Washington, DC (20-Nov-12)

NB: Screenshots are on the dark side. Video is brighter and quite watchable.

5-point rating scale: 3-5/5/5-/5-/4+
15-point rating scale: 8-14/14/13/13/12 (avg. 13.00 A-)
Left balcony 80 degrees
Running time: 01:33:50:27
Video standard: NTSC

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
1st known live performance of "Soon After Midnight," which had been released in September 2012)
Mark Knopfler on songs 2-4; especially good lead on "Things Have Changed"
Dylan especially seemed to enjoy "Things Have Changed" with several side remarks
Plenty of effective harp
Oscar prominently displayed on grand piano
Sexton's lead throughout, especially cool on "Summer Days"
Quite eerie rendition of "Ballad Of A Thin Man," with effect enhanced by echo

DISTANCE/POSITION: 8-14 (ranged from medium distance to close-ups)
Left balcony 80 degrees (filmer was distant but camera was capable to zoom and capture in low light conditions; camera mostly stayed on Dylan while on piano, but captured others when stage center; far left position blocked Herron, Sexton and Recile, but Garnier and Kimball frequently seen, especially Tony; all seen during encore before break following "Like A Rolling Stone")

AUDIO: 14 (excellent LB-10510) (excellent soomlos recording)

STEADINESS: 13 (camera strayed some during breaks between songs)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 13 (minimal distractions)

FOCUS: 12 (rather dark during some songs; focus a bit dull/could be sharper)

EDITING: some end and start off-target parts necessitating stills; one major cut during "Like A Rolling Stone" requiring 52:20 still

VIDEO SOURCES & LINEAGE:
Recorded & shared by Napoleon-in-rags
Canon VIXIA HF R300 (?) > AVCHD > mp4 files > DVD > vob files > MacBook Pro (2008) > iMovie 6.0.3 (HD-1030i-30)

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
LB-10510
Recorded by soomlos
Shared via tracker download
LB rating: A
3rd row, left side floor
neumann skm140 > naiant littlebox > sony pcm-m10 (24/48) sony pcm-m10 > usb > pc > sound forge pro 10 > cd wave editor > flac (24/48) bittorrent download 12/12; in comparison to jf LB-10506, this has a fuller warmer sound and that is more echoey; (did not listen to all of this)
flac files > hd > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > SD II disk images > iMovie 6.0.3

OLAF'S NOTE:
Live debut of "Soon After Midnight"

DVD PRODUCTION PROCESS:
Produced by yassou on a 2008 MacBook Pro running MacOS Lion 10.7.5 and Apple software. Audio and video assets edited in iMovie 6.0.3; authored, multiplexed and burned to VIDEO_TS folder in iDVD 7.1.2 (Professional Quality 2-pass variable bit rate encoding)