3 min video - low light

[Alejo_NIN]

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HMC-40
scene file for low light posted here
windcut enabled on mic
no other audio adjustments

i suck at holding the camera :)

shot in starbucks....

[ShugPro Digital Studio]

very low noise in that clip!

do you remember where the shutter speed and gain settings were at?

[Alejo_NIN]

i believe 1/30 shutter speed

i remember having to change it coz it was at 1/125 or somehting

[v3rlon]

are you saying you used the LowNoise scene file posted elsewhere on this page?

If not, what are the settings?

[Alejo_NIN]

yea, the lownoise settings

[dan.carter]

My kind of place. Coffee and island music.

The HMC40 low-light ability can be surprizingly good under the right conditions.

Thanks for sharing..

Dan

[BobDiaz]

HMC-40
scene file for low light posted here
...

The file didn't get posted, what setting did you use?



Bob Diaz

[Alejo_NIN]

Detail lever: -4
v detail 0
coring +7
chroma -1
pedestal +3
iris +2
drs off
gamma bpress
knee high
matrix norm 1
skin tone dtl on

gain +7dB
AF
720p@60p
1/30 shutter

that's it :)

[Goldenplates]

I have used this same Lo Noiz Scene file settings (shooting 1/30 1080 30p) and found that the video looks darker than using the default Scene file #1 setting. Have others found the same thing with Lo Noiz?

[ZFHProductions]

Just curious, but why did you chose to use 720/60p rather than a 1080 setting for this?

[Robert M Wright]

I have used this same Lo Noiz Scene file settings (shooting 1/30 1080 30p) and found that the video looks darker than using the default Scene file #1 setting. Have others found the same thing with Lo Noiz?

Black press will do that. It will get rid of quite a bit of noticeable noise in shadows, but does so basically by crushing the shadows into blackness (both the noise and the detail). You can also crush blacks in post. I don't think there is any downside to shooting without black press, and then crushing blacks in post, while you do have the upside of not having irreversibly crushed the detail by doing it in-camera (dramatically reducing dynamic range in shadows - making it tough to work with later).

[Robert M Wright]

Just curious, but why did you chose to use 720/60p rather than a 1080 setting for this?

(Obviously) I can't speak for Alejo, but my general preference is to shoot 720p60, for the life-like fluid motion. Resolution isn't just about spatial detail, it's also about temporal detail. With 720p60 you get excellent temporal resolution (and pretty darn good spatial detail as well).

[Alejo_NIN]

(Obviously) I can't speak for Alejo, but my general preference is to shoot 720p60, for the life-like fluid motion. Resolution isn't just about spatial detail, it's also about temporal detail. With 720p60 you get excellent temporal resolution (and pretty darn good spatial detail as well).
it is funny, but what you explained is just a by-product of the reason why i use 720P60...i only have a one 4GB card, so 720 gives me a lil more time to record....i know...it is retarded!

but yea, i'm starting to enjoy Progressive over Interlaced....shooting interlace to have to go back to progressive(or forward) i think is just a pain in the lower back

[Robert M Wright]

Actually, you get the same amount of recording time with any format (framesize/framerate), if you use the PH quality setting. Regardless of format, the PH quality setting encodes video at 21Mbps (average - with 24Mbps peaks). To get longer recording times on a card, you would have to use one of the lower quality settings, but that limits you to shooting 1080i60 (and 1440x1080i60 at the HE quality setting).

[Alejo_NIN]

thats how much i know!...hehehe

thnx for the explanation