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I have downloaded Dimitri's Gorky Park samples but they don't play very well on my PC. I'm sure they would, if I had the right viewer, or codec, installed. Does anybody have any suggestions, please?
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Ah, thanks very much. :) That is so much better. These are all handheld shots, Dimitri? No tripods?
EDIT: That Sendspace makes a refreshing change after some of the awful storage/download sites I have had to download from recently. :) |
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Image stabiliser: OFF White balance: cloudy Sensitivity: ISO50 OR ISO100 Focus: manual Exposure mode: Aperture priority - 3.5 |
Focus - manual? Wow, you must have fast fingers. I see you have image stabiliser "off". How does it affaect the quality of the picture if you have it turned "on"?
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I see, thanks. I just can't make my mind up about this camcorder. :o
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While I do see increased resolution- the quality of samples I've seen posted seem "lacking" in some way. I just don't see the absolute resolution so to speak- details seem lost, and the colors seem "boosted" too much. The video almost looks like upscaled DV. I do think the HD1 is a step in the right direction and it has "its" place in videography but I think it's going to be awhile before it's near current HDV quality.
For it's pricepoint it isn't a bad camera especially when "web" video is your target- but I think just about anyone who has used a HDV camcorder would find it's lack of fine detail and general video quality lacking. I'd like to get one sometime but more of a "webcamera" for web posts and webvids not for DVD distribution- but I'm hoping this trend continues. (Just my opinion) |
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I see you mentioned that you used ISO 50 on some of your shots. I see in the specifications page for the HD1 it specifies a minimum ISO-200 in the video mode and an ISO-50 in still mode only. I haven't received my HD1 yet so I can't confirm this. Just curious is there a 50 ISO setting in video mode? Paul |
Yes, I use ISO 50 whenever I am shooting video outdoors. I find it gives a better effect that ISO Auto. There is also ISO 100 and I can't remember after that...
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So there is an ISO 50 setting for video? great. I wonder why the specifications page for the HD1 says that for video the lowest ISO setting is 200... Must be a missprint.
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Actually no, there is ONE ISO setting menu. which you access by pressing the menu button to the right. it starts at iso 50, there have been a good bit of discussion about this, and I do believe that the concensus was that this means iso50 for still but is iso200 for video at the same setting, each change upward clicks both values up one notch... which could explain the seemingly higher noise level in video than stills... However, judging from the lack of sentisivity at max, iso 400 which according to this should be iso 1600, I would say that it is a typo, the video is pretty consistent with a slightly over rated iso400 and not more. Naturally this is just my personal opinion and not based on any scientific research. ;-) Bo www.bophoto.com/HDV |
Yeah, Bo's right... a long time ago we worked it out and it turned out that the ISO settings were not realistic.
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Sanyo HD2, reviews and footage (improvements).
Lots of people have disappeared, so here is to reaching out to you:
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=83398 http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=87867 |
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