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October 31st, 2013, 07:19 AM | #16 |
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Re: First wedding with XA20
Thanks Jeff and Robert. Robert I'm sure the XA will perform well for you. I was amazed at how well it did at the reception for this wedding. The venue was very dark and drab but the XA handled the light on the brides dress and dark venue very well I thought.
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Nice work Tim. Soft focus on the bride gives it that nostalgic Hollywood leading lady look. ;-)
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November 2nd, 2013, 09:54 AM | #18 |
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Thanks Craig. haha yep, we fine tuned that focus to get that look :)
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Here's a frame grab from the timeline comparing the XA and the 90. The XA is on the left and is hand held with an LED lamp mounted on it. The AC90 is on a tripod with an LED mounted on a stand a few feet away. Edit: just remembered I set shutter speed to 30 on the XA when I went in the room where the cake was and never turned it back to 60. Just checked the media in camera to make sure, it was 1/30th. So not really a fair comparison since the AC90 shutter was 1/60. I'll leave the pics up anyway.
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November 2nd, 2013, 10:17 AM | #20 |
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Wow
The XA image looks decisively better in this example.
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November 2nd, 2013, 10:37 AM | #21 |
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Yes it does but take into account it is several feet closer to the subjects than the 90. Also, looks like I might have chosen a frame grab that was either out of focus or not on frame well for the 90. When I went back and looked at it on the timeline it doesn't look so out of focus like it does in this pic.
I had the XA's gain limit set to 18db and I don't think it ever went above 13db or so. The AC90 does not have a gain limiter so I'm not sure where the gain was on it. Here's a couple more.
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November 2nd, 2013, 03:14 PM | #22 |
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I've been thinking and wondering about why the XA looked brighter than the AC and just remembered I set shutter speed to 30 on the XA when I went in the room where the cake was and never turned it back to 60. Just checked the media in camera to make sure, it was 1/30th. So not really a fair comparison since the AC90 shutter was 1/60.
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November 3rd, 2013, 06:52 AM | #23 |
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Re: First wedding with XA20
Manual or auto (program) exposure?
In any case the brightness difference should be readily correctable. On my PC the XA image looks warmer, a bit richer, and the people healthier At 1/30 the dancing movement could introduce some motion blur. With the AC on a tripod, something should be in sharp focus unless we are seeing noise reduction image softening artifacts.
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Both camera's are in manual mode with auto exposure.
In most scenes the XA does look more pleasing right out of the cam but the AC can be made to look like the XA with color correction in post. I didn't notice any motion blur at all, very surprising. The AC footage doesn't look out of focus in the video or on the timeline, it's just the frame grab that looks that way for some reason.
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December 12th, 2013, 10:23 AM | #27 |
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Most of the prep shots were shot with a GH2, some with the XA. If the shot has blurred background then I'm sure it was GH2.
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Thanks Anthony! I have shot another wedding with the XA know, this one was indoor and the XA performed well and out performed the AC in most same situation scenes.
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What type of shooting are you planning to use the XA 20 for? And, do you need the XLR jacks or can you get by with the less expensive HF G30?
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