly the same speed. So when you synch using the clapper/audio cues you don't lose synch after a minute or so. As you tend to get without crystal sync motors because of fluctuations in the camera's actuall speed.
did that help any?
Rhys