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BrandonLehman
05-19-2007, 03:18 PM
I just got my hvx a few weeks ago (coming from an XL1s) and I've spent the required time memorizing the manual and lurking this forum, but now I have my first "real" job for this camera.

I'm going to be filming a play for the drama dept. at my university and I'd like to get the best image quality possible (of course).

I have read through the picture settings that Adam Wilt explored in his article, which has helped me greatly, but I have a few questions.

Due to the lighting, I'm probably going to have blown highlights on actors faces. I'm comfortable with exposing for this light, but it can't really be helped.

I'm not going to be editing this footage, just shooting it, so I don't have control over post, which is likely to be fairly non-existant. Thus, I'd like to shoot a fairly good image right out of the camera.

As far as I can tell Cinelike V with +2 sharpening and Matrix set to norm is probably the best for me. Capturing good skin tones is my first priority.

What do you guys think?

I've got about 6 hours till the shooting begins. :D

TimurCivan
05-19-2007, 03:52 PM
Sounds good to me.....

THoff
05-19-2007, 04:15 PM
I'm not sure if you are going to control exposure manually and whether the lighting will change during the performance, but if you are relying on the camera for iris control, remember that there is a SPOT mode to help avoid blowing out faces.

BrandonLehman
05-19-2007, 04:46 PM
Thanks for the replies. I wasn't aware of the spot function, that could be useful.

Jeff Anderson
05-19-2007, 05:25 PM
You might see if you can get in on a rehearsal or something to test it all out - just a thought so you can play with the settings some