HVX+SG Pro for Night Ext's

[bencain]

Hey there,

We're doing a narrative short in the woods with an HVX200 and an SG Pro prime lens adapter. The director has insisted on shooting night for night. We do have some high output lights but what I'm wondering about is video noise. We want these shots to actually look like dark woods lit only by an occasional hit of moonlight or scattered campfires. So in other words, very dark. Maybe too dark for the HVX. I've noticed before that the HVX doesn't deal with blacks too well and I'm worried that even if talent is lit close to key or a stop under, they will be swimming in a pool of black video noise. Any thoughts?

Many thanks!

[viellearoue35]

Heya.

Try bumping the Master Pedestal all of the way down in your scene file. Should give you inky blacks that will cover up the video noise. Bon Chance! -jason

[ulisses]

I just shot a commercial with PS Tek 35mm adapter at night and I used B Press with settings at 0 and Matrix Normal, the result was good, but the HVX200 has some noise easily seen in HD resolutions.

Ulisses