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Old January 14th, 2008, 05:23 AM   #1
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Grainy footage(?)

i have shot footage using many different types of presets and gain (mainly 0 for the gain) and get grainy footage no matter what. does anybody know what might be the problem, cus i think ive tried everything.
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Old January 14th, 2008, 05:48 AM   #2
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Turn off the auto gain settings and you will see the difference
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Old January 14th, 2008, 06:01 AM   #3
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i have turned off the auto gain but there is still a grainy picture
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Old January 14th, 2008, 07:38 AM   #4
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What record mode are you using?
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Old January 15th, 2008, 12:51 AM   #5
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i am in 24f, 1080, and 1/48 shutter speed.
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Old January 15th, 2008, 01:14 AM   #6
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Do you have an HD screen you can hook it up to? If so, use it as a monitor.
Do it in the daytime, film out through the window or door. Set it on the factory preset and if it's still grainy, the camera's probably a dud.
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Old January 15th, 2008, 07:56 AM   #7
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What are you shooting?
What is the lighting?
What is the aperture?
How are you viewing/judging the image?
And to which record program (mode) is the camcorder set? (e.g., Auto, Tv, Av, M, Spotlight, Night, or Easy.)
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Old January 15th, 2008, 08:19 AM   #8
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Can you post a screen grab?
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Old January 18th, 2008, 08:17 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Kimball Larsen View Post
i am in 24f, 1080, and 1/48 shutter speed.
It could seems a silly things, but when I was new with my A1 I spent 2 hours trying to understand why the image in the lcd was so grainy: than i realized that peaking was on ... eh eh eh

Jokes apart, if the camera is well tweaked and in good lighting conditions, you should obtain a reasonably grain free picture. Try with full Manual mode, Gain -3db (auto gain off), sharpness -7 and coring + 5 (let noise reduction off). In this way I can't see any noticeable grain.
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