John Poore
September 4th, 2005, 04:23 AM
I have been doing lots of shooting and experimenting with HDV and downconverting in-camera to SD. When I posted pics here of fine detail showing HDV was more 'blocky', this was the truth. I think this was a case of HDV being slightly inferior to SD Dv.
However, I have been doing more shooting, and yes I can see the difference that HDV makes in SD. And I like it! It seems to come out mostly in shots with strong light/dark contrasts, leaves against a blue sky background is a common example.
However it gets stranger. I was shooting HDV at an airshow yesterday in bright miday sunlight with ND2 on, I kept the exposure on the sky, so the ground looks a little dark. The sky and airplanes in it look great, but there's lots heavy noise in the sky, and the noise is not from my gain setup. Is this an HDV 'thing.' I have never seen this kind of thing before.
Any learned medical opinions would be welcome on this perplexing condition.
However, I have been doing more shooting, and yes I can see the difference that HDV makes in SD. And I like it! It seems to come out mostly in shots with strong light/dark contrasts, leaves against a blue sky background is a common example.
However it gets stranger. I was shooting HDV at an airshow yesterday in bright miday sunlight with ND2 on, I kept the exposure on the sky, so the ground looks a little dark. The sky and airplanes in it look great, but there's lots heavy noise in the sky, and the noise is not from my gain setup. Is this an HDV 'thing.' I have never seen this kind of thing before.
Any learned medical opinions would be welcome on this perplexing condition.