Wobbly image?

[Norbert]

I have recently got my HV20 and I love the image quality. However, I'm trying to figure out if there is something wrong with my camera because as soon as I move the camera I get an extremely wobbly image that resembles a jelly, even at full wide. Not even the OIS takes care of these wobbles.

Here's a handheld clip full wide with OIS ON where I am walking up a hill: http://files.filefront.com/7340877
Should it wobble like that? I did not expect such a wobbly image at full wideangle.

I put the camera on a home made stabilizer device and tried it with both OIS on and off, but that did not take care of the wobbles either. Here's a clip with stabilizer and OIS on: http://files.filefront.com/7340999

I have an old Sony DV handycam with EIS that produces far better results even with the EIS off. I've also owned a DVX100 with OIS which did not behave like this either. I've never seen anything like it before.

Am I just spoiled? Is it supposed to behave this way? Or is there something wrong with my HV20?

[scharky]

Wish I could help you out but your server is SUUUUPER slow, and at 58.7MB for the file size I'm only getting 7.5kbps download, as comparded to 300kpbs normally. You might try and post a smaller clip.

[Norbert]

Smaller files uploaded on Filefront. Edited my first post ^^

[rawfa]

I just watched the first clip and it looks like normal regular very shaky camera footage. The automatic stabilization is off, right?

[rawfa]

I just watched the second clip and it DOES look weird! It's like the image stretches and shrinks at the time. Very weird. I have no idea what's going on, but it's the first time I've seen it on a HV20 video. Other than that the image quality looks amazing. Did you color correct it or is it stragith from the cam?

[Norbert]

Both clips have image stabilization ON. It does look weird doesn't it? It's like half the image jumps and then the rest of the image follows.
No color correction or anything though, just straight from the camera. The image quality from this camera is amazing but it's a shame I can't get a stable image.

Just to be a bit clearer, this is the PAL version of the camera so I don't need to remove any pulldown or anything. I still see these wobbles when I connect the camera directly to my tv.

[rawfa]

I may be wrong here, but I'm thinking there might be something wrong with YOUR hv20. I've seen many moving HV20 clips online that don't look like this at all. Can't you call your seller and tell him the camera is defective so he'll take this one and give you another HV20?

I had an issue the first couple of days I bought my A1 and the minute I told the store they sent UPS to pick it up at my place and sent me a new one. I even wrote down the serial number to be sure it was a new one (hehehe I trust no one)

[Norbert]

That's the kind of comment I was hoping for. I want this to be just a defective unit so I can return it and get a new one that works properly. I will contact my seller about this, thanks!

[Kholi]

I dunno abotu your camera wobble, but this wobbly-ass image is the best I've seen from the HV20.

What are you doing in camera man? This brings up a question that I'm about to ask to this entire forum.

[rawfa]

This is actually the first image I've seen from the HV20 PAL. I hope this is not some general pal thing, or I'm going to be pissed as hell.