V1 vs FX/Z1 Low Light at DVinfo.net

Daniel Boswell · December 23rd, 2006, 03:41 PM

I have shot with the FXs for over a year now and love them. But because I shoot a lot of sporting events including soccer, the one major "flaw" with them was the 12x zoom. Naturally, I couldnt wait to get the V1 for its maximum 30x zoom and it did NOT disappoint. No digital artifacting at all. Major kudos to Sony for that.

However, little disappointed in low light performance so far. Even with 1/4 chips I thought they would be up to par with the FXs which are just good enough for me as an event videographer. The reason being, it produced an extremely clean image even at 18 db. \Unlike the FXs, at 12db and up, the signal is pretty noisey.

Granted I havent had time to tweak too much yet so Spot and others please chime in on suggestions and thoughts.

Possibly turning down sharpness?

Zsolt Gordos · December 23rd, 2006, 03:59 PM

I turned down colors and sharpness a bit and it worked.

Marcus Marchesseault · December 23rd, 2006, 04:41 PM

Try black compress to get rid of noise in the shadows. Have you tried 30P at 1/30 shutter? I thought it looked pretty good, but your application may be different than mine.

December 23rd, 2006, 03:41 PM	#1
Daniel Boswell Major Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 189	V1 vs FX/Z1 Low Light I have shot with the FXs for over a year now and love them. But because I shoot a lot of sporting events including soccer, the one major "flaw" with them was the 12x zoom. Naturally, I couldnt wait to get the V1 for its maximum 30x zoom and it did NOT disappoint. No digital artifacting at all. Major kudos to Sony for that. However, little disappointed in low light performance so far. Even with 1/4 chips I thought they would be up to par with the FXs which are just good enough for me as an event videographer. The reason being, it produced an extremely clean image even at 18 db. \Unlike the FXs, at 12db and up, the signal is pretty noisey. Granted I havent had time to tweak too much yet so Spot and others please chime in on suggestions and thoughts. Possibly turning down sharpness? __________________ DBoZ

December 23rd, 2006, 03:59 PM	#2
Zsolt Gordos Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Budapest, Hungary Posts: 414	I turned down colors and sharpness a bit and it worked.

December 23rd, 2006, 04:41 PM	#3
Marcus Marchesseault Trustee Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 1,961	Try black compress to get rid of noise in the shadows. Have you tried 30P at 1/30 shutter? I thought it looked pretty good, but your application may be different than mine.