Codec Stress Test and Skin Tone Test at DVinfo.net

Perrone Ford · August 2nd, 2008, 11:45 PM

In an effort to kill two birds with one stone, I brought the camera home today to shoot two specific things.

The first was as codec stress test. I wanted to shoot some of the hardest footage there is. Fine foilage, some against a static background. This is a killer for codecs because the detail is fine and the movement is organic and random. To that end, I shot some footage with a static camera and organic moving foilage, some against static background, some not. I also shot pans and whip pans. I used different shutter speeds from no shutter to 1/2000. The test is slow and methodical, and runs about 10 minutes. I suggest if you're really interested in it, you download the rather large .mp4 associated and take a good look.

http://www.vimeo.com/1456322

Additionally, in response to some people saying that there is a lack of a good, ungraded skin tone test out there, I shot one today. African American skin, with a single light and no fill. The colors are incredibly accurate (check your monitor calibration) and the camera did a wonderful job.

http://www.vimeo.com/1456607

August 2nd, 2008, 11:45 PM	#1
Perrone Ford Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 4,100	Codec Stress Test and Skin Tone Test In an effort to kill two birds with one stone, I brought the camera home today to shoot two specific things. The first was as codec stress test. I wanted to shoot some of the hardest footage there is. Fine foilage, some against a static background. This is a killer for codecs because the detail is fine and the movement is organic and random. To that end, I shot some footage with a static camera and organic moving foilage, some against static background, some not. I also shot pans and whip pans. I used different shutter speeds from no shutter to 1/2000. The test is slow and methodical, and runs about 10 minutes. I suggest if you're really interested in it, you download the rather large .mp4 associated and take a good look. http://www.vimeo.com/1456322 Additionally, in response to some people saying that there is a lack of a good, ungraded skin tone test out there, I shot one today. African American skin, with a single light and no fill. The colors are incredibly accurate (check your monitor calibration) and the camera did a wonderful job. http://www.vimeo.com/1456607 __________________ DVX100, PMW-EX1, Canon 550D, FigRig, Dell Octocore, Avid MC4/5, MB Looks, RedCineX, Matrox MX02 mini, GTech RAID, Edirol R-4, Senn. G2 Evo, Countryman, Moles and Lowels.