Unhappy with XHA1's 24p look compared to dvx

[icrude]

while the A1 may shoot 24p, it looks nothing like film (in my opinion). my friend has the dvx100b and i tried it out, and the footage looked so good! it looks so much closer to film. on my camera, the footage looks so "studdery" (is that a word) and it looks like there are less than 24 frames which almost makes me noxious. does anyone have any special settings for the A1 i could try out to make it look a little more cinematic?

[marlontorres]

check you shutter speed

[William_Robinette]

Make sure your editing programs can correctly remove the pull down.

[BlueWorld]

With 24F there's no pull down removal needed, the recorded footage is 24p. So if you're adding pulldown, that could be your problem. Your editor must be set-up incorrectly for the files, or you're shooting with too high of a shutter speed. There should not be obvious differences between the DVX and the Canon.

[William_Robinette]

Really? Canon didn't put 24F in a 60i stream?

[rslv]

Really? Canon didn't put 24F in a 60i stream?

I believe they did for DV.

[ecking]

Really? Canon didn't put 24F in a 60i stream?

The hv20 does but the A1 doesn't.

[Barry_Green]

A1 records "24F", which has no pulldown. It's sourced from interlaced chips, and recorded progressively (which is also why the Canon 24F/30F footage can't be played back on Sony equipment).

HV20 records 24P, using 3:2 pulldown. It's sourced from a progressive chip, but recorded in an interlaced data stream. But that makes it compatible with Sony camcorders and decks too.

[marketmd]

the footage looks so "studdery" (is that a word)
No

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[scharky]

Also make sure you are not judging from the viewfinder, and that you are judging from an actual progressive scan television. Coming from the DVX myself I can assure you that the cadence between the two cameras is exactly the same. We have even done shoots with both an A1 and a DVX and side by side the motion looks like it was shot by the same camera.