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You can try it out and then tell me what you think. It may not work for your tastes. It's not for everyone but it suits what I need it to do just fine. |
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Low light test footage pfvision preset
Randy,
Here's some low light footage that I took with the PFVISION preset. I like it. Sorry for being so short. Still learning!!! Thanks again for sharing your preset, Randy. Camera settings are on the link. XHA1 PFVISION PRESET LOW LIGHT TEST on Vimeo |
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God...that color grading class was incredible...lol. Thought I'd just toss that in there. |
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Randy,
Thanks for sharing: new to the xlh1 from my xl2 and I have not shot another wedding, but when I do i will use this preset!! always struggling keeping good color/images in low light. this is awesome!!
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Hi Randy,
Just shot some stuff with your preset the other night. I was using a friends camera & when i got to see the footage i shot with your preset i was absolutley blown away. The colours where brilliant & the low light ability was far better. If i can i will get some samples up here. Well done with this preset, & thank you, i will definately be using it a lot more. Regards, Bryce
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Shot a very dimly lit play last night and decided, after some testing, to use this preset. Am really happy w/the results, will post some footage when I get a chance, but this was a great preset for the situation. Thanks for coming up with this.
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Here are a couple of shots from last night's show. It was the Miracle Worker, aka the Helen Keller story:
http://www.mostlymagic.tv/miracle_worker.mov Shot 60i at 30th and +6 db, generally very low light. No correction on this footage but I'll be able to brighten it up a lot, am very satisfied with the lack of noise. Thanks to -- is it Randy? -- for coming up with this preset. |
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Dale, no problem :). Go tackle those low lit reception halls!
Bryce, you are most very welcome. Looking forward to seeing some footage. Jeff, good to hear it's working out for ya, no problem. Just contributing back and paying it forward ;). The footage looks great btw. Cheers |
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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The Best Preset to date!
I must say I stumbled on this forum by accident and saw the PFVision Preset and thought,"sounds interesting." I am a wedding videographer and reception rooms are always real tricky. I hate using my onboard light all the time because it just does not look very natural. Although there are key moments I cannot live without an onboard light.
I tested the preset on my XHA1 as soon as I read this post and was simple blown away Randy by the results just viewing thru my LCD viewfinder. I walked into my walk-in closet with the door ajar and the only light was from the open door. It was dark to say the least. I was set at 60i / F1.6 and 1/30 shutter and what my eye saw is what my lcd saw. Just amazed me man. I am even able to use -3db and choose whether to use 1/60 or 1/30 depending on the light and also I don't always have to have the aperture at 1.6 for the most light possible. Hardly no grain noise. This gives me greater control and freedom over my shots. I will post results when I get a chance to shoot some. My next wedding is in a couple of weeks but I was very impressed by Jeff Nelsons sample: http://www.mostlymagic.tv/miracle_worker.mov Thanks for sharing. I feel like my Canon XHA1 can now compete with that lowlight rascal Sony VX2100. Made me fall in love with this camera all over again. Keep up the good work guys. |
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Hey Charles,
Glad you liked the preset :). Unfortunately, I sold my A1 to get an HMC150. I'll really miss using this preset as it gave me great colors in low lighting. I made a couple changes in my final revision of PFvision as I was finding that the image seemed a bit soft at times. I changed coring to 0 and sharpness to 0. Looked a little better to me. VERY VERY hard to discern unless you're looking for it though. Thanks for the encouraging words, I'm glad to hear others are really enjoying using my preset since I love giving back to the community here. Maybe when the next iteration of the XH-A1 comes out, I'll be able to sell off the HMC150 and use this preset again ;). -Randy |
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With all brutal honesty, how are you finding that cam compared to the XHA1?
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This is fantastic. I just tried it out at home. Thanks!!!!
I don't actually quite understand this preset malarky but will read up on it tomorrow. I may return with many questions. |
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Fascinating thread, thanks Randy. I shoot airplanes mainly outdoors in good light and find Stevens great PANALOOK2 preset works for me. But occasionally I get short notice to shoot inside an aircraft or a darkened hangar without adequate lighting.
So I'm looking for a good lowlight preset to cover this and I'm wondering how your new preset would intercut or blend in with PANALOOK2? Yep I know, try it :) but have you or anyone tried this, say outside the reception hall, then inside. Cheers. |
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