Help with HV20 purchase

[MovieSwede]

Hi, a friend of mine wanted an easy homecamcorder.

The thing is that he plans to shoot some clubsized consert footage with it.

So my question is.


How good do you think it hold up to that type of footage?

[ESTEBEVERDE]

What's up MovieSwede!

Here is some footage that you can show your friend.

Low light in a night club (http://www.vimeo.com/431962)


The audio is blown all to hell as it is completely smashed against the ceiling and clipped but the images are very decent.

[MovieSwede]

Thanks Estebeverde

Gonna show it to my friend.

[ESTEBEVERDE]

Any time! :beer:

[vj_jasper]

hi Estebeverde, thanks for posting the fantastic footage. i had no idea this level of quality was available from the HV20 in this kind of lowlight siutation. looks like you found the magic settings for the environment :)

soo... edited in FCP6 eh.. any filters, anything at all done in FCP to make the image look as beautiful as it does?

if the kind of low light quality results that you have shown here are possible on a fairly regular basis.. then that is awesome.

i wonder if the low light results would have looked as good if there was a 35mm adapter on the camera, eg a redrockM2 or a Brevis system..

[ESTEBEVERDE]

hi Estebeverde, thanks for posting the fantastic footage. i had no idea this level of quality was available from the HV20 in this kind of lowlight siutation. looks like you found the magic settings for the environment :)

soo... edited in FCP6 eh.. any filters, anything at all done in FCP to make the image look as beautiful as it does?

if the kind of low light quality results that you have shown here are possible on a fairly regular basis.. then that is awesome.

i wonder if the low light results would have looked as good if there was a 35mm adapter on the camera, eg a redrockM2 or a Brevis system..


Hello vj_jasper,

This isn't my footage, just footage I was aware of and posted a link to so MovieSwede could take a look.

This footage belongs to Ryan - jivey311 (http://www.hv20.com/member.php?u=4631) over on hv20.com. (http://www.hv20.com/showthread.php?p=38913)


There is info here and on hv20.com that will help you achieve this footage.

Be sure to take a look here (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=119784) for more great footage. :beer:

[vj_jasper]

cheers for the links.. the dude in hawaii's footage is very encouraging.

also, some great content by you, well done. :)

the workarounds seem pretty helpful (a good excuse to get a nice new phone with a big bright screen, heh), and the most important thing, the quality of footage, looks to be rather lush and execellent. very tempted to get me one of these amazing HV20's.

[Eric Papa]

I used the HV20, an XH A1, and a HVX200 for a 3 cam wedding shoot for a friend - the HV20 looks better than the XH A1 in 90% of the footage, it is noticeably sharper on wide shots, and outperformed both the XH A1 and the HVX200 in low light situations.

I'd definitely recommend it !!

[vj_jasper]

hi Eric, thanks for the info.. i would be very interested to know if you do the workaround to lock the shutter and prevent auto gain, or is it more a situation of click record and get good footage?
cheers Jasper