Airports in the 90s - Anchorage

[@ELcinegatto87]

Stunningly crisp looking footage for 90s tape. I know it's AI upscaled (occasional erroneous artifacts like the end) but it must have been originally shot on broadcast quality Sony Betacam or something similar. It could pass for tripod mounted prosumer digital HD camcorders of the late 2000s/early 2010s, much less the 90s. Very impressive.

[@classicairlineractionfromavion]

Many thanks for your comments, much appreciated. The footage was shot on a Sony DSR 200p DVCAM camera, tripod mounted. It was shot at 50i and I've used Staxrip to convert to 50p, then Topaz AI, as Staxrip does the conversion better, in my view. Iris2 was the best model they had when I started upscaling, but for videos I've upscaled more recently than Anchorage, I use their Rhea model, creating ProRes422HQ. The conversion comes out at 1920x1440 and so I have repositioned any shots where the original 4:3 framing was tight. I've also edited out any elements where the lateral movement would be too fast when the 50p footage is shown at 60Hz. It takes me about ten days work to create an HD version, but it sounds as though it's all been worthwhile! I'm entirely self-taught, so I'd appeciate any comments you may have on how I'm doing this.