low light, high gain in SD at DVinfo.net

Jon Bickford · February 22nd, 2006, 07:38 PM

a few nights ago i was shooting a concert at a venue i've worked at several times with my XL2, this time on an H1, i was shooting 30F 16x9 SD which is what i had done previously with the same band and the same lighting, both nights i used +12db gain so that i could pull shutter speeds of 1/250th for certain songs...

looking at the footage back to back on the same Samsung 26" hdtv there is absolutely no question that the H1 is right on par in low light performance, better it seems, and the signal noise produced at +12db is FAR less, almost non existant.

last week i was shooting at a bird sanctuary well before sunrise in 1080i @ -3db using 1/30th shutter and i couldn't believe how deep into the dark the camera could dig even at -3db, i can say for sure that the H1 is a better low light camera than the XL2, how exactly this is possible i do not know but it's the case, some time in a week or so i'll send some still frame comparisons of xl2 vs. h1 @ +12db, 30P/F, 1/30th of a second and show what i'm talking about if chris wants to host them.

-Jon

Shawn Alyasiri · February 22nd, 2006, 08:19 PM

Does anyone have an actual light sensitivity rating on the H1 (ie: f10 @ 2000lux, etc)?

I have one and I agree, it does well in low light, all things considered. There's quite a drop off at full tele - but that's posted in the specs.

Pretty amazing for a 1/3" HD cam...

Pete Tomov · February 22nd, 2006, 08:31 PM

That's because most of the noise in the resample.

February 22nd, 2006, 07:38 PM	#1
Jon Bickford Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Las Vegas, NV., Los Angeles, CA, Posts: 220	low light, high gain in SD a few nights ago i was shooting a concert at a venue i've worked at several times with my XL2, this time on an H1, i was shooting 30F 16x9 SD which is what i had done previously with the same band and the same lighting, both nights i used +12db gain so that i could pull shutter speeds of 1/250th for certain songs... looking at the footage back to back on the same Samsung 26" hdtv there is absolutely no question that the H1 is right on par in low light performance, better it seems, and the signal noise produced at +12db is FAR less, almost non existant. last week i was shooting at a bird sanctuary well before sunrise in 1080i @ -3db using 1/30th shutter and i couldn't believe how deep into the dark the camera could dig even at -3db, i can say for sure that the H1 is a better low light camera than the XL2, how exactly this is possible i do not know but it's the case, some time in a week or so i'll send some still frame comparisons of xl2 vs. h1 @ +12db, 30P/F, 1/30th of a second and show what i'm talking about if chris wants to host them. -Jon __________________ Jon Bickford, Trepany Films San Pedro, CA Trephine001@aol.com

February 22nd, 2006, 08:19 PM	#2
Shawn Alyasiri Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bloomington, IL Posts: 256	Does anyone have an actual light sensitivity rating on the H1 (ie: f10 @ 2000lux, etc)? I have one and I agree, it does well in low light, all things considered. There's quite a drop off at full tele - but that's posted in the specs. Pretty amazing for a 1/3" HD cam...

February 22nd, 2006, 08:31 PM	#3
Pete Tomov Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 106	That's because most of the noise in the resample.