Hyper-gain on the Z1 at DVinfo.net

Tom Hardwick · January 11th, 2009, 01:22 PM

Has anyone ever used (or found a use for) the hyper-gain setting on the Z1? It's fun to play with in the dark but I've never actually shot any footage at this setting, though I do keep it on CP2 just to amuse guests at weddings ('Look, I can see what you're doing').

tom.

Greg Laves · January 11th, 2009, 01:30 PM

I helped shoot a commercial for a fitness store where we used hypergain. We shot a weightlifter using very dramatic lighting and hypergain and shot it with the white balance very warm. It produced a very striking image. It was shot on Beta SP. Unfortunately it required a lot of touch up in post because the camera had a dead pixel that stood out like a sore thumb when the camera was on hypergain.

January 11th, 2009, 01:22 PM	#1
Tom Hardwick Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Billericay, England UK Posts: 4,711	Hyper-gain on the Z1 Has anyone ever used (or found a use for) the hyper-gain setting on the Z1? It's fun to play with in the dark but I've never actually shot any footage at this setting, though I do keep it on CP2 just to amuse guests at weddings ('Look, I can see what you're doing'). tom.

January 11th, 2009, 01:30 PM	#2
Greg Laves Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 640	I helped shoot a commercial for a fitness store where we used hypergain. We shot a weightlifter using very dramatic lighting and hypergain and shot it with the white balance very warm. It produced a very striking image. It was shot on Beta SP. Unfortunately it required a lot of touch up in post because the camera had a dead pixel that stood out like a sore thumb when the camera was on hypergain.