Antoine_Fabi
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Barry,
how do like the HD100 ?
how do like the HD100 ?
Barry...
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Barry_Green
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Currently I am angry at it. I'm trying to work through the issues, but my initial reaction was not positive. I'm concerned that there may be something wrong with it, as the images don't have anywhere near the snap that I was expecting; I shot a res chart and got about 600x600, which is a lot lower than I was expecting. I hope Tim or Nate or someone else will shoot the same chart with theirs and verify if this is what I'm supposed to be seeing or not. The split-screen is quite annoying, as is the chromatic aberration issues -- now that I can use it in a controlled environment, I'm noticing it everywhere.
But those are initial reactions. I've only used it in lab testing so far. I haven't taken it out in daylight and actually USED it yet. And I knew about the C.A. going into it, and I've been prepared to work around it. But the split-screen and the chroma noise are overwhelming in low-light scenarios; I wasn't prepared for that. And I wasn't prepared for the overall image softness -- so I wonder if there isn't something wrong with the unit. It doesn't look to me like Nate's clips.
I have been impressed by the dynamic range, I'll say that -- I was really expecting it to be a lot more limited than it is. But playing with the white clip, knee, and black stretch, it can render some nicely wide latitude. And I'm loving the shallow DOF of the 88mm lens, even if it does mean that everything in front of the focal point goes green, and everything behind the lens goes purple... sigh.
I have never, in my life, seen breathing like what this lens does. It is amazing. I'll have to post a clip -- you'd swear you were using the zoom ring rather than the focus ring!
It looks cool, and it feels like a pro camera. The balance is way off -- you really need some Anton Bauer or IDX batteries hanging off the back of the camera -- as it is right now, you support the weight with your hand, rather than it resting on your shoulder. I'm left-eye dominant so it's nice that the VF extends out so you can use the left eye, but I can't quite figure out a comfortable shooting position that meshes the speaker into the right ear while fitting the viewfinder over the left eye.
The depth in the menus is amazing for a camera in this price range. It has extensive image customizability; you can pretty much paint in whatever look you want.
Right now I'm undecided on it. I'm still evaluating to see whether it's suited to the purpose I got it for. The #1 thing for me is the image; and a chroma-noise-filled, chromatic-aberrationed split-screen image is not making me too happy. Controlled lighting can overcome those things, but I bought this unit for my work in uncontrolled lighting situations. I'd planned on the HVX for the controlled-lighting "filmmaking"/commercial stuff; the HD100 was for event/convention coverage, where the lighting is nowhere near as predictable nor controllable. If I can find a way to make it work that's one thing, but if I can't, I'll probably send it back. If Nate & Tim can make it work, then I have confidence I'll figure it out as well. It's too early to decide.
But those are initial reactions. I've only used it in lab testing so far. I haven't taken it out in daylight and actually USED it yet. And I knew about the C.A. going into it, and I've been prepared to work around it. But the split-screen and the chroma noise are overwhelming in low-light scenarios; I wasn't prepared for that. And I wasn't prepared for the overall image softness -- so I wonder if there isn't something wrong with the unit. It doesn't look to me like Nate's clips.
I have been impressed by the dynamic range, I'll say that -- I was really expecting it to be a lot more limited than it is. But playing with the white clip, knee, and black stretch, it can render some nicely wide latitude. And I'm loving the shallow DOF of the 88mm lens, even if it does mean that everything in front of the focal point goes green, and everything behind the lens goes purple... sigh.
I have never, in my life, seen breathing like what this lens does. It is amazing. I'll have to post a clip -- you'd swear you were using the zoom ring rather than the focus ring!
It looks cool, and it feels like a pro camera. The balance is way off -- you really need some Anton Bauer or IDX batteries hanging off the back of the camera -- as it is right now, you support the weight with your hand, rather than it resting on your shoulder. I'm left-eye dominant so it's nice that the VF extends out so you can use the left eye, but I can't quite figure out a comfortable shooting position that meshes the speaker into the right ear while fitting the viewfinder over the left eye.
The depth in the menus is amazing for a camera in this price range. It has extensive image customizability; you can pretty much paint in whatever look you want.
Right now I'm undecided on it. I'm still evaluating to see whether it's suited to the purpose I got it for. The #1 thing for me is the image; and a chroma-noise-filled, chromatic-aberrationed split-screen image is not making me too happy. Controlled lighting can overcome those things, but I bought this unit for my work in uncontrolled lighting situations. I'd planned on the HVX for the controlled-lighting "filmmaking"/commercial stuff; the HD100 was for event/convention coverage, where the lighting is nowhere near as predictable nor controllable. If I can find a way to make it work that's one thing, but if I can't, I'll probably send it back. If Nate & Tim can make it work, then I have confidence I'll figure it out as well. It's too early to decide.
Antoine_Fabi
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Let's hope you can find a solution to this problem.
thanks Barry.
thanks Barry.
Jeremy Ordan
Major Contributor
Very nice and honest review of the pro and cons of this camera. Personally it has not caught my interest because of many of the technical problems that have been discussed.