HV10 Questions? at DVinfo.net

Khaled Abdulhamid · January 5th, 2007, 06:52 AM

I'be bee to videoaktiv.de and seen screen grabs from HV10, FX7, and HC3 and I must say HV10 one is the best although a bit oversaturated and I wonder are those grabs obtained from live camera working or from recorded material on tape as I understood from other forum that live camera capture doesn't measure the real world and isn't so important for consumers....
I also been to camcorder info page and read the review and from it I could tell that HV10 has adjustments for sharpness and color depth (?saturation) by +/- 1 and wonder if the change of those parameters will lead to dramatic change in picture or is the change subtle? for example:
-If I increase the sharpness by +1 will that make any undesirable effects in the picture?
-If I decrease the color depth by -1 will that make the colors washed out?

Brian Engleheart · January 5th, 2007, 10:48 AM

The picture does look oversaturated in the link you included but I have not found that to be the case with my HV10. There have been numerous samples posted here that typically show the color accuracy to be quite good. although just right for me might be oversaturated for you.

Here is one - you can search the forum for more:
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=83022

I have not played around with the sharpness and color depth. (actually didn’t even know it was there ;-) buried in the custom picture settings.

Rich Dykmans · January 5th, 2007, 11:17 AM

I've played witht the custom settings a bit. I like the picture better with the sharpness turned up. As far as the color goes I've gotten into the habit of pushing the levels in post of most of the HDV footage anyway which is more effective.

January 5th, 2007, 06:52 AM	#1
Khaled Abdulhamid New Boot Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cairo, Egypt Posts: 12	HV10 Questions? I'be bee to videoaktiv.de and seen screen grabs from HV10, FX7, and HC3 and I must say HV10 one is the best although a bit oversaturated and I wonder are those grabs obtained from live camera working or from recorded material on tape as I understood from other forum that live camera capture doesn't measure the real world and isn't so important for consumers.... I also been to camcorder info page and read the review and from it I could tell that HV10 has adjustments for sharpness and color depth (?saturation) by +/- 1 and wonder if the change of those parameters will lead to dramatic change in picture or is the change subtle? for example: -If I increase the sharpness by +1 will that make any undesirable effects in the picture? -If I decrease the color depth by -1 will that make the colors washed out? Last edited by Khaled Abdulhamid; January 5th, 2007 at 09:12 AM.

January 5th, 2007, 10:48 AM	#2
Brian Engleheart New Boot Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Hoboken, NJ Posts: 8	The picture does look oversaturated in the link you included but I have not found that to be the case with my HV10. There have been numerous samples posted here that typically show the color accuracy to be quite good. although just right for me might be oversaturated for you. Here is one - you can search the forum for more: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=83022 I have not played around with the sharpness and color depth. (actually didn’t even know it was there ;-) buried in the custom picture settings.

January 5th, 2007, 11:17 AM	#3
Rich Dykmans Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Discovery Bay, CA Posts: 138	I've played witht the custom settings a bit. I like the picture better with the sharpness turned up. As far as the color goes I've gotten into the habit of pushing the levels in post of most of the HDV footage anyway which is more effective.