Grainy/noisy video

Joe Batt · November 24th, 2009, 01:07 AM

I promise, with the XL-H1 if you set the gain to -3, and adjust your iris for your shot after that you will have no noise or "grain". Everything i shoot is set on -3 for that exact reason. You may think,"but in the real world there just isn't enough light to shoot with those settings!" Well those are your choices -3 no noise, low light or 0-+3 and noisy as hell.

Robert Sanders · November 24th, 2009, 04:57 PM

Dion Bebee, the DP for "Collateral" and "Miami Vice", said that most people will tolerate excessive noise in the image provided that faces of the characters are not noisy. I would agree.

Joe Batt · November 28th, 2009, 01:59 AM

I think its true people will be ok with a grainy background, I just saw fight club on blue ray and the night scenes are so grainy you wouldn't believe it! you don't see any grain in that movie in SD.

November 24th, 2009, 01:07 AM	#16
Joe Batt Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Forest Ranch, CA Posts: 106	No noise video I promise, with the XL-H1 if you set the gain to -3, and adjust your iris for your shot after that you will have no noise or "grain". Everything i shoot is set on -3 for that exact reason. You may think,"but in the real world there just isn't enough light to shoot with those settings!" Well those are your choices -3 no noise, low light or 0-+3 and noisy as hell.

November 24th, 2009, 04:57 PM	#17
Robert Sanders Starway Pictures Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Studio City Posts: 581	Dion Bebee, the DP for "Collateral" and "Miami Vice", said that most people will tolerate excessive noise in the image provided that faces of the characters are not noisy. I would agree. __________________ http://www.starwaypictures.com http://starwaypictures.blogspot.com/

November 28th, 2009, 01:59 AM	#18
Joe Batt Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Forest Ranch, CA Posts: 106	I think its true people will be ok with a grainy background, I just saw fight club on blue ray and the night scenes are so grainy you wouldn't believe it! you don't see any grain in that movie in SD.