from the other side of the pond

I have a quick question. I can see a little darkness around the edges of the frame and I've seen it before on other's work. What causes that?

The footage looked good, I couldn't really see where you were having the difficulties you mentioned so I think you recovered well.
 
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thanks for the comments - I appreciate any feedback

The story is slightly surreal, a fantasy called 'Empire of Modern Passivity'
Really hard to describe but it's a story of two cultures clashing and the consequnces that their opposing beliefs have, you could equate it to war in Iraq. Well thats my opinion it was never really fully explained. I think we're left guessing.

The slightly black vignetting is from the edge of the Movietube image I set the focal length on the HVX to 24mm if I had gone to 25 I think we would have lost it. We viewed the image on a CRT monitor that was underscanning and the vignetting was not apparent. It became more obvious when we pulled the footage in FCP, however I don't think it detracts from the overall 'look' - it may even help? Except when viewed with a bright background like the sky when it becomes more apparent.
It was the first time I have used the 'Tube' and I would be more careful when using again. If required it would have been better to apply in post - The director seemed to like it though.

Robert.
 
You're right, it can work to your advantage but you wouldn't want it in everything you shoot. I was shooting some test footage with mine and I think I got the same effect and I want to know how to avoid it is why I ask the question. Are you saying you just have to zoom in on the GG more?
 
keep zoomin

keep zoomin

Yes that's exaclty right keep zooming in on the image untill there is no sign of vignetting - I spoke to someone during the shoot and they advised me to keep the zoom at 24mm I did this and look what I got, thats why you should always have a decent monitor to see what you are really getting.
I found both monitors (eyepiece + LCD) on the HVX to be terrible, although the Movietube does come with an eyepiece from a DSR570 and this is alot clearer, but still would rather have some kind of external monitor coming from either the SVHS or composite connections.
The wider angle glass you can put in front of the Movietube (Bevis, M2 etc......) you can, the better, I thought I read somewhere that even a fish-eye looks fantastic.
 
Looks good. I noticed though in some of the earlier shots that the background had a weird texture to it. Almost as if the ground glass wasn't spinnning during the shot.
 
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